At 3am on Friday 21 May, the order was put out that London Heathrow, the busiest airport in Europe, would be shut all day due to a severe fire. At […]
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M25 shuts this weekend to add to Heathrow travel chaos
The final M25 weekend closure as part of a delayed £317 million project to improve one of the motorway’s most dangerous junctions begins on Friday. The motorway will be closed […]
Heathrow airport: Everything we know about the fire and effects of grounded flights
Thousands of passengers had their flights cancelled or altered mid-flight after a massive fire ripped through an electricity substation near Heathrow, forcing the airport to close for more than 15 […]
UK attractions still lagging behind pre-Covid visitor numbers as tourists stay away
London’s British Museum and Natural History Museum are thriving – but most UK tourist attractions are lagging well behind pre-Covid visitor numbers. That is the conclusion from analysis by The […]
Simon Calder answers your Heathrow airport questions in exclusive Q&A
Welcome to an exclusive Ask Me Anything session with me, Simon Calder, travel correspondent at The Independent. Keep scrolling for more. If you want to jump straight to the Q&A, […]
Dream holidays in ruins as thousands of travellers reel from Heathrow chaos
Nicola and Justin Sidwell had spent years saving up for their holiday of a lifetime and were due to jet off from Heathrow to Tokyo on Friday morning. But the […]
Heathrow flights map: Where are planes being diverted to after substation fire
Nearly 300,000 passengers will experience flight disruption to and from Heathrow, with the airport closed for the whole day following a massive fire at a nearby electrical substation. A transformer […]
8 best ski resorts in Norway for your 2025 skiing holiday
For ski lovers in Europe, you don’t need to travel far and wide to reach some of the best destinations for a skiing holiday on the planet, with France, Italy, […]
MH370, 11 years on: What we know – and what we don’t – about the vanished jet
Late at night on 7 March 2014, 227 passengers and a dozen crew members prepared to board a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 at Kuala Lumpur airport. They were expecting to […]
UK issues travel warning for South American country as it declares state of emergency
The UK government has issued a warning to travellers visiting Peru after the country declared a state of emergency amid a recent crime surge. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office […]