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Friday, May 17

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Border Force to strike during May half-term with UK holidaymakers warned

The strike action will take place on 31 May and 1 and 2 June. It will be followed by three weeks of action short of a strike that will include a work to rule and overtime ban running from 4 until 25 June.

Wednesday, May 15

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China tells UK to 'stop spreading lies' as its ambassador is summoned to Foreign Office after three men including a Border Force officer and ex-Royal Marine were charged with spying for Hong Kong

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Zheng Zeguang (pictured) met with senior officials at the Foreign Office after China's London embassy furiously described the spy charges as a 'fabrication' and an 'unwarranted accusation'.

Tuesday, May 14

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UK armed forces being trained to cover possible Border Force summer strikes

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Exclusive: Soldiers spotted at Home Office facilities in England as results of PCS union’s national ballot expected

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M60: Driver arrested after suspected of being in the UK illegally

GMP patrol stopped this driver this afternoon on M60 at junction 15, not only was the driver unlicensed and uninsured but on speaking to UK Border Force found the driver had entered the UK illegally. He was subsequently arrested for…

UK experiences nationwide airport system outage, unleashing travel chaos

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(NaturalNews) A nationwide "technical issue" reportedly shut down all airports in the United Kingdom this week.Reports claim that a "glitch" in UK Border Force...

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U.K. police charged three men, including a U.K. Border Force official, with allegedly helping Hong Kong's intelligence services spy on dissidents based in Britain.

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U.K. police charged three men, including a U.K. Border Force official, with allegedly helping Hong Kong’s intelligence services spy on dissidents based in Britain.

Monday, May 13

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Heathrow Border Force officer, ex-Royal Marine and retired Hong Kong cop are charged with spying for Hong Kong on dissidents of the regime in landmark UK case

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Chi Leung Wai, 38, Matthew Trickett, 37, and Chung Biu Yuen, 63, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court today in a landmark spying case

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Ex-Royal Marine, cop and Border Force officer charged with ‘spying on Hong Kong dissidents & hostile activity’

A FORMER Royal Marine, a retired cop and a UK Border Force officer have all been charged with “spying on Hong Kong dissidents and conducting hostile activity”.

Ex-Royal Marine, cop and Border Force officer charged with ‘spying on Hong Kong dissidents & hostile activity’

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A FORMER Royal Marine, a retired cop and a UK Border Force officer have all been charged with “spying on Hong Kong dissidents and conducting hostile activity”.

Wednesday, May 8

Heathrow passengers cheer as Border Force reopens after widespread outage at UK airports

Passengers queuing at Heathrow clapped as Border Force reopened after a widespread outage left travellers waiting hours to pass through passport control on Tuesday night (7 May).

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Heathrow passenger discusses chaos of UK e-gate airport outage: ‘Very torturous’

A passenger has described the “torture” at Heathrow after a nationwide issue with Border Force e-gates caused significant disruption at airports across the country on Tuesday evening (7 May).

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UK airport chaos: Everything you need to know about travel rights as passport control e-gates cause huge queues

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UK airports were thrown into chaos this week amid widespread issues with Border Force e-gates, which led to lengthy queues and delays for thousands of passengers

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'Crazy' queues and passengers 'stuck on planes' as 'technical issue' hits UK airport

The Border Force eGate crashed at major airports across the UK

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Outage Causes Delays at U.K. Airports’ Immigration Checkpoints

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Airport officials said Tuesday that a system outage affecting the Border Force’s immigration gates had caused long waits for passengers arriving in Britain. The issue was resolved early Wednesday.

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Passport e-gates back online after widespread outage at UK airports

A “nationwide issue” with Border Force e-gates that caused significant disruption at airports across the country has been resolved, the Home Office has confirmed.

Passport e-gates back online after widespread outage at UK airports

A “nationwide issue” with Border Force e-gates that caused significant disruption at airports across the country has been resolved, the Home Office has confirmed.

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E-gates back online after delays at UK airports

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Long queues built up at airports affected by a Border Force "technical issue" at passport control.

Tuesday, May 7

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Passengers 'stuck on planes' with 'crazy' queues at border control as 'technical issue' hits Manchester Airport

The Border Force eGates crashed causing major delays for passengers across the UK

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UK airport chaos after Border Force passport e-gates crash nationwide

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Officials at Gatwick and Heathrow airports have said the issue is nationwide

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Travel chaos at ALL UK airports with passengers stuck in ‘huge’ queues as Border Force suffers nationwide IT glitch

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THOUSANDS of passengers are facing chaos across all UK airports after are experiencing due to a nationwide IT glitch.