we heard from simon calder earlier, saying that companies like ryanair have said they will not chargely helpful and arguably necessary. in terms of if your flight has been cancelled, then, because of the ongoing knock—on effect of the earlier delays, what can a passenger do? i delays, what can a passenger do? i think the issue is the fact that the airline has a duty of care. there is no compensation due because this is an extraordinary circumstance outside of the airlines' control. but they have a duty of care to look after you, but they have a duty of care to look afteryou, including but they have a duty of care to look after you, including some drinks and after you, including some drinks and a meal if you will be delayed significantly. if you are delayed overnight, includes getting you into a hotel. if yourflight overnight, includes getting you into a hotel. if your flight is cancelled completely, they should be getting you to your destination as quickly as possible. that doesn't necessarily mean with that airline. if you find they are saying, we can get to your destination in two d

let's speak to travel expert, simon calder, who's in paris.eard that eurostar services from london to paris are still affected so how has the sabotage attacks of yesterday affected people from other european countries travelling into paris today? it has been really. _ travelling into paris today? it has been really, really _ travelling into paris today? it has been really, really serious - travelling into paris today? it has been really, really serious in - travelling into paris today? it has l been really, really serious in terms of a quarter rather million passengers yesterday had their travel plans: a and a number of those, of course, from the uk but also people travelling south from the netherlands, from belgium, via that same high—speed line that was attacked just south of lille, over to the east, the high—speed line there, again, there was another attack and that stopped trains coming in from germany. that is the normal route they would use and also some coming up from switzerland. however, the good news is that i've just been across to

we asked travel expert simon calder to explain the difference in fortunes. really good question.saying, "we've got "the best possible network using primary airports". so here in london, for instance, they're flying into london gatwick, which a lot of people prefer, as well as luton and stansted, which is ryanair�*s main base, but more particularly, as well as bringing many tourists to london, they are taking loads and loads of brits on holidays and in april, may and june, they saw steadily rising load factors filling up their planes increasingly well, and at the same time, some pretty good fares. so they made a £6 or $8 profit per passenger over those three months and an increase, as you say, of one sixth, compared with ryanair�*s profits slumping by nearly half. staying with aviation... bosses from the global aviation industry have been heading to farnborough in the south of england this week for the annual airshow. we've already heard about the problems facing boeing as it battles a safety and quality control crisis. also how its rival airbus is struggling to cope with the extr

we have got the absolute travel expert, the travel guru, simon calder.t, we had damien saying people are being calm and patient, they understand it is a global thing, but they will want to know, what are the rights? to put this into context, it is the busiest day for five years for flights from the uk. we haven't seen anything like this since covid. we were expecting problems with air traffic control. actually, the airlines are doing all right. at the key airports, heathrow, the busiest in the uk, gatwick, manchester, and stansted, as well as edinburgh, yes they are being slow, yes, ryanair is seeing get their three hours early if you can't check in online they will check you in for free at the airport. i am now seeing cancellation starting to build up. that is the big worry. if you get to your destination, i'mjust big worry. if you get to your destination, i'm just looking at the gatwick departures here. many people will arrive two our slates, which is unfortunate, but you should get there. unfortunately, what we will see, is later on during the day a l

we asked travel expert simon calder to explain the difference in fortunes. really good question.best possible network using primary airports". so here in london, for instance, they're flying into london gatwick, which a lot of people prefer, as well as luton and stansted, which is ryanair�*s main base, but more particularly, as well as bringing many tourists to london, they are taking loads and loads of brits on holidays and in april, may and june, they saw steadily rising load factors filling up their planes increasingly well, and at the same time, some pretty good fares. so they made a £6 or $8 profit per passenger over those three months and an increase, as you say, of one sixth, compared with ryanair�*s profits slumping by nearly half. bosses from the global aviation industry have been heading to farnborough in the south of england this week for the annual airshow. we've already heard about the problems facing boeing as it battles a safety and quality control crisis. and how its rival airbus is struggling to cope with the extra demand. so could there be room for a rival to ta

let's speak to simon calder, travel correspondent of the independent, who's been travelling in germanybut are people presumably also trying to buy flights? filth. lunchtime but are people presumably also trying to buy flights?— also trying to buy flights? oh, my goodness. — also trying to buy flights? oh, my goodness. yes. — also trying to buy flights? oh, my goodness, yes, and _ also trying to buy flights? oh, my goodness, yes, and a _ also trying to buy flights? oh, my goodness, yes, and a huge - also trying to buy flights? oh, my. goodness, yes, and a huge number also trying to buy flights? oh, my - goodness, yes, and a huge number of people will be heading over the fanzone is being set up in the centre of berlin, that magnificent city, including the biggest goal ever built at the brandenburg gate. a lot of people, regardless of tickets, will be happy to be there. as you say, i have just been in germany, fantastic mood. i think leonard cohen predicted, first we take the netherlands, then we take berlin, but people have been booking flights furiously overnight and this morning. for in

for more on the issues, i spoke to travel expert, simon calder, who's at gare de nord in paris.y station in paris, in france but also the hub for eurostar trains to and from london st pancras. and after those arson attacks in the early hour of friday morning, at key locations on the route to the north, to the east and to the atlantic coast of france, there is still serious disruption. today eurostar was planning to run 15 trains from london to paris gard du nord. four of those have been cancelled. that means 3,000 people are now looking for alternative ways to get to paris. but it's very, very difficult. i actually flew in this morning but we have a no—fly zone imposed for six hours last night as a result of which, people couldn't switch to air. there are no seats available on any eurostar trains at all today going south. there will be a few if you want to leave paris, but of course, most people want to be here despite the rain. and i will take you what, i am actually here to be mainly a tourist. i am looking forward very much indeed to exploring a city where the normal millions

calder of the most of those trains had already been booked up this weekend.he latest we have is that things in france have actually started to pick up, about two thirds of trains are running on the line from the north —— get in touch with eurostar. it includes most eurostar trains as well as trains from the netherlands and from belgium, as well as that, you have 80% of the normal trains on the west line, southwest to bordeaux and from strasbourg, there's also a full—service, they reckon, believe it or not, so great news for people wanting to catch the olympics over the weekend. for those of you who still are worrying about what to do if you're trains have been cancelled and you're thinking, perhaps i should take a flight instead, it would just pause on that thought, just for now, because as we've heard, there is a no—fly zone across northern france right now, so for people desperately trying to book a ticket, they can't, and won't be able to until that no—fly zone ends at midnight tonight. also, would you believe, that prices for long—distance bus services ar

we're going to be joined by none other than travel guru simon calder.t sport, he's talking about travel. he's in zante reporting on those wildfires and hurricane beryl. don't go anywhere. good evening. it's 6:34 pm. this is dewbs& co tonight with me. bev turner. let's see what you've been saying at home. biden, about whether he should step down. helen has said, i feel so sorry for biden. his family are a disgrace. not helping him step down. he's clearly not well. victoria trump says what he thinks nothing worse than what he says in pubuc worse than what he says in public at a rally. if anything is holding back, biden is putting us all in danger and on kids parties , judith has said, kids parties, judith has said, unfortunately, this is the world we live in. when wedding lists first started, everyone thought that it was horribly avaricious, and now it's just the norm. i really hope it does not become the norm with kids parties though, judith, but i fear you might be right. okay. the king has sent his and his family's heartfelt condolences to the people o

let's speak to a travel journalist simon calder, who has spent the day at london's st pancras.'s the situation as we speak now?— we speak now? it's been an absolutely _ we speak now? it's been an absolutely horrible - we speak now? it's been an absolutely horrible day i we speak now? it's been an absolutely horrible day for i absolutely horrible day for thousands of people in london trying to leave the uk to reach paris, but more importantly, i would say, hundreds of thousands of french people who had hoped for the opening ceremony... certainly heading into paris, and instead, we woke up to the news that the three key high—speed lines from paris to the north, to the east of stroudsburg and the west and southwest in bordeaux, had been attacked. it's been miserable for thousands of people who were on the trains that eurostar cancelled. i estimate about 2,500 people found out they weren't going anywhere. yes, they can postpone or get a refund, but the remaining trains are extremely heavily booked. of course, we've seen shambles unraveling, and trains can get through only on the sl

simon calder, always indeed.ays fantastic to speak to you , fantastic to speak to you, travel correspondent, of course, at the independent. i love how simon stays true to his name. >> whenever we speak to him. he's on some yacht somewhere or some fantastic holiday island. he's never, you know, just in his his house in slough. he lives in slough. but, you know, he's always living up to his name. >> he's still there. well, we're talking about him. >> sorry, simon. talking about you by simon. >> have a lovely afternoon. anyway, coming up, we'll be live outside manchester crown court because a 30 year old teacher, rebecca joynes , has been rebecca joynes, has been sentenced to six and a half years. we'll let you know the details after your headlines with severe. >> emily. thank you. it's11. it's 134. i'm sophia wenzler >> emily. thank you. it's11. it's134. i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom. a former school teacher has been jailed for six and a half years for engaging in sexual activity with a child. rebecca joyne

hot tip from simon calder. he's full of them. thank you simon. >> safe travels.ravels. safe travel. >> have a lovely time. speak to you again soon. thank you. my friend. god bless. bye bye. >> so i think we should head to paris. what do you think we can go see there? >> why come here? >> why come here? >> why come here? >> why would you want to go to the hockey or something? >> the only sports that should be in the olympics are track and field. right? that's what it should be about. yes. nothing anything else? who cares about archery and hockey and hockey and not even football. >> you love football? >> you love football? >> i don't love olympic football. i could care less about olympic football. >> oh, certainly. >> oh, certainly. >> i love football. i love manchester united. i know you do. no one religion, mufc that's all i care about really. anyway, kinsey schofield , we're sticking kinsey schofield, we're sticking with the olympics because she watched that pile of poo. that was the, the opening ceremony. come on. you're not going to tell me what a lot of prete

calder to explain ., why is the explain. simon, why is the country grinding to a halt because of a football match? hello, simon. >> hi, dawn. >> hi, dawn. >> nice to talk to you, do you want to start on the road or the rail? because we've got , plenty rail? because we've got, plenty of chaos on both of them. >> which is the most chaotic, i'd say. >> probably the trains, actually. >> let's go with the trains. >> let's go with the trains. >> right, >> right, >> right across great britain, >> right across great britain, >> here's what's happening. >> here's what's happening. >> an awful lot of rail staff do not have sundays in their normal working week. >> they are effectively employed on, historic agreements that go back sometimes centuries . and back sometimes centuries. and that sunday is not a working day. and we've been kind of making do for many, many years with people working overtime , with people working overtime, they opt to work on their day off. well, if there's a big football match, many of the

simon calder, good to see you this morning. thank you so much for giving us that update., it's now two weeks. would you believe since the general election it feels like a lifetime, doesn't it? >> i know it feels like a such a gruelling election campaign. >> it was pretty gruelling, wasn't it? that's when new and returning mps, of course, were elected in their constituencies in dewsbury and batley. >> it was a historic win for iqbal muhammad as he became the first independent mp in a general election seat in yorkshire for the first time since, well 1907. >> well, he campaigned heavily for a ceasefire in gaza, but said that his win was due to a combination of several things. >> our reporter anna riley visited the constituency and has the full story . the full story. >> paul mohammed, dewsbury and batley and would you like to swear or affirm a fair ? swear or affirm a fair? >> iqbal muhammad won 41% of the vote in the dewsbury and batley seat, with labour coming in second place, followed by reform uk . the newly formed uk. the newly formed constituency combined the former to

i want to bring in simon calder travel correspondent for the independent and the joins us now live from greece. thanks so much for being here with us. so i mean, it seems incredible to me that that despite the fact that more people are traveling and prices don't seem to have come down that much that airlines are losing money. so first, before we get to the y, just typically how much do airlines make per traveler, per flight ranges for anything from about minus five or $10 to hundreds of dollars a bet on average, of course, you are looking at probably wanting to make a profit of maybe on a domestic us flight, he'd been looking at ten or $20 that you would like to make up for the average passenger, as you say, first three months of 2024, there was actually a very considerable loss and profits are down all sorts of things going on here partly of course, it is that we have had since the pandemic, are really, really unstoppable growth in demand will be hitting i imagine in the next few days, quite possibly 3 million passengers it's a day going through tsa security checkpoints, but that deman

travel correspondent for the independent, simon calder, do let us know.n affected in one way or another? perhaps you're trying to get a flight or a train, or you can't get your supermarket shopping. yeah. anything. let us know all as equally disastrous as as each other, no doubt . other, no doubt. >> but yes, much more to come on.the >> but yes, much more to come on. the programme overturned police cars and a double decker bus burnt to a pile of ash. we're going to cross to leeds as the cleanup begins from last night's riots. this is good afternoon britain on gb news. britain's news channel good afternoon. britain. it's 12:26. afternoon. britain. it's12:26. and now, before we get to what's gone on in leeds overnight, charlie peters joins us in the studio , our national reporter, studio, our national reporter, for an update on the global it tech outage. >> microsoft have said in the last few moments they've released a statement saying the underlying cause of the outage has been fixed, but there is still going to be some residual impacts from the update to

let's speak to travel expert, simon calder, who's in paris.out of ten chains will be running today. where are you and what is situation? yes. are you and what is situation? yes, i am at are you and what is situation? yes, i am at the — are you and what is situation? yes, i am at the parisien _ are you and what is situation? yes, i am at the parisien north - are you and what is situation? yes i am at the parisien north station, notjust i am at the parisien north station, not just the i am at the parisien north station, notjust the busiest in france, but also the hub on eurostar trains to and from london's saint pancreas. and after the arson attacks in the early hours of friday morning, in key locations in the routes of the north, east and atlantic coast of the front, there are still serious disruption. today, eurostar was planning to run 15 trains from london to paris, four of those have been cancelled. that means 3000 people are looking for alternative ways to get to paris. it is very, very difficult. i flew in this morning. but we had the no—

simon calder says it is taught! not a legal term!tin rose. he made an incredible birdie on the 18th to move himself into contention. one of these players who you think probably should have won more majors in his career, just like rory mcilroy. he was never in contention this week, though doesn't play very well in windy conditions and probably they got the best of him this week. fleetwood, michael roy, some of the very best golfers in the world, combined between them, more than 50 over par. one player made for powers, the other five holes, he was 17 over par. golf is hard. t holes, he was 17 over par. golf is hard. ., ., ., hard. i would also say that the weather news _ hard. i would also say that the weather news flash _ hard. i would also say that the weather news flash suggests l hard. i would also say that the i weather news flash suggests the weekend won't be much easier? 1th weather news flash suggests the weekend won't be much easier? as you can ublic weekend won't be much easier? as you can public tell. — weekend won't be much

and who better to ask than our intrepid travel guru, simon calder? simon, welcome to the show. today is the big question. well simon, i am. >> i'm at exactly the place where you were going to see the maximum number of tourists, which is in central london on westminster bridge. you've got the london eye behind me, and of course you've got, the houses of parliament just across the river. it is absolutely swarming with tourists here. and actually, as a londoner, i think thatis actually, as a londoner, i think that is fantastic because i appreciate, martin, that there is nothing like inbound tourism for a destination. it's the closest you can ever get to free money. all the people here are spending, spending, cash, creating jobs, paying taxes, supporting amenities that wouldn't otherwise exist if it wasn't for the tourists who pour into london. and it's the same into london. and it's the same in pretty much every other part of the world. but i do accept that in some places , including that in some places, including the ones you mentioned. so venice, where they're trying to deter da

let's speak to travel expert, simon calder, who hasjust landed at paris charles—de—gualle.it like at the airport? it is really. really _ why is it like at the airport? it is really, really quiet. _ why is it like at the airport? it 3 really, really quiet. let me explain why. we saw unprecedented last night, a complete closure of airspace the size of a whole batch of northern france the size of belgium and charles de gaulle airport and the airport to the north because they wanted to protect the security of the opening ceremony. that went off without a hitch in terms of security. but as a result of that, hundreds of flights in and out, particularly of charles de gaulle were cancelled. they didn't go out last night and had not come back this morning. i got through passport control and about a minute also and even here, it is a very quiet saturday morning. normally, the last friday injuly would have been just about the busiest day of the year. with over one third of a million flying in and out of paris. that was not the case yesterday. calm at the airport, but not the same when

travel correspondent simon calder, from the independent told us this morning that his experience forn paris was far from what he'd expected. >> it was great, but the hotel i stayed in, which was about half the price of what you'd normally expect to pay in the summer. they just said , paris is dead. they just said, paris is dead. we thought we were going to get extremely rich on this. in fact, we're , losing lots of money, and we're, losing lots of money, and it's a disaster. and that's borne out with lots and lots of people. well, they're driving taxis or running bars and restaurants. so great time to be a tourist. terrible time to be working in the tourism industry. there >> sadly, i'm working this week, so i would otherwise be going to france. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm sam francis, more in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . forward slash alerts. >> welcome back. 1007 this is britain's newsroom live across the uk. with me, bev turner an

we can speak now to the independent�*s travel correspondent simon calder.rd pandemic. the first of the cupboard pandemic. the first of the day from berlin to gatwick, they are blaming the it outage. ryanair has put out a statement saying, ok, we have big problems with a third party supplier, therefore we advise you to tell about your airport three hours early and if you cannot check—in online, and of course ryanair requires that you do that normally, they say don't worry, you can check in at the airport and we will not be charging you. on other forms of transport, trans pennine express saying our ticket machines are not working, buy your ticket on the train. and i am seeing, we heard from ben about the ground stop for us flights for united, american and delta but actuallyjust us flights for united, american and delta but actually just flying over blackpool right now if you want to look out of the window, united airlines flight 883 going to newark in new york, a bit behind schedule but otherwise as normal. it looks as though things will be really creaky toda

earlier we spoke to simon calder, travel correspondent of the independent, and asked him for his tipsts have, um, been sold out from anywhere in the uk to berlin. um, i checked with the airlines ryanair for instance, which normally lays on extra flights says they can't. that's partly because pilots and planes and cabin crew are pretty stretched over a weekend in summer anyway, and also getting slots at berlin berlin airport would be difficult. so you're seeing ridiculous combinations going out from luton maybe to antalya in turkey and then coming back to berlin. um, that's going to cost you about £300, although that i think has just sold out. uh, swiss air, sorry, swiss, um, austrian airlines, lufthansa are offering various deals from various uk airports via some combination of zurich, vienna and frankfurt. but you're still looking at about four or five, £600 there. so i would recommend people actually look, um, to a different country if you, for instance, consider poland. well, the best gateway would be szczecin, and that unfortunately all the flights from liverpool and london stanst

if you according to simon calder, you can get a flight that was £247 this time yesterday. into paris before a certain time for 195. but there's a massive exclusion as well around north, north paris because of the fears of security. yeah, well, you've got to be careful. exactly. >> what about how much is all this costing? >> it's cost it. well, this is interesting because i'll tell you a story back in 2005, and you a story back in 2005, and you might call me traitorous here, but i was doing some consultancy work for the paris 2012 bid. so the rival to london and at the time they were. well, yeah, i know this this at the time you were rubbish at it. yeah, i know exactly. yeah they lost but they, they were offering an off the peg olympics. so they were saying look you spend loads of money around the world, you've got all these white elephants all over these white elephants all over the place. this is amateur sport. you're not getting the numbers you used to get. so roland—garros is going to do the tennis. stade de france will do the main olympic events in the athletic, the at

travel correspondent for the independent, simon calder. hello there . there. >> oh, hello.eautiful day. the breeze is drifting gently across the mediterranean, and i'm sure it's very much the same for you. and martin. anyway, lovely to see you, but yes, the new government. same old travel chaos. i'm afraid. and if i can just talk you back this was, just talk you back this was, just over 24 hours ago, as you will know, of course , in the uk, will know, of course, in the uk, as in many countries, we have open access to airports . that open access to airports. that means that there's always a chance that, people could bring a dangerous item in the police who are constantly sweeping all the way through, airports, along with security staff, to make sure that there isn't anything , sure that there isn't anything, untoward happening or a suspicious package at that point. my understanding is that they evacuated all the landside people. so, this was well, we can see the problems there. if you're coming into the uk, you were held in a queue because they didn't want people out in they

later on, we'll be joined by travel expert simon calder. do send us your questions for simon.our name and where you are getting in touch from. lots of people will be getting in touch because lots of people did last week. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. hello, good morning from bbc london. the expansion of the ultra low emission zone is working better then predicted according to research by city hall. london's air quality continues to improve at a faster rate than the rest of england. exhaust emissions from cars in outer london are estimated to be 22 per cent lower than without the expansion with a 53% reduction in non—compliant vehicles injust under a year. city hall conservatives said millions had been spent on a "minimal reduction" in pollution. a woman from south—east london says she and her three children have not had a steady supply of water in their flat for almost three months. charlene said access to water in her home in crystal palace was sporadic and she sometimes had no supply for up to seven hours. she said although the housing associati