we were flying from manchester airport going i flying from manchester airport going to create this morning the bags in yesterday. he was there for three hours yesterday checking the bags and so we didn't have the cath this morning, got through security, we boarded the plane pretty much on time, howeverthen boarded the plane pretty much on time, however then it started to be delayed and lots of passengers rejoining late because they had all been stuck in the bag 0, and then we ended up being on the plane for about three and a half hours and the pilot said that there were no staff to put the bags on the plane, basically and they were waiting for the luggage to arrive. eventually the luggage to arrive. eventually the luggage to arrive. eventually the luggage did arrive after about three and half hours and by that point, i think the airline staff had got to a point where they weren't actually able to fly any more because they had gone over there time that they were allowed, so we ended up having to get back on the buses and go back to the terminal, and a really great choice of music on the bus

airports? she is flying from manchester. efore she departs, and check she has the right paperwork because let�*s not forget, when we are travelling there are still restrictions at the other end and it is very easy to forget. i went to spain yesterday and forgot you had to wear a mask. you have got to remember there are still restrictions and by other small things that will help us minimise some of the anxiety and stress where haven�*t travelled. flan some of the anxiety and stress where haven't travelled.— haven't travelled. can i be slightly counterintuitive _ haven't travelled. can i be slightly counterintuitive and _ haven't travelled. can i be slightly counterintuitive and say, - haven't travelled. can i be slightly counterintuitive and say, don't i haven't travelled. can i be slightly | counterintuitive and say, don't turn up counterintuitive and say, don't turn up too _ counterintuitive and say, don't turn up too early. — counterintuitive and say, don't turn up too early, because this is causing _ up too early, because

manchester airport has had its own issues in recent months.control. certainly this weekend has seen the _ its control. certainly this weekend has seen the most _ its control. certainly this weekend has seen the most departure - its control. certainly this weekend | has seen the most departure since before the pandemic, which is good news for the industry. it will get resolved. it's getting better all the time. _, , resolved. it's getting better all thetime. , , the time. the company says it is continually _ the time. the company says it is continually working _ the time. the company says it is continually working with - the time. the company says it is continually working with airportl continually working with airport staff and baggage handlers to ensure a smooth running of operations on the ground. swiss board, which runs baggage handling, is recruiting post—pandemic and says it is working hard to address resource challenges and has already welcomed over 2000 new colleagues across the uk and ireland. while manchester airport says it is in con

thousands of travellers will be affected by the change which tui blames on staff shortages at manchester airportcases are packed, we are all ready to go, and we received a text last night, 7:30pm, saying the holiday had been cancelled. no explanation, and nobody has been in touch. there are concerns of more disruption for airline passengers during thejubilee weekend and the summer. also this this lunchtime. calls for more children in england to be given free school meals — to help tackle the cost of living crisis. everything is shooting up in price. things that were £1 are now £1.10. it adds to the panic as well and you are just thinking, how am i going to get through this month? _ the average price of petrol reaches a record high amid new sanctions on russian oil. one week after the school shooting in texas, sir andy murray, who survived the dunblane massacre as a child, calls for changes to america's gun laws. surely at some stage you do something different, like, you can't keep approaching the problem, you know, by buying more guns and having more guns in the country. another senior conservat

kate tynan was meant to be flying to crete from manchester airport this morning.5, so we got there and we got through security fine, because my husband checked the bags in yesterday and was there for three hours checking the bags in so we didn't have that chaos this morning and got through security and we boarded the plane pretty much on time, however, it started to be delayed in lots of passengers were joining late so they had been stuck in the queue. and we end up being on a plane for three and a half hours and the pilot said that there was no staff to put the bags on the plane basically and they were waiting for the rubbish to arrive so eventually the rubbish to arrive so eventually the luggage arrived after about three and a half hours. by that point, i think the airline staff had gone to a point where they weren't able to fly any more because they had gone over their time they were allowed so we had to end up getting back on the buses and going back to the terminal. under a really great choice of music on the bus going back to the terminal was leaving on a je

manchester airport has stood out. it has had a let than others. manchester airport has stood out.s as they are stuck there for a long time and get worried about whether they will make their flight. manchester airport is set in the past week that people need to be turning up three hours early, three hours before theirflight, notjust earlier hours early, three hours before their flight, notjust earlier than their flight, not just earlier than normal. their flight, notjust earlier than normal. three hours before the flight to make sure they do make it and manchester and other airports are reminding people to make sure they remember what they are meant to do in terms of putting the right stuff in your hand luggage so there is not an extra delay and security. in terms of this morning, birmingham airport said that actually can have of all the customers flying out from birmingham this morning were all booked to guard during its busy peak essentially there are a let booked to guard during its busy peak essentially there are a lot of people are going out at the same time, hence these queue

this was the scene at manchester airport yesterday. look at that queue! u're the kind of person who hates being packed into a crowd. and on top of airport staffing issues, we're also seeing the airlines cancel flights. now, andy was offered an alternative flight when his was called off, but that just didn't work with his booked accommodation. so that's it, his first family holiday in three years isn't happening. we said we'd fly anywhere, we'll fly anywhere that you can get us to. no flights anywhere for three days. it's not just. .. i'm sure that i'll get the money back for the holiday. it's also the fact that we spent 200 quid on a hotel last night, we spent 100 quid on a meal last night and probably another 150 quid this morning on various different things. you know, parking cost us another 150 quid. i'll probably never see any of that back from easyjet. so i'm just hugely disappointed by how they handled this whole situation and the position they put their customer services people here into. oh, the money and the disappointment, isn't it? easyjet have

in manchester, tui, which calls itself the uk�*s leading travel brand, from the city�*s airport untilstatement, the company said... the main reason for the disruption is said to be staff shortages in baggage handling and check—in. swissport and tui said rising flight numbers were exacerbating resource challenges across the industry and the firm is working hard to recruit more workers. but for holiday—makers like joanna and her family due to travel from manchester this morning, those extra workers are too little, too late. last night, the cases were packed, we were ready to go. we received a text last night at 7.30 saying the holiday had been cancelled. no explanation. nobody�*s been in touch. the chancellor, rishi sunak, defended the government�*s support for the industry and said ministers were focused on helping ease the current challenges. we've put in place billions of pounds of support for the travel industry, particularly during the pandemic. right now, there are conversations to make sure that disruption can be eased, that is where the focus is. eased, and that's where the focu

advanced cancellations are aimed at providing stability amid disruption to its operation at manchester airportlamed on staff shortages at check—in and baggage reclaim. swissport, which handles tui's ground operations at manchester, said it was sorry for its part in delays and disruption. this guy's a legend. 0ne passenger took this video yesterday of a pilot out on the tarmac helping to deal with bags. passenger numbers have taken off as travel restrictions have eased, but after shedding thousands ofjobs during the pandemic, businesses have struggled to hire new staff and get them through security clearance quickly enough. an aviation recruiter told me many people had left for other sectors and there isn't the same pool of european workers post—brexit. baggage handling is a particular pinch point. every company based around in and around an airport is currently recruiting. candidates can pick and choose which vacancies they want to show an interest in, which interviews they want to attend, and employers, unfortunately, are in the situation where they are continuously having to build their tale

let's get more from colletta smith, who's at manchester airport. ss the uk. passenger demand — right across the uk. passenger demand has picked up and recruitment 'ust demand has picked up and recruitment just hasn't— demand has picked up and recruitment just hasn't kept pace. this bank holiday— just hasn't kept pace. this bank holiday weekend was always going to be a crunch _ holiday weekend was always going to be a crunch point. the extra long weekend — be a crunch point. the extra long weekend hitting at the same moment. so many— weekend hitting at the same moment. so many companies say theyjust can't _ so many companies say theyjust can't get — so many companies say theyjust can't get enough people in place, they can't— can't get enough people in place, they can't get enough people cleared through— they can't get enough people cleared through the extra airport security that's— through the extra airport security that's needed here. but airlines and airports _ that's needed here. but airlines and airports very much hoping to have this fixed — airp

not present, having booked a holiday, thinking the trial would be over — and were spotted at manchester airportey, went first, saying that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun, and if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, and then having lied about it under oath. at this point, rebekah vardy picked up her laptop and left court, returning an hour later, missing hearing herself being called an entirely unreliable witness. then it was the turn of rebekah vardy�*s legal team, who argued it was a very simple case, if you cleared away the conspiracy theories. they said that rebekah vardy did not leak the information, nor did she authorise anyone else to leak. they asked that a substantial award of damages should be made. this trial has covered a lot of ground and brought up many subjects which have never been mentioned in the hig

advanced cancellations are aimed at providing stability amid disruption to its operation at manchester airport shortages at check—in and baggage reclaim. swissport, which handles tui's ground operations at manchester, said it was sorry for its part in delays and disruption. this guy's a legend. 0ne passenger took this video yesterday of a pilot out on the tarmac helping to deal with bags. passenger numbers have taken off as travel restrictions have eased, but after shedding thousands ofjobs during the pandemic, businesses have struggled to hire new staff and get them through security clearance quickly enough. an aviation recruiter told me many people had left for other sectors and there isn't the same pool of european workers post—brexit. baggage handling is a particular pinch point. every company based in and around an airport is currently recruiting. candidates can pick and choose which vacancies they want to show an interest in, which interviews they want to attend, and employers, unfortunately, are in the situation where they are continuously having to build their talent pools in order to

not present, having booked a holiday, thinking the trial would be over — and were spotted at manchester airportcoleen rooney, went first, saying that rebekah vardy regularly and frequently leaked stories to the sun, and if she approved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, and then having lied about it under oath. at this point, rebekah vardy picked up her laptop and left court, returning an hour later, missing hearing herself being called an entirely unreliable witness. then it was the turn of rebekah vardy�*s legal team, who argued it was a very simple case, if you cleared away the conspiracy theories. they said that rebekah vardy did not leak the information, nor did she authorise anyone else to leak. they asked that a substantial award of damages should be made. this trial has covered a lot of ground and brought up many subjects which have never been mentioned

advanced cancellations are aimed at providing stability amid disruption to its operation at manchester airportages at check—in and baggage reclaim. swissport, which handles tui's ground operations at manchester, said it was sorry for its part in delays and disruption. this guy's a legend. 0ne passenger took this video yesterday of a pilot out on the tarmac helping to deal with bags. passenger numbers have taken off as travel restrictions have eased, but after shedding thousands ofjobs during the pandemic, businesses have struggled to hire new staff and get them through security clearance quickly enough. an aviation recruiter told me many people had left for other sectors and there isn't the same pool of european workers post—brexit. baggage handling is a particular pinch point. every company based in and around an airport is currently recruiting. candidates can pick and choose which vacancies they want to show an interest in, which interviews they want to attend, and employers, unfortunately, are in the situation where they are continuously having to build their talent pools in order to get th

thousands of travellers have faced hours of queues at birmingham and manchester airports, many hopingcided to line up queues for security outside to prevent them becoming tangled up with check—in queues inside. the airport says it has already started recruiting extra staff. a rare and precious find — a tooth from one of the world's largest prehistoric sharks, a megalodon. it was found on the suffolk coast and could be up to 20 million years old. and the amateur fossil hunter who found this rare fossil? he's only six. jo black reports. the tooth of one of the largest prehistoric sharks, extinct for roughly three and a half million years. it's a discovery that any experienced palaeontologist would be thrilled with, but this megalodon tooth was unearthed by a six—year—old, and now sammy and his fossil are the talk of his school. sammy, i like your... i like your fossil. i think the tooth is heavy. it's really big and megalodons are from ages ago. but what does sammy make of it all? so it's, like, so big, i didn't know what it even was. and how did you find out what it was? my daddy told

rob gore spent 1a hours at manchester airport yesterday only to be ushered off the plane which was supposed family to dalaman in turkey for his sister—in—law�*s wedding. he joins us live now from manchester. ican imagine i can imagine you're pretty hacked off today. flat i can imagine you're pretty hacked offtoda. ,, , ., off today. not surprisingly. not also for us. _ off today. not surprisingly. not also for us, for _ off today. not surprisingly. not also for us, for the _ off today. not surprisingly. not also for us, for the children, i off today. not surprisingly. not. also for us, for the children, every otherfamily on the also for us, for the children, every other family on the flight. our treatment has been nothing short of disgusting bite to eat, no communication or information. talk us throu~h communication or information. talk us through what _ communication or information. talk us through what happened, because you got to the gate, did all the paperwork, you have been checked through a newer on the plane. yes. through a newer on the plane. yes, we were on — through a newer on the

this was the scene at manchester airport yesterday morning. look at that queue! top of airport staffing issues, we are seeing airlines cancel flights. andy was offered an alternative flight when his was called off but that didn't work with his booked accommodation. so that first family holiday in three years is off. we said we would fly anywhere, we will fly anywhere you can get us, no flight anywhere for three days. it's not just. .. flight anywhere for three days. it's notjust... i'm sure i will get the holiday money back but it is also the fact that we spent 200 quid on a hotel last night, we spent 100 quid on a meal last night and probably another 150 this morning on various different things. parking gusts another 150 quid, different things. parking gusts another150 quid, i different things. parking gusts another 150 quid, i will probably never see any of that back from easyjet. —— the parking cost us. i am hugely disappointed in how they handled this whole situation and the position they put their customer services people here into. it’s position they put the

not present, having booked a holiday, thinking the trial would be over — and were spotted at manchester airportroved or condoned the leaking of information through her agent, caroline watt, seen here on the left, then she was responsible for caroline watt�*s actions. he spoke about the deliberate deletion and destruction of evidence, accusing rebekah vardy of deleting whatsapp messages, and then having lied about it under oath. at this point, rebekah vardy picked up her laptop and left court, returning an hour later, missing hearing herself being called an entirely unreliable witness. then it was the turn of rebekah vardy�*s legal team, who argued it was a very simple case, if you cleared away the conspiracy theories. they said that rebekah vardy did not leak the information, nor did she authorise anyone else to leak. they asked that a substantial award of damages should be made. this trial has covered a lot of ground and brought up many subjects which have never been mentioned in the high court before. gemma collins faceplanting on dancing on ice. a mobile phone, which ended up at the bottom o

the floor under luggage, manchester, bristol, otherairports the floor under luggage, manchester, bristol, other airportsnd they've written — qualifying for that. and they've written exactly and encapsulated travellers heading abroad and the need _ travellers heading abroad and the need another holiday to get over the chave— need another holiday to get over the chaos that _ need another holiday to get over the chaos that they did at the shambolic airports _ chaos that they did at the shambolic airports. after the pandemic, after having _ airports. after the pandemic, after having state creations and discovering whatever parts of britain, — discovering whatever parts of britain, how awful, some people trying _ britain, how awful, some people trying to— britain, how awful, some people trying to get away, trying to have a break _ trying to get away, trying to have a break and — trying to get away, trying to have a break and they're not able to do that _ break and they're not able to do that. �* . . break and they're not able to do that. . ., . ., , ., that. and france in europe, are we seeinr that. and fran

manchester airport has just issued a fresh warning to passengers about check—in queues, but with passportather where you are. good morning, this is bbc london. i'm frankie mccamley. 12 new community panels will review and monitor the met police's use of force. they're called police encounter panels — and will be co—chaired by community figures and police commanders. the panels will have access to body worn footage and written statements. it's part of the met�*s plan to rebuild trust with londoners. another case of the monkeypox virus has been identified in london. there are still only a handful of cases, but it's signicant enough for the nhs to be thinking ahead to dealing with more. it's a rare disease which originates from central and west africa and spreads through close contact. cases in the uk have gone up to nine — with seven of them being detected in london. meet nicola bennett — a londoner, and the only black female professional golfer in the uk. she says she's on a mission to inspire others like her into the game. she's going to schools as well as running affordable sessions for

and people flying abroad from some airports, including gatwick, bristol and manchester, have expressedrt and ceo at the pc agency, told my colleague shaun ley about the issues that passengers, airports and airlines are experiencing. fundamentally, eurostarjust saw a really busy day yesterday. and we'll see another very, very packed day today. it's good that people are coming back, so the demand is there, but the airports and the airlines are worst affected. they are suffering from a lack of staff. the workforce available for the travel and tourism sector has shrunk, and as a result, airlines and airports have found it very difficult to attract new talent, fresh talent back into the sector. they simply aren't paying wages that are attractive enough compared with other sectors. and of course, so many thousands were made redundant or put on furlough during the pandemic. and airports and airlines have not been able to attract those staff back to the sector. that is a real problem, then, because given that particularly demand seems to have bounced back strongly? that's right. demand is very

and people flying abroad from some airports, including gatwick, bristol and manchester, have expressedgovernment is to ask the public whether they would rather buy goods weighed in pounds and ounces than in kilograms and grams. under existing laws, inherited from the eu, shops and market traders can use imperial measures, but must display the cost in metric units as well. the consultation will begin on friday to coincide with the queen's platinum jubilee. the top prize at the cannes film festival, the palme d'or, has gone to a satirical movie about two fashion models who end up stranded on a desert island with a group of billionaires. triangle of sadness was directed by the swedish film maker ruben ostlund, who's won the prize twice. claudia redmond reports. we are all equal. that is so true. everyone's equal. triangle of sadness is the winner of one of film's most prestigious awards, the palme d'or, at the 75th cannes film festival. directed by ruben ostlund, the biting satire about the worlds of fashion and the super rich, set on board a luxury yacht, had an eight minute standing ova

and people flying abroad from some airports, including gatwick, bristol and manchester, have expressedning me now is our business correspondent vivienne nunis. right, where do we start? tough out there. let's start until very. as you say come at their days of cu es there. long waits for lori drivers as well. authorities think it might calm down early in the week as some people go back to work, but then those bottlenecks may well build up again towards the bank holiday, the latter part of the week. the dover mp just said today that they are becoming just as famous for their traffic jams, it's something that will continue. ., ., continue. not too great in dover. what about _ continue. not too great in dover. what about the _ continue. not too great in dover. what about the airports? - continue. not too great in dover. what about the airports? a - continue. not too great in dover. what about the airports? a lot i continue. not too great in dover. what about the airports? a lot ofj what about the airports? a lot of frustration _ what about the airports? a lot of frustration for _ what abou

and people flying abroad from some airports, including gatwick, bristol and manchester, have expressedow is our news correspondent simonjones. so shall we start with dover, what is happening there? 2s, so shall we start with dover, what is happening there?— is happening there? a third day of disruption. _ is happening there? a third day of disruption, passengers _ is happening there? a third day of disruption, passengers have i is happening there? a third day of disruption, passengers have been| disruption, passengers have been telling me they have been waiting may be five or six hours to get on board a ferry. lots of frustrated people. similar issues to the ones we were seeing yesterday. we have got a big influx of tourists wanting to get away for the school half term. 0n to get away for the school half term. on top of this, dover is still running at reduced capacity because p and 0 is only using two of its four ferries after sucking 800 staff earlier this month. also there are now brexit checks —— sucking 800 staff. the brexit checks are adding to the time taken to get through. but a

and people flying abroad from some airports, including gatwick, bristol and manchester, have expressedes on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 17.25 this afternoon — bye for now. good afternoon. liverpool's quest for a historic season came to a halt as they fell to a 1—0 defeat by real madrid in the champions league final. but all the talk and concern is over what happened outside the stade de france as fans had difficulty gaining access to the ground. they have called for an investigation into security arrangements. the team are back in liverpool to celebrate their 2022 cup victories with a parade. our correspondentjane dougall is in livepool. jane, before we get onto the parade, what's the latest after the scenes in paris last night? it was a pretty bad night on several fronts for liverpool fans. if we start with the problems outside the stadiums beforehand there were many accounts from fans saying they were contained by french police and then that it took hours for them to access the stadium because of poor organisation, they claim bice stewards and we have seen fo

gatwick, you're down in brighton, that is - you�*re down in brighton, that is your nearest big airport and manchesterhool thought is not always so eas . ~ :, , :, easy. what is view in the travel industry. _ easy. what is view in the travel industry. it _ easy. what is view in the travel industry, it was _ easy. what is view in the travel industry, it was always - easy. what is view in the travell industry, it was always expected that there would be a bounce back as the pandemic eased. do they accept that maybe they haven�*t quite anticipated how big the bounceback might be? i anticipated how big the bounceback miaht be? ~ . might be? i think it is quite curious- — might be? i think it is quite curious. you _ might be? i think it is quite curious. you think- might be? i think it is quite curious. you think they - might be? i think it is quite| curious. you think they have might be? i think it is quite - curious. you think they have had all this time to prepare and why haven�*t they been preparing but they say that the restrictions were lifted and that was sprung on them and they just have not had tim

delayed, one leaving from manchester to corfu, scheduled for 6:55am this morning and now delayed until 11pm so some pretty painful waiting to. you mentioned the busy day, birmingham airportng at some waiting, it may be up to two and a half hours at dover and port of dover and p80 ferries are asking people not to come if they don�*t have a crossing box and for those with tickets, to make toilet breaks on the way and bring their own food and water but most of those have come from liverpool, no question they will get across the channel for the champions league final tomorrow. ibe across the channel for the champions league final tomorrow.— league finaltomorrow. be patient, eve bod ! league finaltomorrow. be patient, everybody! thank _ league finaltomorrow. be patient, everybody! thank you _ league finaltomorrow. be patient, everybody! thank you very - league finaltomorrow. be patient, everybody! thank you very much. l a man with autism is taking the supermarket sainsbury�*s to court for refusing entry to his assistance cat. ian fenn says the ban on chloe, who helps ease his anxiety, is limiting his independence. the supermarket says cats, unlike assistance dogs, present ris

greater manchester police says it's investigating previous incidents involving dogs at the home. no arrests have been made. airlines and airports passengers and staff to wear facemasks. the european union aviation safety agency says the change — which comes into force today — is a big step forward in normalising air travel. some airlines will still require face coverings to be worn. the queen has attended the final night of the royal windsor horse show — which was the first official event to celebrate her platinum jubilee. applause her majesty was met with a standing ovation as she arrived. celebrities including tom cruise, helen mirren and katherinejenkins appeared in the open—air celebration. and martin clunes. well spotted. and that was helen mirren as elizabeth i. my mirren as elizabeth i. my goodness. did she think it was fancy dress? i do not think so. why did you not tell me? you do not have many more early is but did you look up to the sky this morning? it was really reining in sheffield and as i approached manchester it was getting better. but still wet here. if you have clear skies, take a look outside and you may see