A MAJOR mobile network with millions of customers has extended its free roaming offer in a boon for holidaymakers. Tesco Mobile has confirmed its Home from Home EU roaming offer will close a year later than planned, in 2026. GettyTesco Mobile has extended its Home from Home pledge until 2026[/caption] It means customers can carry on using their minutes, texts and data allowances at no extra cost when travelling to one of 48 locations. Since the start of January 2021, when Brexit came into effect, UK mobile phone users have no longer received free roaming in the EU by law. Most major networks h ..read more

DRIVERS have been warned they face being trapped in “car stacking” sites near Dover in an attempt to avoid 15-hour queues. Measures have been drawn up to avoid gridlocked chaos at the port when strict new EU border controls come into place. PAMeasures have been drawn up in a bid to avoid 15-hour queues at Dover when the new EES rules come into force[/caption] The new European Entry/Exit System (EES) is due to start this November and the plans have been drawn up in an attempt to avoid severe problems on the roads of Kent. Sites away from the main road network could be used to “stack” cars wanti ..read more

TRAVEL to Europe is about to get trickier for British holidaymakers. New rules coming into force later this year will require UK citizens travelling within the EU to comply with a new Entry-Exit System (EES). GettyTravel to Europe is about to get trickier for British holidaymakers[/caption] On top of this, from next year British passport holders must also apply for a permit through the Electronic Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). So what do you need to know? Assistant Travel Editor Sophie Swietochowski has the answers. WHAT IS EES? The Entry-Exit System will replace the need ..read more

WAS this the week that the most famous feuding brothers in the world started to patch it up? Liam and Noel Gallagher getting the band back together was just the start. AFPPrince William and Prince Harry were both at the memorial for their uncle Lord Robert Fellowes[/caption] GettyIf the Gallaghers can make up — despite the bad blood, despite the bitching, despite all the hurt feelings — can William and Harry do it too?[/caption] Incredibly, in the same week that the Oasis reunion was announced, Prince William and Prince Harry were at the memorial for their uncle Lord Robert Fellowes, who was D ..read more

SIR Keir Starmer today left the door open for millions of EU nationals to move to Britain. In Berlin on a Euro love bombing mission, the PM insisted he has “no plans” to launch a fresh “youth mobility scheme” with Brussels. ReutersPM Keir Starmer meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin[/caption] But he refused to rule out shaking hands on a new movement scheme for young adults in the future. A youth mobility deal would see Europeans aged 35 and under given free rein to live and work in the UK for two years. Brits would also be permitted to move to the continent, with both groups requir ..read more

SPAIN is ordering police in a Lanzarote airport to stamp Brits’ passports on both entry and departure. The move comes as officials discovered that stamping has hardly been carried out since the UK became a third country. GettyBrits fear Spanish airport cops are making it harder for them to prove they’re not overstaying[/caption] Third countries don’t enjoy the EU’s right to free movement – and we became one on new year’s day 2021. From this date, all UK passports should have been stamped upon leaving countries like Spain, as this was when the transition period for leaving the EU expired. Anony ..read more

BRITS have been warned of “likely disruption” at three places in the UK this summer as new travel rules come into force. The European Union‘s plans to scrap border entry and exit stamps will be implemented this autumn. GettyTravel may be disrupted this autumn due to a new system for checking people in and out of the UK[/caption] Previously tourist’s passports were manually stamped as they went in and out of the EU but this is all set to change. The new European Entry/Exit System (EES) will see digital records being created that link a travel document to a person’s identity using biometric ..read more

THE three-month long Tory leadership race is now officially underway with six contenders ready to battle it out in the first round of voting Kemi Badenoch, the bookies’ favourite, Dame Priti Patel, Mel Stride, Tom Tugendhat, James Cleverly and Robert Jenrick are all on the ballot paper after securing the backing of 10 MPs. AlamyFormer Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch is the bookies’ favourite to replace Rishi Sunak[/caption] Nominations had opened last Wednesday and closed at 2.30pm today. A number of votes by MPs will now whittle the shortlist down to four candidates – who will address the pa ..read more

TOP Tory Robert Jenrick is the only hope to unite the party and regain public trust on immigration – as he knows Britain must ditch the Euro court, one of his allies has said. Conservative MP Danny Kruger told the Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots he will back the former immigration minister in the race to replace Rishi Sunak as he has the qualities that “can best unite us”. Darren FletcherRobert Jenrick on a previous episode of Never Mind The Ballots[/caption] PADanny Kruger is the co-chair of the New Conservatives, a right-wing grouping of MPs[/caption] ReutersRishi Sunak will stay on as Leader o ..read more

NIGEL Farage called for a showdown referendum on exiting the European Court of Human Rights in his Commons maiden speech today. The Reform leader insisted a “fun” vote to abandon the ECHR would be the only way to end the small boats crisis.   AFPNigel Farage called for a referendum on leaving the ECHR in his maiden speech to parliament today[/caption] PAThe Reform chief also hit out at the new parliament for having too many Remainers and MPs who want to reverse Brexit[/caption] Mr Farage hit out at Labour’s plan to tackle soaring illegal migration by smashing smuggling gangs. He argued th ..read more