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

Home Office confirms Border Force eGates back online after widespread outage

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. Airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle and ...

08 May 2024 at 06:46

Passport e-gate failure causes delays at airports as bank holiday getaway begins

Failures with the passport e-gate system at UK airports have caused long delays for those arriving in the country as the bank holiday getaway gets under way. Travellers have described on social media queues of several hours at a number of ...

27 May 2023 at 18:09

Passport e-gates to open for children aged 10 and 11

Families with young children could enjoy quicker journeys through airports this summer under moves to expand the use of electronic passport gates. Border Force director-general Phil Douglas said a trial of allowing children aged 10 and ...

31 Jan 2023 at 13:37

British passport holders to be allowed to use e-gates at more EU airports

British passport holders will be able to use e-gates at more European airports as part of a UK-EU deal, the Government has announced. Since Brexit, British travellers arriving at EU airports have generally been forced to queue for ...

19 May 2025 at 14:56

Starmer hails ‘common sense’ EU deal as Brexiteers condemn ‘surrender’

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has claimed his post-Brexit “reset” will cut red tape for travellers and businesses, boosting the economy by £9 billion by 2040. Under the deal struck with Brussels, more tourists will be able to use ...

19 May 2025 at 12:23

PM defends ‘common sense’ EU deal as critics condemn ‘surrender’ to Brussels

Sir Keir Starmer said shoppers, tourists and businesses will benefit from a deal with Brussels which sees the UK sign up to follow EU rules and grants European trawlers access to British fishing waters for a further 12 years. ...

19 May 2025 at 18:44

At a glance: What has been agreed in the UK-EU deal?

The UK and the EU have reached a wide-ranging agreement on issues including defence, food and passport checks. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s Government has claimed his post-Brexit “reset” will cut red tape for travellers ...

19 May 2025 at 14:43

Germany to allow UK passport holders to use e-gates

Germany has agreed to allow some arriving UK airline passengers to use passport e-gates at its airports by the end of August, the Cabinet Office has announced. This will initially be available for frequent travellers. ...

17 Jul 2025 at 12:59

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