Every so often, as a journalist, you come across a genuinely shocking nugget of news. Last week, while reading a Department for Transport report on foreign lorries in the UK, I came across something so staggering I actually read it three or four times to make sure I’d got it right.

Overseas trucks travelled almost [more]

Tags: Calais, European, foreign, Freight Transport Association, Fuel, lorries, overseas, port, trucks

A volcano with a name that sounds like a Lord of the Rings character has caused travel chaos, and I can report on it first hand. Last Saturday I was due to fly back from a family skiing holiday in the French Alps. Needless to say I didn’t.

The British Airways website wouldn’t let us [more]

Tags: air, ash, BA, Birmingham, Calais, Chaos, Eyjafjallajoekull, flying, Heathrow, Travel, volcanic