Gatwick flights cancelled and three London train lines closed – latest UK news

Two lanes of the M5 motorway are currently closed on the northbound carriageway, causing delays of around 1.5 hours compared to expected traffic.

The accident happened near Bristol, between junction 19 and junction 18, a stretch of road that was already congested with tourists as it is a main artery for the south-west.

Highways England said the delays were expected to be resolved by around 2.15pm today.

Emergency services are at the scene of an incident involving a light aircraft today, reported as an accident in local media.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service said in a statement: ‘We received an emergency call at 9.50am on Sunday morning reporting an incident involving a light aircraft at Thorganby, near York.

‘Several of our resources responded to the incident.’

In a statement shared on its website, North Yorkshire Police said: “We are dealing with an incident involving a light aircraft in a rural area near Selby.

‘We remain at the scene along with other emergency services and further updates will be provided.’

If you’re heading out and about in London today, please be aware that there are road closures in place for the T100 Triathlon. The roads affected today are mainly in the east of the city, although central areas will also be affected until 2pm:

4:30am to 6:30pm:

• Lower Lea Crossing
• Tidal Basin Roundabout
• Western Portal
• Seagull Avenue
• Royal Albert Way
• Gallon Roundabout

4:30am to 2pm:

• Victoria Landfill
• Avenue of the Horse Guards
• Northumberland Avenue
• Savoy Street
• Place of the Temple
• Blackfriars Underground Passage
• Lower Thames Street
• Upper Thames Street
• White Lion Hill
• Byward Street
• Tower Hill
• East Smithfield
• The road
• Limehouse Link Tunnel
• Aspen Trail
• East India Tunnel

Organisers said they were working with Newham Council and Transport for London “to ensure disruption is kept to the absolute minimum”.

Yesterday, several flights were cancelled at airports including Heathrow.

Today, Gatwick announced that two flights from Orlando, Florida have been cancelled.

They are British Airways BA2038 and American Airlines AA6201, which were due to land at 10:40.

Other services have been delayed, including British Airways flight BA2642 to Malaga, which will now depart at 9.25am.

Find the full schedule on the Gatwick website.

A second video has emerged from Manchester Airport showing violent scenes moments before a police officer is filmed allegedly kicking a passenger in the head.

Tuesday’s incident sent shockwaves across the country, with protesters blocking roads and trams in the city and politicians calling for calm.

The Greater Manchester police officer has been suspended and is now under criminal investigation, but Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham urged people “not to rush to judgement”, saying it was a “complicated situation with two sides”.

Read the full story here.

With school holidays in full swing, the expectation is that 2.9 million trips will be made on the roads today.

Along with 3.6 million trips yesterday, this would be the busiest weekend of the year and the second busiest summer weekend since 2015, second only to 2022, following the end of pandemic lockdowns.

The Port of Dover said it was also expecting its busiest weekend yet, with 11,000 tourist cars passing through yesterday alone.

A port spokesman said traffic was “flowing freely” on Saturday morning and reported wait times of just five minutes at border control.

Brittany Ferries – which operates between the UK, France and Spain – said most overnight sailings were already full this weekend but there was still space for daytime sailings.

Travel association Abta has estimated that more than two million Britons will travel abroad this weekend.

Those traveling through the capital should be aware that some metro lines are not fully open.

Two of them will be partially closed all day, while the Docklands Light Railway is experiencing temporary disruption due to a trespasser.

The affected lines are:

• Partial closure of the Piccadilly Line throughout the day, with no service between Kings Cross St Pancras and Cockfosters
• London Overground partial closure with no service between Hackney Downs and Chingford
• Part of the DLR suspended between Tower Gateway/Bank and Poplar/Canary Wharf due to a trespasser on the track at Westferry.

There are also minor delays on the Bakerloo, Elizabeth and Hammersmith and City lines.

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of transportation issues on a big summer getaway weekend.

Unfortunately, anyone heading to or from summer vacation has bigger problems than which podcast to listen to on their road trip this weekend.

There were major road, rail and flight disruptions on Friday and Saturday. If you’ve been waiting until today hoping Sunday would be a little quieter, we’re rooting for you.

We will update you with any important shipping news as it becomes available.