Podcast Episodes

December 16th - Airport security rules for baggage over the Christmas period

You will have heard that airport security rules surrounding cabin baggage are to be relaxed in June 2024. It'll allow you to leave liquids, laptops, …

3 years, 4 months ago

December 15th - Train strikes: TSSA union accepts National Rail pay deal

There has been a development with the train strikes. As rail workers belonging to the RMT union prepare for 10 more days of national strikes, members…

3 years, 4 months ago

December 14th - So what exactly is the Network Rail strike all about?

A listener asked me what exactly the train strikes that have been endured this week are about, a question that's not that simple to answer. But here …

3 years, 4 months ago

December 13th - Mick Lynch, rail strikes and terrible weather

As the UK deals with the latest round of national rail strikes, I'll be talking about the interesting media figure, and person, that is the general s…

3 years, 5 months ago

December 12th - Airport chaos after a weekend of snow

Airline schedules have been torn up on Monday, withThe Independent identifying more than 320 flight cancellations to and from London’s airports alone…

3 years, 5 months ago

December 9th - Where you’ll be able to travel by train during the rail strikes

The most protracted and disruptive national rail strikes since 1989 begin on Tuesday 13 December. They involve walk-outs on a total of 12 days, stret…

3 years, 5 months ago

December 8th - UK Border Force strikes and what it could mean for your journey

The UK Border Force have announced a series of strike days as Britain's winter of discontent continues. I detail what the strike is over and when the…

3 years, 5 months ago

December 7th - Despairing at the state of the railways

Today's podcast is from Burton-upon-Trent station in Staffordshire, and I am speaking about the state of the railways, and why I am despairing.

I've b…

3 years, 5 months ago

December 6th - Trying to apply for an Indian eVisa

Today I speak to you from the kitchen where I am trying to apply for a visa to India. Breathtaking bureaucracy and a fall at the last hurdle.

Of cours…

3 years, 5 months ago

December 5th - India's eVisa opens again for UK travellers

Since the end of the Covid crisis, UK passport holders have been barred from the eVisa scheme due to a political dispute on access to Britain for Ind…

3 years, 5 months ago