The new checks, part of the EU's new Entry/Exit System (EES), collect digital personal records of third country nationals travelling to the Schengen area and replace the manual stamping of passports.
This was a fantastic seizure by our colleagues at Border Force, and taking this amount of cocaine out of circulation will have deprived the organised criminals involved of millions in profits.
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The UK holds approximately 6,700 gigawatt hours (GWh) of gas in reserve, a significant drop from about 18,000 GWh at the same time last year. This remaining stockpile can only satisfy around 1.5 days of national demand. The UK has a similar amount of liquefied natural gas (LNG) stored, leaving the country highly vulnerable to market disruptions.
Thanks to the development of high-speed rail and the slowdown in our capital expenditure, we aim to strengthen the growth of our results over the next decade. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation stood at €859 million, exceeding targets set and reconfirmed last year.
'That's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to ongoing export costs and delays,' says Parcelhero's Head of Consumer Research, David Jinks M.I.L.T. 'It was not only to EU destinations that export costs rose. 'Costs for shipping to the USA and other international destinations also rose year-on-year. 40.5% of retailers and 36.1% of manufacturers reported their global exports cost them more in December than in the same month of 2024. Trump's tariffs, introduced last April, played a role in this overall increase.
The United States is a reliable ally. We believe that to be the case, we see that every day. But we also know the world is changing, and we've got to step up and Europe's got to step up. President Trump—he may have his own style—he's not the first US president to say that. The thing we've really got to understand about this new world is that hard and soft power have to go together.
