A man has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after an assault on the M25, police said. Essex Police said it was called to the hard shoulder of the anti-clockwise carriageway between junctions 25 and 26, near Waltham Abbey, at 17:25 BST on Thursday. The man’s injuries were “not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing”, the force said. A […]

A police car was badly damaged and two officers left “stiff and shaken” after they used their vehicle to stop a driver attempting to go the wrong way down a motorway. Officers said they used “tactical contact” during the pursuit of a high-value stolen car to prevent the driver from entering the M25 at Brentwood, in Essex, earlier on Thursday. […]

Two lanes have been closed on the M25 after an oil spillage, causing 14 miles of tailbacks. The spillage happened on a section of the clockwise carriageway between junctions two and three in Dartford, Kent. Tailbacks stretch as far back as Chelmsford, Essex, (junction 28), and motorists are experiencing three-hour delays, National Highways said. The agency is advising drivers to […]

A holidaymaker returning to Heathrow Airport described the scene that greeted him at Terminal Three as akin to a “disaster movie”. Adam Kent, 59, from Worcestershire, landed on Saturday to find a “horrendous first impression of chaos”. He described luggage as looking like it had been dumped and had witnessed “appalling customer service”. A Heathrow spokesman apologized for delays saying […]

Heathrow Airport has apologised to passengers caught up in recent travel chaos but warned that more flights and many airport transfer could be cancelled. The UK’s largest airport asked airlines to remove 61 flights from Monday’s schedules, as it seeks to cope with soaring demand and staff shortages. Heathrow’s boss John Holland-Kaye said the airport would request “further action if […]