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• Britons travelling to EU to undergo new biometric checks at border from Sunday

  10-10-2025 17:13
  Most non-EU nationals entering Schengen area will have photo and fingerprints taken as part of entry-exit systemThe first British and other non-EU citizens will be subjected to new biometric checks when travelling to Europe from Sunday, when the long-delayed entry-exit system (EES) is finally launched.A phased implementation to avoid chaos at borders means it could be another six months before every traveller is checked, with passport stamping continuing until the system is fully up and running.
  
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• ‘Little lungs are paying’: 1.6m claimants head to high court as carmakers finally face punishment for Dieselgate

  10-10-2025 13:09
  Carmakers accused of cheating air pollution rules have faced little punishment in UK but trial brought by 1.6m motorists is about to begin“Little lungs are still paying for Dieselgate every day,” says Jemima Hartshorn, the founder of the Mums for Lungs campaign group. Her own young daughter has suffered serious breathing problems, which at their worst involved the harrowing experience of having to pin her to the floor to administer an inhaler.It is 10 years since the scandal erupted,
  
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