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Simon Browning

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Senior Journalist and Reporter at BBC

@BBCNews Business reporter - keen interest in travel/ transport 💷📈📱✈️🏖👕(DMs open - send me stories)

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  • 3 days ago | yahoo.com | Simon Browning |Nick Marsh |Faarea Masud

    Train passengers are suffering unfair penalties for minor and often genuine mistakes in buying tickets, an inquiry has found. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said Britain's fare system was "complex" and that rail firms must stop taking "disproportionate action" against travellers.

  • 3 days ago | bbc.com | Simon Browning |Nick Marsh |Faarea Masud

    Train firms must stop criminalising 'innocent errors', report saysSimon Browning, Nick Marsh, and Faarea MasudSam WilliamsonTrain passengers are suffering unfair penalties for minor and often genuine mistakes in buying tickets, an inquiry has found. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said Britain's fare system was "complex" and that rail firms must stop taking "disproportionate action" against travellers.

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Simon Browning

    No clear answer on when Brits can use EU e-gates Simon BrowningBBCIt remains unclear whether UK passport holders will be able to use e-gates at EU airports this summer. The EU Commission has told the BBC that UK citizens will not have access to them until a new scheme to enhance border security comes into force in October, and even then it is up to individual countries.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Michael Race |Simon Browning

    The outage began soon after midday Spanish time and cities across the country have been impacted, although the popular tourist destinations of the Balearic and Canary Islands have not been as badly affected. The blackouts have led to public transport being disrupted, with trains being cancelled. Traffic lights being affected led to the mayor of Madrid to ask residents to keep the roads clear as tunnels of certain highways were closed.

  • 1 month ago | namibian.com.na | Simon Browning

    China has sent back planes it ordered from the US in its latest retaliation over Trump tariffs, the boss of aircraft maker Boeing has said. Kelly Ortberg said two planes had already been returned and another would follow after trade tensions between the two countries escalated. Boeing’s chief executive told CNBC that 50 more planes were due to go to China this year but their customers had indicated they will not take delivery of them.

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Simon Browning
Simon Browning @simbrowning
19 May 21

Passport stamped to enter Faro Portugal 🇵🇹 on Monday and again just now on departure. My first EU stamps since UK left EU. And on the day international travel legally resumed post pandemic!! https://t.co/wB34lUS0fA

Simon Browning
Simon Browning @simbrowning
28 Apr 21

🛳🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Lovely morning in Rosyth - cruise industry, like many others, has had a tough time in the pandemic. But it’s an industry getting ready to sail again... Demand high for UK trips as cruises gear up for a restart https://t.co/jeJeHbaFSj https://t.co/ecYhsSHtra

Simon Browning
Simon Browning @simbrowning
10 Feb 21

HOLIDAYS: @grantshapps @BBCBreakfast says 'we don't know on international travel - it depends on both the level of vaccination here but critically elsewhere. We've done 13m+ vaccinations which is more than EU, we'll need to wait for other countries to catch up to do the unlock' https://t.co/jlkA0OlKEU