Transport

Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Baroness Sharron Davies, the former Olympic swimmer and women’s rights campaigner, is preparing to fight a speeding ticket in court after claiming that unclear motorway signs caused her to unintentionally exceed the temporary speed limit, court documents show. The 63-year-old peer was caught by a speed camera on the M4 motorway near South Gloucestershire late at night, when...

Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A holiday flight from Turkey to the United Kingdom was plunged into chaos last week when two passengers engaged in a violent mid‑air brawl, forcing the plane to divert and prompting lifetime flight bans from British airline Jet2. The incident has reignited concerns about unruly passenger behaviour and airline safety on international routes. The disturbance occurred on Jet2...

Published: 18 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled new regulations aimed at cracking down on unregulated pedicab services in the capital, particularly targeting ‘rip‑off fares’, loud music and unsafe operations that have long plagued central London’s streets. The move comes after years of complaints from tourists, residents and business owners about excessive charges and nuisance behaviour by pedicab drivers —...

Published: 17 February 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Royal Mail has attributed widespread delays in mail and parcel deliveries across the UK to severe weather conditions and a surge in staff sickness, acknowledging the impact on households and businesses that rely on timely postal services. The company warned that adverse weather, combined with high absenteeism among frontline workers, has disrupted normal operations and caused significant backlogs...