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Storm Floris causes disruptions: Media sources reported on August 4 that Storm Floris, accompanied by heavy winds and rainfall, touched down in parts of Northern Ireland, Scotland, northern Wales, and northern England in the United Kingdom. According to reports, the storm led to flooded roads, downed trees, and caused widespread power outages. Business and logistical disruptions can be expected. |
Air Traffic Control outage causes flight disruptions across airports: Media sources on July 30 report that a major air traffic control outage at Sanwick caused significant flight disruptions across airports in the United Kingdom on the same day. The affected airports include London Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR), where 308 flights were delayed and 32 were cancelled on July 30, Edinburgh Airport (IATA: EDI), Stansted Airport (IATS: MAG), and Manchester Airport (IATA: MAN). Authorities restored the system within 20 minutes of the outage, and departures resumed at the affected airports. Expect flight delays due to the incumbent backlog.
Major Incident Declared on A55, Main access route to Port of Holyhead.
North Wales Police have declared a major incident on the A55 due to a fire on the westbound carriageway. Both directions of the A55 currently remain closed, with no confirmed time for reopening, as emergency services continue to work at the scene.
Although the fire has now been extinguished, crews are carrying out further inspections to ensure it has not spread to internal sections of the A55 tunnel and to fully assess the extent of the damage.
A diversion is in place via the A470 and A5. Please note that this alternative route is slower and passes through single carriageway roads in the Snowdonia National Park, which is likely to cause delays for traffic en route to the Port of Holyhead.
As the A55 is the primary access route to the Port, these delays may impact ferry crossings scheduled for this evening.
The designated operator of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Royal Mail, would like to inform other Union member countries and their designated operators that there is a phishing e-mail purporting to originate from Royal Mail. Royal Mail has seen examples of the phishing e-mail (forwarded to the operator by other designated operators). The e-mails were received early in the morning (UK time) on 16 May 2025. The e-mail address provided is not real – see example below to support identification: Royal Mail urges all designated operators to be vigilant in the area of phishing e-mails, so as to protect themselves from both a financial and cybersecurity perspective. Royal Mail would like to remind designated operators that they should continue to be guided by the relevant Royal Mail settlement information – especially the payee account number information – available in the UPU documentation centre: International Bureau circulars with bank details. It wishes to reiterate that the valid information to be used for payments by transfer remains that provided through the above link, as per International Bureau circular No. 89 of 3 June 2024.
The designated operator of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Royal Mail, would like to advise that normal operations have been restored and all import and export functions have resumed according to the usual schedule
As reported in the news, Heathrow Airport is closed today, Friday 21st March 2025 due to a giant fire causing a power outage to the airport and surrounding areas. All flights in and out of Heathrow Airport have been cancelled. The airport will remain closed until midnight but travel disruptions are expected to last into the weekend.