is not clear whether they will do that again over the summer. heathrow is saying they will do everything they can to limit disruption but it might take a bit longer to get through security if you are flying out of the uk on your summer holidays but it will depend, the extent of those queues could depend on how well heathrow is able to fill in those staffing gaps to provide contingency measures stop at the moment is not totally clear how big the impact could be but a busy time of the year over some of these big summer holiday getaway weekends. i think it s fair to say you could be looking at some queues to get through security at heathrow but at the moment are unclear and no airlines have said whether they will cancel any flights as a result. katie, thank you very much and katie is monitoring this carefully. this is monitoring this carefully. this is bbc news. and to remind you that one of the stories that has broken over the last hour or so, and major escalation in the dispute between
could affect, not only travellers in the uk, but those travelling internationally as well. the strikes will involve over 2000 security officers, 31 days of strike action and they refer to as campus security and they refer to as campus security and are responsible for checking all personnel and vehicles going airside. we are going to talk now to katie austen who was our transport correspondent. hello, katie. iwas telling viewers what is referred to as campus security. quickly, it s notjust as campus security. quickly, it s not just a security, as campus security. quickly, it s notjust a security, is it? because as the knock on effect on the airlines as well. as the knock-on effect on the airlines as well. as the knock-on effect on the airlines as well. yes, the company are the dolls airlines as well. yes, the company are the dolls at airlines as well. yes, the company are the dolls at chicago airlines as well. yes, the company are the dolls at chicago and i airlines as well. yes,
and operator of last resort? there is an appetite, isn t there? may be the memories of british rail have faded and only people on a certain generation remember. but there is an appetite for nationalisation. that seems to be the silver bullet in many people s eyes if you look at polling. what do you think about that? what do you think, steve? i think any changes welcome. looking at the i think any changes welcome. looking at the different operators, i travel all over at the different operators, i travel all over the country with work, and transpennine express is by far the worst transpennine express is by far the worst operator, so something has to happen, worst operator, so something has to happen, something has to change. this is happen, something has to change. this is the happen, something has to change. this is the worst it s ever been, so anything this is the worst it s ever been, so anything is this is the worst it s ever been, so anything is welcome in my eyes. kati
more space has been created to process coach passengers at the border by putting up another marquee. the french border police are going to be sending a full cohort of staff across, even though there are expected to be, as i said, fewer coaches. they have also told car drivers not to arrive too early, to avoid adding to the problem. but many people, yes, we ll be waiting to see for themselves whether the big queues we saw last weekend can be avoided this time around. thank ou ve be avoided this time around. thank you very much- be avoided this time around. thank you very much. katie be avoided this time around. thank you very much. katie austen - be avoided this time around. thank you very much. katie austen in - you very much. katie austen in dover. the us presidentjoe biden has accepted an invitation from king charles to come to the uk on a state visit. the invite was made during a recent telephone call, where president biden confirmed he would not be attending the coronation next
strikes because they are preplanned timetables, the operators put special timetables in place, they argue that such is the level of destruction because by that it is difficult to get services going again, so they are saying the reason things got particularly bad might be something to do that as but obviously, we have heard ministers recently saying that train services are not reliable enough and they are working with operators to improve things. i suspect it is not a lot of consolation to people who have been let down by poor services recently. for the moment, katie austen, thank you. nhs midwives are going on strike in wales on february 7th. the royal college of midwives said the industrial action by midwives and maternity support workers would take place between 8am to 4pm. however the union said the safety of women would be the prime concern during the strike, and some units would continue working to ensure care for women