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Coronavirus health warnings are seen in the arrivals hall at London Heathrow Airport in west London, on 15 January 2021. Picture: DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP

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ANALYSIS: A granular look at UK COVID-19 ‘red list’ shows why it’s deeply flawed

By The Conversation

When the UK’s red list is considered at a more granular level, the difficulties become immediately apparent.

  • Watch as plane lands sideways after battling crosswinds

    An aircraft had to make an unorthodox landing at Heathrow Airport after battling strong winds brought on by Storm Dennis this past weekend.

    820 days ago
  • FILE: A Kenya Airways plane. Picture: AFP

    Body found in London garden of stowaway who fell from Kenya Airways jet

    The body of a man thought to have been a stowaway who fell from the landing gear of a Kenya Airways flight on its way into Heathrow Airport has been found in a garden in London, police said on Monday.

    1051 days ago
  • FILE: A British Airways aircraft prepares to land at Heathrow Airport in west London. Picture: AFP.

    Extinction Rebellion considers using drones to shut London's Heathrow Airport

    This would mark a significant escalation by Extinction Rebellion, which mobilised thousands of people in a peaceful civil disobedience campaign that brought parts of central London to a standstill in April.

    1083 days ago
  • FILE: A plane lands at Heathrow airport in west London on 21 January 2013. Picture: AFP.

    Three 'explosive devices' found in London

    The suspicious packages containing padded envelopes were found at an office block next to Heathrow Airport, the post room at Waterloo station.

    1169 days ago
  • FILE: A British Airways aircraft prepares to land at Heathrow Airport in west London. Picture: AFP.

    Flights resume at Heathrow following drone sighting - airport

    London's Heathrow Airport, Europe's busiest hub in terms of passenger numbers, said it has suspended all departing flights on Tuesday following a drone sighting.

    1225 days ago
  • Passengers wait at the North Terminal at London Gatwick Airport, south of London, on 20 December 2018 after all flights were grounded due to drones flying over the airfield. London Gatwick Airport was forced to suspend all flights on December 20 due to drones flying over the airfield, causing misery for tens of thousands of stuck passengers just days before Christmas. Picture: AFP.

    Heathrow, Gatwick investing in anti-drone technology

    The British army was deployed to London Gatwick on 20 December after the airport grounded all flights, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded over some of the busiest days of the year.

    1229 days ago
  • FILE: A plane lands at Heathrow airport in west London on 21 January 2013 after the airport announced further flight cancellations due to adverse weather. Picture: AFP.

    UK to introduce stringent measures for air passenger hand luggage - report

    Make-up, baby powder and coffee may all be banned from being carried on to the plane on all flights leaving Britain.

    1408 days ago
  • A plane lands at Heathrow airport in west London on 21 January 2013 after the airport announced further flight cancellations due to adverse weather. Picture: AFP.

    British MPs finally give go ahead to Heathrow runway

    Lawmakers voted 415 to 119 in favour of the move, a decision that has long divided parliament regardless of party lines.

    1422 days ago
  • FILE: British Airways aircraft. Picture: AFP

    British Airways vows 'never again' after costly IT collapse

    BA had been forced to cancel all its flights from Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, and Gatwick on Saturday after a power supply problem disrupted its operations worldwide.

    1813 days ago
  • Monitors show cancelled and delayed flights at a London Heathrow airport terminal. Picture: AFP

    British Airways flights returning to normal after damaging IT collapse

    BA had been forced to cancel all its flights from Heathrow and Gatwick on Saturday after a power supply problem disrupted its operations worldwide.

    1814 days ago
  • Travellers stranded wait at Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 after British Airways flights where cancelled at Heathrow Airport in west London on 27 May 2017. Picture: AFP

    Britain's Heathrow says BA still experiencing some disruptions

    The airline resumed some flights from Britain's two biggest airports on Sunday, but hundreds of passengers were still waiting for hours at London Heathrow.

    1814 days ago
  • British Airways' Boeing 737-800 (front) alongside their new A380 airbus (back). Picture: Supplied

    British Airways resumes flights from Gatwick and Heathrow

    BA said it aimed to operate a near normal schedule of flights from Gatwick airport and the majority of flights from Heathrow on Sunday.

    1815 days ago
  • FILE: A British Airways aircraft prepares to land at Heathrow Airport in west London. Picture: AFP.

    The mouse that soared: Rodent discovery disrupts flight to San Francisco

    The mouse was spotted scurrying under a door aboard British Airways Flight 285 at London's Heathrow Airport.

    1901 days ago
  • FILE: Protests have been held in parts of the US after two men were killed by police this week. Picture: Twitter.

    Ten held as Black Lives Matter protest blocks Heathrow road

    Black Lives Matter started in the US as a reaction to fatal shootings of black people by white officers.

    2111 days ago
  • Carlito Vale, who fell to his death after hiding aboard a London-bound flight from Johannesburg. Picture: Facebook

    DNA samples confirm identity of Heathrow stowaway

    Carlito Vale fell to his death in the UK after hiding aboard a London-bound flight from Johannesburg.

    2209 days ago
  • FILE. The British Airways Airbus A320 was carrying more than 130 people at the time of the incident. Picture: freeimages.com

    A British plane may have collided with a drone at Heathrow

    Passengers & crew were minutes from landing when their aircraft was struck by a suspected drone.

    2220 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    Virgin Atlantic turns flight back to UK after laser incident

    The flight returned to London’s Heathrow Airport after a laser was beamed into the cockpit.

    2283 days ago
  • FILE: Monitors show cancelled and delayed flights at a London Heathrow airport terminal. Picture: AFP

    Heathrow cancels flights after protesters get on runway

    Flights were cancelled on Monday after a group of activists barricaded an airport runway.

    2500 days ago
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