In the headlines
Queues at the Port of Dover finally appear to be clearing, after 20,000 holidaymakers were stuck in tailbacks of up to 18 hours over the weekend. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said yesterday it was “unfair” to blame Brexit, but port officials insist the additional processing time for passports is a factor. A prominent Russian military blogger – and high-profile supporter of the war in Ukraine – has been blown up in St Petersburg. Vladlen Tatarsky was killed at a pro-war event by an explosive thought to have been hidden in a gift: a golden bust of his own head. Paris has become the first European city to ban e-scooter rentals. Locals voted for the rule change because they were fed up with dangerous driving, injuries from crashes and the space the machines take up when parked. Mon dieu, says one Twitter user. “Wait until they find out about… CARS!”