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Arriva shares soar as it confirms foreign takeover bid

17.03.10
London bus operator Arriva could fall under foreign ownership as it receives an unsolicited takeover bid... more

Eurotunnel profits crash to just £1.3m thanks to snow chaos

09.03.10
Eurotunnel’s profit plummet 96% as it felt the impact of the winter’s freezing weather and a fire in 2008... more

Eurostar chaos report calls for new evacuation plan in tunnel

12.02.10
Emergency evacuation plans for the Channel Tunnel must be urgently reviewed to prevent a repeat of the Christmas snow chaos which left thousands of passengers stranded for up to 20 hours... more

Eurostar trains delayed ahead of Christmas travel chaos report

11.02.10
Thousands of Eurostar passengers caught up in fresh chaos after the service was suspended temporarily because of a track problem... more

Half-term is time to slope away

03.02.10
With plenty of snow, and some availability, Felice Hardy discovers the ski slopes make a good late-holiday option... more

The train at St Pancras will be departing for ... Germany via Channel Tunnel

03.02.10
Fast trains direct from London to Germany could be running through the tunnel before the 2012 Olympics... more

Jailed, the gang who ‘hid’ £30m heroin haul in boot of a car

11.01.10
Gang who smuggled a record heroin haul into Britain by driving it through the Channel Tunnel in the boot of a car were jailed for more than 81 years... more

Eurostar blame 'fluffy French snow' as 100,000 passengers remain stranded

21.12.09
Eurostar blame the wrong type of 'fluffy French snow' for the collapse of its services, sparking fury from stranded passengers... more

Brollies and sunglasses required for bank holiday weekend

28.08.09
Britons staying at home over Bank Holiday weekend can look forward to a dose of sunshine - but some will also need to keep their umbrellas handy... more

Six-hour ordeal for passengers as the Shuttle breaks down

27.08.09
More than 500 passengers were trapped in the Channel Tunnel for six hours when the Shuttle broke down.... more

Stobart steers along the right road

21.08.09
Driving to or from their summer holidays this year, holidaymakers — whether staycationers or Channel-hoppers — will have seen no shortage of green and white Eddie Stobart trucks ... more

Eurotunnel blaze puts a damper on revenues

24.07.09
The number of cars and trucks using the shuttle trains running through the Channel Tunnel has dived dramatically, leading to a collapse in revenues at Eurotunnel... more

A tale of two Cities

10.05.09
You don't need to visit Prague or Vienna to see some of Europe's finest art: the Franco-German border has its own less heralded treasures, says Brian Sewell... more

French vow to increase blockade of ferry ports

15.04.09
Thousands of cross-Channel British holidaymakers were stranded as French fishermen continued a port blockade for a second day... more

Still time for Rio to dig its way out of this spoil heap

19.02.09
Something has gone terribly wrong at Rio Tinto. The chart of the share price looks like a spoil mountain outside one of its mines, and it has achieved the impressive feat of alienating its biggest shareholders by not asking them for money. It's now on the brink of a blunder that threatens its whole future. ... more

Bad blood among top shopkeepers on the High St

28.11.08
Retailers slashing prices in an attempt to prise open the nation's wallets is not well-liked at all by ballsier rivals... more

Chunnel blaze repairs will take until February

15.10.08
The fire-damaged Channel Tunnel will not be fully operational again until at least February - with the repair already escalating towards the £500million mark... more

Software boss in jail after his ‘admission’

13.10.08
Luton-born software entrepreneur Paul Johnston is in a US jail accused of stealing tens of millions of dollars from venture capitalists... more

£17m blaze toll on Eurotunnel

08.10.08
Transport: The shutdown of the Channel Tunnel during September due to a fire on a vehicle shuttle train has cost Eurotunnel £17 million in lost revenues... more

Eurostar 'reduced' until after Christmas

29.09.08
Eurostar services through the Channel Tunnel will not return to normal until after Christmas, senior sources said... more

Eurostar trains stuck in tunnel for an hour

24.09.08
Eurostar services were plunged into further chaos when three highspeed trains were halted inside the Channel Tunnel... more

Channel Tunnel fire is second serious blaze

12.09.08
The Channel Tunnel fire brings back unwelcome memories of the serious blaze in the tunnel in November 1996... more

Eurotunnel says blaze cost small

12.09.08
Eurotunnel chairman and chief executive Jacques Gounon said the financial effects of the fire in the Channel Tunnel on the company that operates it would be limited... more

Tunnel ablaze for 17 hours as travel plans of 15,000 wrecked

11.09.08
Almost a half-mile stretch of the Channel Tunnel has been severely damaged by a fire which raged for 17 hours ... more

Money worries hit BAA plan

02.06.08
The refinancing of the BAA London airport monopoly remains uncertain after banks were called in to provide loans in an attempt to shore up a £10 billion debt restructuring... more

Million see festival end with a bang

17.09.07
A record one million people flocked to the Mayor's Thames Festival as London basked in late summer sunshine.... more

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