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Annual house price growth accelerates to 2.2%, led by Northern IrelandAirlines and airports have called for the new EU biometric border check system to be suspended during the peak summer holiday period, warning that some flights are leaving half full and passengers are struggling in queues of up to five hours.In a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, airlines and airports asked for an option to suspend checks under the system over fears the situation will ge
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Annual house price growth accelerates to 2.2%, led by Northern Ireland
Airlines and airports have called for the new EU biometric border check system to be suspended during the peak summer holiday period, warning that some flights are leaving half full and passengers are struggling in queues of up to five hours.
In a letter to Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, airlines and airports asked for an option to suspend checks under the system over fears the situation will get much worse during the busy summer.
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Passengers have already been forced to queue for extended periods outside terminal buildings and on exposed aprons because border control facilities cannot process arrivals quickly enough. Airlines face half-empty planes at gate closing time, while passengers are stuck in border control queues.”
The average UK home now costs £277,484, a market that is moving sideways more than it is marching forward. The headline number tells one story, but the regional picture tells a more interesting one: Northern Ireland is doing its own thing entirely, running nearly four times hotter than the national average, while much of southern England is essentially flatlining.
Mortgage rates remain the stubborn gatekeeper to a more meaningful recovery, with affordability still stretched by historical standards, and the Bank of England’s cautious approach to rate cuts keeping buyers in a holding pattern.
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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.
