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Concerns over survival craft among 31 safety failures on P&O Ferries boat

P&O Ferries was widely condemned after sacking nearly 800 seafarers without notice on March 17.

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries cancels all Dover-Calais sailings this weekend

Company had hoped to resume crossings over Easter

The Independent UK

P&O Ferries suspends passenger services across Channel over Easter

Suspension of Dover-Calais sailings adds to wider travel disruption across UK on bank holiday weekend

The Guardian - UK

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Detained P&O Ferries boat Pride of Kent reinspected

P&O Ferries suspended most of its operations when it replaced nearly 800 seafarers with cheaper agency workers on March 17.

The Independent UK

Easter travel chaos: Exact time to leave as flights cancelled and P&O Ferries in crisis

Brits travelling out of town this Easter weekend will run into chaos in the sea, air and land with record traffic expected, a major P&O Ferries route in chaos and hundreds of flights cancelled

Daily Mirror

P&O Ferries boat Spirit of Britain detained

The resumption of sailings by P&O Ferries boats is dependent on regulatory approval

Wales Online

P&O Ferries: another vessel detained after ‘deficiencies’ identified

Decision over Spirit of Britain comes as firm planned to resume cross-Channel services for Easter weekend

The Guardian - UK

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P&O Ferries Dover-Calais sailings unlikely to resume this Easter after vessel detained

Regulators identify ‘a number of deficiencies’ with the Spirit of Britain

The Independent UK

Spirit of Britain: Another P&O Ferries vessel detained over safety fears

This casts doubt on whether the firm will be able to restart Dover-Calais sailings route before Easter

Evening Standard

P&O Ferries resumes passenger sailings between Scotland and Northern Ireland

P&O Ferries posted on Twitter today than it had resumed a three-services-per-day schedule for passengers and freight. The operator told had travellers on Sunday that "tourist travel" would not restart until Thursday.

Glasgow Live

P&O Ferries resumes Scotland-Northern Ireland sailings

The European Causeway vessel used on the route between Cairnryan and Larne was released from detention on Friday.

The Independent UK

Larne P&O ferry still suspended despite being released from safety inspection

Customers told up to them to organise alternative passage

Belfast Live

P&O ferry released from detention after being reinspected by maritime officials

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency said the reinspection took place at the request of P&O.

The Independent UK

Reinspection of P&O ferry detained last month in N Ireland

The ferry was detained in Northern Ireland on March 25.

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Wales Online

Only one of P&O's eight ferries has been cleared to sail three weeks on from mass sackings

Sailings from Dover to Calais have been cancelled this weekend, threatening to affect travellers hoping to get abroad during the Easter period

Daily Record

Grant Shapps unveils plans to make P&O Ferries 'fundamentally rethink' sackings

These include plans to create "minimum wage corridors" on ferry routes between the UK and other countries.

Wales Online

P&O Ferries action by government 'far too little, too late' say unions

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced measures today

Wales Online

P&O Ferries say Ministers are the reason ships have failed inspections

'We welcome this additional scrutiny and would reiterate that the safety of our passengers and crew is our foremost priority'

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The Independent UK

P&O Ferries accuses agency of ‘unprecedented rigour’ in detaining two ships

European Causeway was held in Larne, Northern Ireland, on Friday, while Pride of Kent was detained in Dover, Kent, on Monday.

The Hindu

IPL 2022 | Kane Williamson fined ₹12 lakh for SRH's slow over-rate against RR

Sunrisers went down to Rajasthan Royals by 61 runs in a one-sided game played at the MCA stadium here on Tuesday.

Wales Online

P&O Ferries agency crew 'living in floating prison' and paid less than £3 an hour

Most crew members on the Pride of Rotterdam were contracted agency workers, earning less than minimum wage on 12-hour days for seven days a week

Daily Mirror

Second P&O ferry is detained over safety concerns after firm sacked 800

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has confirmed that it is holding P&O ferry The Pride of Kent following a safety inspection, after another ferry was detained last Friday

The Independent UK

Second P&O ferry detained after safety inspection, coastguard agency says

The firm sparked outrage after sacking 800 seafarers without notice on March 17, amid plans to bring in cheaper agency staff.

Daily Record

P&O bosses warned to take sacked crews back or be blocked from UK ports

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said he would bring in legislation to close the loophole allowing ferry companies to dodge UK minimum wage rules.

Insider UK

Grant Shapps threatens P&O Ferries with package of measures to ‘halt sackings’

Scottish protests against the mass sackings are taking place this week

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