A theatre group has announced cancellations of major Christmas shows from Boxing Day due to the latest Covid-19 restrictions. Capital Theatres said the Scottish Ballet’s Nutcracker production at the Festival Theatre and the King’s Theatre’s pantomime Sleeping Beauty will shut their doors from December 26. The cancellations came after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that from December 26 indoor events would be limited to 200 people or less, with one metre social distancing in place for up to

Rail operators have blamed coronavirus-related staff shortages for widespread cancellations during the Christmas getaway.A number of firms are running reduced timetables due to workers being off sick or isolating. CrossCountry said it is “ expecting widespread disruption to our services this week ”.... It went on: “ Please pull your journey forward to sooner rather than later to get to your end destination as early as possible.” Recommended Covid omicron news: Booster vaccine queues reach six h

NEW YORK— Airlines continued to cancel hundreds of flights Saturday as staffing issues tied to COVID-19 disrupted holiday celebrations during one of the busiest travel times of the year.... FlightAware does not say why flights are canceled.... United spokesperson Maddie King said staffing shortages were still causing cancellations and it was unclear when normal operations would return....

Passengers wait for news of Eurostar departures at London’s St Pancras station, on Saturday.... In a statement, Southeastern Railway said the flooding meant “ all lines are blocked ”.... Eurostar train services resumed on December 22 after an agreement was reached, with unions saying negotiations had yielded “ results that satisfy us ”....

Over 250 more flights were already canceled for Sunday.... FlightAware does not say why flights are canceled. Delta, United and JetBlue had all said Friday that the omicron variant was causing staffing problems leading to flight cancellations.... “ This was unexpected, ” she said of omicron's impact on staffing....

PETALING JAYA: The directive to enforce liquor licences for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages has been axed, says Transport Minister Dr Wee Ka Siong( pic).Dr Wee said he personally contacted Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz on the matter.“ He confirmed that the ministry had indeed cancelled the directive and promised to instruct the Customs Department to abide by this decision, ” he said in an Instagram post yesterday.Dr Wee noted that he and Deputy International

Travelers wait in line to check in for flights at Logan Airport, on Dec.... Delta Air Lines and United Airlines together canceled more than 600 flights on Friday and Saturday.... American Airlines said it had" nothing to report," while Southwest Airlines said" things are running smoothly." JetBlue, which FlightAware said had canceled nearly 150 flights over Friday and Saturday, did not respond to a request for comment....

FlightAware, a flight-tracking firm, identified 2, 175 cancelled flights worldwide on Christmas Eve, usually one of the busiest days of the year.... The new, more transmissible strain now accounts for more than 75 percent of cases nationwide. United Airlines said rising numbers of Omicron cases “ had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation ”.... It’s better to cancel now and celebrate later than to celebrate now and grieve later.”....

This includes 420 flights cancelled by China Eastern, and over 190 cancellations by Air China. The hardest hit US airlines on the other hand are United and JetBlue. United said it canceled 115 flights Monday, out of more than 4, 000 scheduled, due to crews with Covid, reported the Associated Press. The Centres for Disease Prevention and Control( CDC) announced on Monday that it recommends that the isolation period for asymptomatic Covid cases be halved from ten to five days in a bid to blunt mas

As of 11 a.m. Tuesday morning, more than 850 U.S. flights had been canceled for the day.... Anna Moneymaker/ Getty Images TSA agents sort through luggage in the departure terminal at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Dec.... " However, current FAA regulations make it optional for pilots to wear masks in the cockpit....