SPOTLIGHT

Channel tunnel travellers have been giiven a temporary reprieve from fingerprint and facial checks. It is unclear when Le Shuttle and Eurostar pasenger will need to register for the new systen, before departure, but September 7 has been reported as the new final deadline. However, writing as one who wasted planned extra time at the Ashfor terminal, only to find activatioin had been again postponed, it's probably a good idea to confirm before setting out that this remains the position