Showing posts with label border guards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label border guards. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 July 2012

UK border guards to strike on eve of London Olympics 2012


As the Olympic Flame finally arrives in London, ready for Olympics 2012, border guards will be going out on strike for 24 hours, just as the Games begin.
With great ceremony, the Olympic Flame arrived in the hosting city yesterday and was delivered to the Tower of London for safekeeping by a Royal Marine Commando, who abseiled from a helicopter. The Flame will be stored in the Tower of London until the Games officially start and will then be moved to the Olympic Park... read more.

Thursday, 19 July 2012

2 Seattle men held at US border over illegal chocolate eggs


Two Seattle men, returning home from a holiday in Canada, were seized at the U.S. border and held for two-and-a-half hours, for trying to bring in Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs.
They wanted to give a treat to fellow Canadian friends back in Seattle, because they couldn't buy these eggs in the U.S. They had no idea that the Kinder Surprise treats were illegal... read more and watch video.