What do you do when your passport runs out of pages?

Q What happens when there are no pages left to stamp in a UK passport but it hasn’t expired? The Schengen Borders Code insists: “The travel documents of third-country nationals shall be systematically stamped on entry and exit.” Each visit to the zone uses half a passport page. Meanwhile, the start of a new year is an excellent time to check the family’s passport dates – in particular, that they comply with the Schengen area rules. open image in gallery Airline passengers have gold-plated rights; unfortunately this isn’t the case for those who choose to travel by rail Q I was caught up in Saturday’s Eurostar fiasco, when all the trains from London to Paris were cancelled. open image in gallery Ashford International has good domestic links to London, Kent and Sussex, but no immigration or security services Q To avoid mass cancellations like yesterday’s, why can’t Eurostar simply run from Ebbsfleet International station in Kent?