City centre parking charges could be AXED in a desperate bid to tempt commuters off buses and trains Grant Shapps said parking charges may be waived to ward commuters off trains The Transport Secretary said people have ‘a civic duty to avoid public transport’ His warning comes as Sadiq Khan threatened to run fewer summer … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says building new hospitals in weeks during coronavirus crisis shows it should not take ’20 years to build a road’ as he pledges to ‘rapidly improve’ UK infrastructure Grant Shapps pointed to building of NHS Nightingale hospitals during crisis He said if hospitals can be built quickly there is no reason … Read more
The Government’s holiday guidance was plunged into chaos today after Grant Shapps said it is for individuals to decide whether to book a foreign trip – despite Matt Hancock insisting summer vacations will not be possible this year. The Transport Secretary suggested people could book at their own risk as he said they ‘will just … Read more
York could become Britain’s first electric car-only city as local officials push to ban petrol and diesel vehicles when the lockdown is lifted Councillors want York to become the United Kingdom’s first zero-emissions city The city is already due to ban private car journeys in the area by as soon as 2023 After the lockdown … Read more
Trials of the contact-tracing app the NHS will use to help Britain come out of coronavirus lockdown will begin on the Isle of Wight this week. The app, which will monitor whether someone has been close to a person diagnosed with COVID-19, is a vital part of the Government’s ‘test, track and trace’ approach. It … Read more
Air passengers slam airlines for lack of social distancing after they were crammed in ‘like sardines’ on rescue flight to UK from Turkey and BA service from Barcelona to Heathrow Many aircrafts have been packed with passengers despite the coronavirus crisis Air passengers have criticised the lack of social distancing on certain flights Staff on board … Read more
Foreign arrivals to UK could FINALLY be quarantined and forced to install NHS contact tracing app to lower the risk of bringing in a new wave of coronavirus, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps reveals The UK has been very much an outlier by not insisting arrivals are checked Airport arrivals are advised to self-isolate but there … Read more
Coronavirus contact tracing app will go into testing on Isle of Wight this week ahead of UK rollout this month NHSX app will be tested on the Isle of Wight this week, Grant Shapps revealed Smartphone app will be ‘completely confidential’ with data seen by NHS staff It will need to be downloaded by more … Read more
Isle of Wight hospital to get emergency supplies via DRONE from British mainland as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps reveals an £8million trial programme has been brought forward to next week The flights will link the Solent ports and St Mary’s Hospital near Newport The drone flights across the Solent shipping channel will begin next week … Read more
Ministers are underestimating the public by refusing to discuss exit strategies for ending the coronavirus lockdown, senior Tory MPs have warned. The Government has set out what needs to happen before it will consider lifting the measures, but there has been no detail on how the easing of restrictions will take place. Tory backbenchers and … Read more