Ban on travellers from Denmark ends but they must still quarantine – as Estonia and Latvia are also taken off travel corridors list (but you can now travel freely form Mongolia) People arriving in UK from countries not on travel corridors list must self-isolate Department for Transport (DfT) said cases in Estonia has increased by … Read more
Covid cycle lanes HAVE been chaos: Grant Shapps admits new routes brought in during pandemic have caused traffic jams and hit 999 calls Grant Shapps criticised councils causing gridlock with badly designed schemes He blamed the London Mayor Sadiq Khan for some of worst cycle lanes Department for Transport will spend £2billion on cycle lanes … Read more
Quarantine for UK arrivals could be scrapped altogether early in the New Year, Grant Shapps said today – as he announced that the self-isolation period will be slashed to five days next month. From December 15 travellers will be able to pay around £120 for a private Covid test in order to reduce their time … Read more
Airline shares soar as ministers prepare to slash coronavirus quarantine period for arrivals in the UK from 14 days to just FIVE from mid-December Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is set to announce quarantine rules overhaul The self-isolation period for arrivals is in line to be slashed from 14 days to five People from non-exempt countries … Read more
British Airways, American Airlines and Oneworld have launched a Covid-19 testing trial on selected flights from the U.S to London Heathrow in a combined effort to scientifically demonstrate how testing for the virus can reopen international travel and quash quarantine requirements. The new British Airways CEO, Sean Doyle, explained that at the end of the … Read more
The cost of electric bikes are set to be slashed in a bid to give commuters a ‘sweat free’ way to get to work. Ministers are planning to boost the use of e-bikes with a taxpayer-funded scheme targeting ‘people who need to ride in business clothes without breaking a sweat.’ Transport minister Chris Heaton-Harris suggested the … Read more
Grant Shapps adds most of Greece to the quarantine ‘red list’ and extends Denmark travel ban amid fears over mutated Covid virus from mink – but lifts restrictions on Chile, Iceland and UAE International travel is restricted during the England-wide coronavirus lockdown But Government is sticking with travel corridors policy to stop importing cases Grant … Read more
Germany and Sweden are added to the Government’s travel quarantine ‘red list’ as Grant Shapps warns it is ‘critical’ the UK does not import coronavirus cases from abroad during lockdown International travel is restricted during the Government’s four-week lockdown But ministers sticking with the travel corridors system to avoid importing cases Both Germany and Sweden … Read more
Cyprus and Lithuania have been removed from the Government’s list of travel corridors, meaning travellers arriving in the UK from those places after 4am on Sunday must self-isolate for 14 days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said on Thursday. Shapps added in a post on Twitter that the Government would not be adding any countries to … Read more
‘We look like clowns’: Boris Johnson faces calls to step in as furious Tories accuse ministers of giving Sadiq Khan ‘free run’ to blame government for London congestion charge extension – even though he has been handed billions of pounds Boris Johnson being urged to take charge of wrangle with Sadiq Khan on funding Tories … Read more