Heathrow launches £80 twenty-minute airport COVID test amid hopes it will reopen air travel and quarantine will be cut to one week by Christmas Heathrow Airport is to offer passengers £80 pre-departure coronavirus tests Transport Secretary: Rapid daily tests could lead to end of quarantine altogether The UK’s post-travel quarantine time could be halved to … Read more
Grant Shapps has hit out at ‘unused’ cycle lanes clogging up traffic – blaming some town halls for misusing special funds for ‘green’ transport. The Transport Secretary declared he was ‘not prepared to tolerate’ badly designed road closures that led to traffic being ‘backed up’. He also vented his fury at new cycle lanes that … Read more
Desperate Britons scramble to cancel flights to Italy or face race back home to beat 4am deadline on Sunday after country is added to UK quarantine list Easyjet, Jet2 and British Airways customers have requested airlines for refunds One Briton due to fly from Naples expressed concern over getting home in time People travelling from … Read more
Holidays to Italy are OFF as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps adds yet another country to England’s travel quarantine ‘red list’ despite it having a lower coronavirus rate than the UK – but trips to Crete are now allowed again Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced Italy is being added to ‘red list’ Anyone returning to England … Read more
Seven-day quarantine travel quarantine plan unveiled: Travellers will isolate at home and take one test a week after landing, Shapps reveals By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 16:43 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 16:45 BST, 14 October 2020 Travellers will self-isolate at home and take a coronavirus test a week after landing under new … Read more
Holidays to five Greek islands are back on after Transport Secretary Grant Shapps unveiled the latest changes to the Government’s travel quarantine ‘red list’. Mr Shapps said travel from Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Santorini and Zakynthos will no longer require self-isolation upon arrival back in England from this weekend. He also revealed that no countries are … Read more
Holidays to Italy and Greece are SAVED as Grant Shapps fails to add them to the Government’s travel quarantine ‘red list’ despite increase in cases – but travellers from Turkey and Poland must now self-isolate for 14-days Grant Shapps announced that Poland and Turkey are being added to ‘red list’ Travellers returning to England from … Read more
That’s a rail success! Hydrogen-powered train will run on mainline for the first time TODAY as part of plan to cut diesel use Grant Shapps hopes hydrogen trains will start taking paying passengers in 2023 The trains do not emit harmful gases and instead rely on hydrogen and oxygen Thousands of trains run on diesel … Read more
Only NINE countries – including tiny Gibraltar, San Marino and Lichtenstein – are left on the UK’s no-quarantine list as more destinations are red-flagged Grant Shapps said Denmark, Iceland and Slovakia all being added to ‘red list’ Mr Shapps also said Caribbean island of Curacao is now subject to quarantine Transport Secretary said no countries … Read more
Denmark, Iceland and Slovakia are all added to the Government’s travel quarantine ‘red list’ as Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says restrictions are not being lifted on any countries this week Grant Shapps said Denmark, Iceland and Slovakia all being added to ‘red list’ Mr Shapps also said Caribbean island of Curacao is now subject to … Read more