Euro 2020: Finalists will be limited to just 1,000 fans each travelling from their home countries

Overseas football fans travelling to the UK to support their country in the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley will be limited to just 1,000 per finalist, as part of plans under discussion between the government and UEFA. And no overseas supporters are expected to attend the semi-finals, Sportsmail understands. The government announced this week … Read more

Boris Johnson and Australian counterpart Scott Morrison ‘agree trade deal between the two countries’

Boris Johnson and Australian counterpart Scott Morrison ‘agree trade deal between the two countries during Downing Street dinner’ – the first negotiated from scratch post-Brexit Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison agreed trade deal Two leaders have agreed broad terms of pact over dinner in Downing Street  could be first trade deal negotiated … Read more

Swiss city offers homeless people one-way tickets to other countries provided they do not return

Swiss city offers homeless people one-way tickets to other countries so long as they agree not to return Basel’s homeless people offered a free train ticket or airfare to leave Switzerland They must agree, in writing, not to return to Basel, or they risk being deported  31 people from Belgium, Germany, Romania, Italy, France accepted … Read more

British forces could be sent to stop countries cutting down rainforests, William Hague says 

British forces could be sent to stop countries cutting down rainforests and drilling for oil, William Hague says Focus of the Armed Forces could switch to guarding the natural environment William Hague says it could include stopping counties cutting down rainforests  He says Britain ‘cannot get away with talking the talk without walking the walk’  … Read more

Countries must ‘get serious’ about climate change this year says Boris Johnson

Countries must ‘get serious’ about climate change this year, Boris Johnson will tell virtual summit called by US President Joe Biden Virtual talks have been called by President Joe Biden to happen this week   PM yesterday announced a ‘world-leading’ target for UK to cut emissions by 78%  Comes ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference … Read more

Travellers are set to get free Covid testing kits and more countries will join our ‘green list’

Travel restrictions to dozens of holiday destinations are set to be watered down in time for the summer holidays. A review at the end of June could mean quarantine and testing requirements are slashed for a number of popular locations. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will today confirm a ‘traffic light’ system to allow foreign travel to … Read more

Britons will be allowed to holiday in countries with high vaccination rates, PM to announce

Flights to countries with high jab rates: Boris Johnson will unveil traffic light system for summer holidays with destinations vetted for Covid infections, vaccinations and the risk of mutant strains Britons  able to holiday in countries with high vaccination rates this summer Prime Minister will unveil a traffic light system that will see destinations rated … Read more

Vaccine success ‘means Brits should be allowed summer holidays in 130 countries’

The UK’s vaccines rollout means it is safe for Brits to take summer holidays in more than 130 countries, a new report claims today. A study commissioned by Manchester Airports Group says that most of Europe, the Caribbean, north Africa and the United States should be on the destination list. The report, submitted to the Government’s … Read more

Wuhan food blogger says she was ‘surprised’ by other countries’ reaction to the Covid-19 outbreak

A Wuhan food blogger says she was ‘surprised and worried’ by the way other countries reacted to the Covid-19 outbreak because China provided a ‘textbook’ example of how to handle a pandemic.  Qiongyao Xie and her husband Jie Yang, who got married on January 19 – days before the city was plunged into lockdown – … Read more