Foreign holidays have been dealt a fresh blow after British Airways scrapped more summer flights. Passengers were left dismayed by the latest round of cancellations that include trips in July and August – after overseas travel is scheduled to resume on May 17. Europe is grappling with surging cases and yesterday a UK health minister … Read more
London St Pancras loses its crown as the best railway station in Europe to Leipzig – but Birmingham New Street breaks into the top 10 Researchers studied 51 of the biggest railway stations across Europe They scored them on factors including destinations served and dining options From this data they drew up a ranking – … Read more
London St Pancras loses its crown as the best railway station in Europe to Leipzig – but Birmingham New Street breaks into the top 10 Researchers studied 51 of the biggest railway stations across Europe They scored them on factors including destinations served and dining options From this data they drew up a ranking – … Read more
Germany looks set to tighten lockdown measures today and extend them into April as Europe’s Covid third wave gathers pace. Angela Merkel is meeting with Germany’s regional leaders today for a summit that was supposed to be about easing restrictions. But as Covid cases spike, leaked documents suggest the leaders will actually move to tighten … Read more
Britain had the highest excess death toll in Europe last summer after the first wave, a study by the Office for National Statistics revealed today. The ONS report found the UK suffered 6.7 per cent more deaths than normal from the start of 2020 to the week ending June 26. Spain had the second-highest level (5.9 … Read more
A surge in Covid cases across Europe could see summer holidays cancelled and threatens a potential third wave in Britain, government scientists have warned. Outbreaks of the South African variant in countries throughout the continent is causing particular concern, sparking calls for tougher travel restrictions. As a result, some experts fear European getaways in May, … Read more
The Government’s decision to form travel corridors with European countries fuelled a rise in Covid cases, an official study has suggested. Public Health England’s analysis of 4,000 positive tests in patients with recent travel links last summer found 86 per cent were arrivals from the continent. The study, which is likely to reignite the debate about … Read more
The Government’s decision to form travel corridors with European countries last summer fuelled a rise in Covid cases, an official study has suggested. Public Health England’s of 4,000 positive tests produced by patients with recent travel links found 86 per cent were were people arriving from the continent. The study, which is likely to reignite … Read more
Britain had the highest excess death toll in Europe last summer after the first wave, a study by the Office for National Statistics revealed today. The ONS report found the UK suffered 6.7 per cent more deaths than normal from the start of 2020 to the week ending June 26. Spain had the second-highest level (5.9 … Read more
Tens of thousands of Germans have booked getaways to Mallorca while locked-down Spaniards look on with envy as they are banned from travelling there. The Balearic Islands were taken off Germany’s ‘high risk’ list last week, meaning tourists will no longer need to quarantine after getting home, and only need to present a negative Covid test … Read more