UK’s foreign aid spending falls by £712million to £14.5billion due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time it has gone down since the global financial crisis in 2007 International aid spending stats for 2020 show it declined by £712m to £14.5bn Figure linked to UK economic prosperity, battered by Covid shutdowns last … Read more
A foreign correspondent at The Times was run over and killed in a ‘horrific’ crash by a drunk motorcyclist travelling at up to three times the speed limit, a court heard today. Melissa van der Klugt, 34 – who covered south Asia and Africa – was tragically killed in the fatal collision in London on … Read more
Hotel quarantine costs will be HALVED for thousands of foreign workers flown in to work on farms with Australia’s borders closed to backpackers NSW Government is subsidising half of the quarantine costs to boost agriculture It comes due to a shortage of overseas workers due to international travel bans Subsidy will reduce the cost of … Read more
A man has sparked a social media debate after saying foreign holidays were for the ‘rich’ and that he only ever went to Center Parcs and Butlins as a child – but people have responded saying he’s underestimating the price of UK holidays. Taking to Twitter, a man named Danny, from London, responded to the … Read more
It was the news we’d been waiting for – holidays can start again on May 17. And cruises are included, as long as they stay close to shore. Simone Clarke, of specialist agency Iglu Cruise, says: ‘Given ongoing uncertainty around international travel, these cruises are great for people looking for a change of scenery and … Read more
Thousands of tourists are still being let into the UK every day even though Britons have been banned from overseas trips – with recent arrivals including a holidaymaker from Peru who wrote on a visa form that he ‘wanted to visit Big Ben’. Of the around 20,000 people arriving in the country every day, some … Read more
Jordan’s Queen Noor Al Hussein today slammed claims her son plotted a coup as ‘wicked slander’, amid reports he has been placed under house arrest. The American-born Jordanian royal, 69, said she hoped ‘praying that truth and justice will prevail’ following the reported detainment of her son Prince Hamzah bin Hussein. Prince Hamzah is the son of … Read more
Families face paying £600 for tests to go on foreign holidays: Traffic light system will require at least £150 per person extra – even if the destination is on the ‘green list’ Under traffic light system each traveller will take at least two tests on holidays The first is taken 72 hours before boarding a … Read more
Families face paying £600 for tests to go on foreign holidays: Traffic light system will require at least £150 per person extra – even if the destination is on the ‘green list’ Under traffic light system each traveller will take at least two tests on holidays The first is taken 72 hours before boarding a … Read more
Boris Johnson faced calls to lift lockdown faster last night as Covid infections, hospital cases and deaths hit a six-month low. Four NHS regions – covering 29million people across southern England – reported no deaths on Sunday. Just 23 fatalities were logged elsewhere. The average daily death toll is now 63 – 95 per cent below … Read more