Holidaymakers may end up trapped in hotel rooms abroad for two weeks due to new rules preventing British tourists from travelling home if they test positive for Covid-19. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will introduce laws this week forcing travellers to produce a negative test result no older than 72 hours before they board a plane, … Read more
UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps warned today the current wave of vaccines might not protect against the South African strain of coronavirus. Mr Shapps said introducing a mandatory test and release system for travellers coming into the UK had become ‘much more urgent’ because of the threat the variant poses to Britain’s mass vaccination programme. But … Read more
Travellers arriving in the UK will be able to present negative PCR or lateral flow Covid tests as proof that they do not have coronavirus. Grant Shapps has said nobody will be able to depart for Britain by plane, train or ferry unless they present a ‘recognised’ test result at check-in along with a valid … Read more
Donald Trump may be dreaming of hitting the fairway at one of his UK golf resorts after admitting defeat in his bid to retain the US presidency. But any plans he may have to jet across the Atlantic after Joe Biden is inaugurated were grounded by Grant Shapps this morning. The Transport Secretary mocked the … Read more
Refunds for cancelled Christmas journeys: Who IS eligible? The Department for Transport says passengers who have been forced to cancel their domestic Christmas travel plans can get bookings refunded. The compensation scheme applies to train and coach bookings only. Who is eligible? Anyone in Tier 4 who has cancelled train and coach bookings made in England … Read more
Grant Shapps has demanded a local council cough-up £64million to help repair closed Hammersmith Bridge and end years of motoring misery for drivers, according to reports. The Transport Secretary reportedly wants Hammersmith and Fulham Council to cover almost half the costs of the repairs to the 133-year-old west London bridge – which was suddenly closed in … Read more
More Britons than ever before are planning to travel next year with eight out of 10 planning trips following months of coronavirus lockdown, a study shows. Around half of those surveyed said they would book more weekends away from home in 2021, while a third will visit their friends and family more often. Some 40 … Read more
Quarantine for travellers is cut to just five days for anyone who tests negative for Covid, Grant Shapps announces Grant Shapps unveiled new ‘Test to Release’ service starting on December 15 Means travellers not from corridor countries only need five day self-isolation if they test negative for Covid Botswana and Saudi Arabia have recently been … Read more
‘Letting their mates in quarantine-free’: Backlash after Grant Shapps announces ‘high-value’ business travellers returning to England will be EXEMPT from self-isolation rules from Saturday Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced an easing of quarantine rules ‘High-value’ business travellers returning to England will not have to self-isolate Exemption from quarantine applies even if they come back … Read more
Grant Shapps announces ‘high-value’ business travellers returning to England will be EXEMPT from quarantine rules from Saturday Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tonight announced an easing of travel rules ‘High-value’ business travellers returning to England will not have to self-isolate Exemption from quarantine applies even if they come back from ‘red list’ country Sports stars and … Read more