Driving home for Christmas? Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says almost 800 miles of roadworks will be cleared for five-day bubble period as the Government tries to prevent travel chaos Grant Shapps said 778 miles of motorway and A-road roadworks will be cleared Government is also postponing a wave of planned rail network maintenance Ministers hope … Read more
Ban on travellers from Denmark ends but they must still quarantine – as Estonia and Latvia are also taken off travel corridors list (but you can now travel freely form Mongolia) People arriving in UK from countries not on travel corridors list must self-isolate Department for Transport (DfT) said cases in Estonia has increased by … Read more
Covid cycle lanes HAVE been chaos: Grant Shapps admits new routes brought in during pandemic have caused traffic jams and hit 999 calls Grant Shapps criticised councils causing gridlock with badly designed schemes He blamed the London Mayor Sadiq Khan for some of worst cycle lanes Department for Transport will spend £2billion on cycle lanes … Read more
Airline shares soar as ministers prepare to slash coronavirus quarantine period for arrivals in the UK from 14 days to just FIVE from mid-December Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is set to announce quarantine rules overhaul The self-isolation period for arrivals is in line to be slashed from 14 days to five People from non-exempt countries … Read more
British Airways, American Airlines and Oneworld have launched a Covid-19 testing trial on selected flights from the U.S to London Heathrow in a combined effort to scientifically demonstrate how testing for the virus can reopen international travel and quash quarantine requirements. The new British Airways CEO, Sean Doyle, explained that at the end of the … Read more
Electric bike prices will be slashed by up to a third in cycling revolution as government bids to get more people on the roads by offering ‘sweat free’ alternative to normal bikes MPs are planning a taxpayer funded scheme to slash the cost of electric bikes E-bikes currently start at £600 and can travel at … Read more
Fury as government grants ANOTHER £175million to fund new cycle lanes and road closures during pandemic despite congestion chaos clogging cities Ministers unveiled a £175million package for new cycle lanes and road closures ‘Active travel’ scheme will turn over sections of road to pedestrians and bikes Department for Transport’s decision prompted outcry from motoring groups But scheme … Read more
Grant Shapps adds most of Greece to the quarantine ‘red list’ and extends Denmark travel ban amid fears over mutated Covid virus from mink – but lifts restrictions on Chile, Iceland and UAE International travel is restricted during the England-wide coronavirus lockdown But Government is sticking with travel corridors policy to stop importing cases Grant … Read more
Germany and Sweden are added to the Government’s travel quarantine ‘red list’ as Grant Shapps warns it is ‘critical’ the UK does not import coronavirus cases from abroad during lockdown International travel is restricted during the Government’s four-week lockdown But ministers sticking with the travel corridors system to avoid importing cases Both Germany and Sweden … Read more
BREAKING > Cyprus and Lithuania are put on UK quarantine list with Britons facing dash back home to beat 4am deadline on Sunday to avoid 14-day isolation Cyprus and Lithuania removed from Government list of travel corridors Thursday British tourists will need to return to UK before 4am on Sunday to avoid isolation Those arriving … Read more