British visitors to Gibraltar will have to show their passports but Spaniards will not when The Rock is poised to enter Europe’s Schengen free movement zone The zone allows citizens of 26 European countries to travel freely without checks Chief minister says ‘a Schengen-style agreement would be the most positive’ Talks with Spain are running … Read more
Firms start work on ‘freedom passports’: Documents allowing people who have tested negative for Covid-19 to enter pubs, schools and workplaces are under development Two firms awarded Government contracts for exploratory work on a new app The Dep of Health said no decisions had been made on introducing the passport The contracts envisage a system … Read more
The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week, he offers advice on how to prepare to travel in Europe from January 1. Q. In January my wife and I hope to be in Barcelona to see the works of the architect Antoni Gaudi. What are the Covid rules? Do you … Read more
Millions of Britons could be barred from entry to the EU from January unless they renew passports Travel rules to the EU are set to change from January regardless of trade talks UK passports with less than six months to run will no longer be valid in the EU Passports will also not be accepted … Read more
Amid the wintery gloom, a series of new vaccines have been justifiably hailed as the breakthrough against coronavirus. With Britain having ordered 357 million doses of seven different vaccines, at last there is real hope that the depressing cycle of lockdown and contagion could be broken next year. Yet, as the Mail reported yesterday, into … Read more
Britons who have been vaccinated against Covid could get an ‘immunity passport’ on the NHS app, the boss of Test and Trace has said. Baroness Dido Harding told NHS bosses that her team was looking at updating the contact tracing app to also display vaccination status. Immunity passports have been touted as a way to … Read more
China accuses Britain of ‘violating its promises’ and warns it may not recognise UK-issued passports for Hong Kong residents after Home Office changed visa rules Row has broken out over visas available to British nationals in Hong Kong Those with special passports can get visas to live in UK and get citizenship Chinese Ministry spokesman … Read more
Normality was – frustratingly – within reach. For months, infection rates fell and the pandemic seemed to be behind us. But just weeks after millions of children returned to classrooms, and offices around the country began to fill up again, we’re now slipping backwards. Corona cases are said to be doubling every week, hospital admissions … Read more
More than 400,000 people are waiting for new passports as reduced number of staff work through Covid backlog with some applicants waiting up to four months for new travel document Social distancing measures mean less staff members are at the Passport Office This has led to serious delays with a backlog of more than 400,000 … Read more
Bureaucratic backlogs caused by the lockdown are paralysing the country, campaigners said last night. Despite coronavirus restrictions being eased, lives are still on hold because of massive delays at official agencies. Thousands of elderly motorists are housebound and isolated because of chaos at the DVLA – and: More than 150,000 babies are thought to lack … Read more