Aviation bosses today lashed out at Boris Johnson‘s traffic light scheme for resuming international travel as they warned requiring travellers from ‘green list’ countries to be tested twice will price many people out of holidays abroad. The new traffic light scheme will see countries rated green, amber or red using criteria including vaccination levels, case … Read more
Travel chiefs reacted with fury tonight as ministers warned Britons not to book foreign holidays and refused to rule out extending the international travel ban into summer. Boris Johnson confirmed plans to replace the foreign holidays ban with a ‘traffic light’ system which would open up quarantine-free travel to destinations rated green. Higher-risk locations would … Read more
What did Boris Johnson announce at today’s press conference? The next step of easing lockdown will go ahead as planned: The PM confirmed that non-essential shops, gyms, hairdressers and libraries in England will reopen from April 12 while pubs and restaurants will be allowed to serve customers outdoors. A mass-testing scheme: Everyone in England will … Read more
Death of the pelican crossing? New ‘smart’ traffic lights will automatically detect pedestrians and wait for slower people to cross the road using cameras and artificial intelligence Now Wireless developed technology so councils can programme traffic lights Artificial intelligence will be able to detect a pedestrian from 15 metres away System takes images from wide-angled … Read more
Foreign holidays on track to start May 17! Boris is on course to give the green light to trips abroad under a traffic light system after success of the vaccine rollout and Covid-19 deaths falling Boris Johnson set to give green light to traffic light system from next month The move would mean families could … Read more
Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority said on Saturday that a shipping traffic jam of over 400 tankers caused by a giant container vessel getting stuck on the crucial waterway for almost a week has been cleared. Traffic on the canal, a conduit for over 10 percent of world trade, had begun moving again on Monday evening … Read more
Home sales hit their highest daily level in a decade this week, as the housing market boom continued apace. The number of property sales agreed on Tuesday 23 March was the highest for ten years, according to analysis by the UK’s biggest home listings website Rightmove. In total, just under 8,000 properties listed on the … Read more
Satellite images taken above the Red Sea have revealed the extent of the traffic jam building up behind the cargo ship that has lodged itself in the Suez Canal. Some 200 vessels are now backed up at either end of the narrow waterway, waiting for the stricken Ever Given – a container ship as long … Read more
A Canadian woman was saved by her family’s dog who stopped traffic and got her help after she suffered a seizure during their morning walk. Haley Moore was strolling through her neighborhood in Stittsville, Ottawa, with her one-and-a-half-year-old rescue dog, Clover, on March 16 when she collapsed and started seizing, CTV News reported. ‘All I remember is waking up … Read more
Take your time! More than 30 elk bring traffic to a standstill as they cross road VERY slowly in the Smoky Mountains Elk cross the road in Smoky Mountains just outside Cherokee in North Carolina Traffic brought to standstill as the animals slowly make their way across the road Footage captured by Barbara Griffin shows one … Read more