Matt Hancock warns British tourists to avoid amber list countries like Spain, Italy and Greece

British holidaymakers planning a desperate bolt for the sun from Monday should avoid countries on the UK’s amber list even though they can visit them, Matt Hancock said today. The Health Secretary said that although nations like Spain, Italy, France and Greece can be visited if people are willing to quarantine at home afterwards, they … Read more

Matt Hancock warns British tourists to avoid amber list countries like Spain, Italy and Greece

British holidaymakers planning a desperate bolt for the sun from Monday should avoid countries on the UK’s amber list even though they can visit them, Matt Hancock said today. The Health Secretary said that although nations like Spain, Italy, France and Greece can be visited if people are willing to quarantine at home afterwards, they … Read more

BA boss calls on government to reunite Britons with their families overseas

British Airways’ boss Sean Doyle calls on the government to reunite Britons with their families overseas by opening air travel to low-risk countries Doyle said data US and Greece made a ‘compelling case’ for being on green list Chief executive said the expatriates globally were desperate to see loved ones He revealed that he had received … Read more

Grieving husband of British woman murdered in Greece to be shown mugshots of 30 suspects by police

Detectives investigating the murder of a Briton killed in front of her baby in Athens will tomorrow show her husband mug-shots of 30 suspects thought be involved in Caroline Crouch’s murder. Officers have linked 12 break-ins in the past six months around the Greek capital which involved some 30 known criminals to the 20-year-old Briton’s … Read more

Grieving husband of British woman murdered in Greece to be shown mugshots of 30 suspects by police

Detectives investigating the murder of a Briton killed in front of her baby in Athens will tomorrow show her husband mug-shots of 30 suspects thought be involved in Caroline Crouch’s murder. Officers have linked 12 break-ins in the past six months around the Greek capital which involved some 30 known criminals to the 20-year-old Briton’s … Read more

BA boss calls on government to reunite Britons with their families overseas

British Airways’ boss Sean Doyle calls on the government to reunite Britons with their families overseas by opening air travel to low-risk countries Doyle said data US and Greece made a ‘compelling case’ for being on green list Chief executive said the expatriates globally were desperate to see loved ones He revealed that he had received … Read more

Gordon Ramsay, Fred Sirieix and Gino D’Acampo relax while filming their Road Trip series in Greece

They’ve been busy filming the new series of Gordon, Gino and Fred’s Road Trip in the Greek capital Athens. And Gordon Ramsay, Gino D’Acampo and Fred Sirieix enjoyed a well-earned rest as they chilled out by their campervan as they continued filming scenes for their new show in in Kalambaka, Greece on Saturday. The trio were … Read more

The Algarve in green-listed Portugal is the cheapest Eurozone destination for British holidaymakers

The Algarve in Portugal is the cheapest Eurozone destination for British holidaymakers this summer. That’s according to the 2021 Post Office Travel Money Holiday Money report, which also reveals that Portugal – one of the 12 countries on the UK government’s ‘green list’ for travel and accepting Britons from Monday – has earned the highest rating … Read more

Folded iron sword discovered in a Roman soldier’s grave

An ‘astonishing’ find: Folded iron sword discovered in a Roman soldier’s grave in Greece was part of a pagan ritual, expert says Solider buried with sword bent as part of a pagan ritual in Thessaloniki, Greece The man’s grave was found in the city during excavation work for a subway line   Also inside the grave was … Read more

Greece will be added to the UK’s ‘green list’ in June, says country’s tourist minister

Greece will be added to the UK’s ‘green list’ in June allowing holidaymakers to return home from the country without quarantining, Greece’s tourism minister revealed today.  Haris Theoharis said he was confident Greece would go green on June 7, but added that they were ‘disappointed’ not to be on the UK’s list with Portugal from Monday, … Read more