Covid travel: UK holiday ‘back door’ into Europe from Portugal is open

Overseas travel is restarting in Europe as vaccine drives gather pace and Covid infections fall. Britons are now allowed to holiday abroad after the government repealed a law banning non-essential travel abroad. The UK is using a traffic light system to determine who has to quarantine when they get home, but that is only part … Read more

Europe Covid; Holiday ‘back door’ into Europe from Portugal is open

Overseas travel is restarting in Europe as vaccine drives gather pace and Covid infections fall. Britons are now allowed to holiday abroad after the government repealed a law banning non-essential travel abroad. The UK is using a traffic light system to determine who has to quarantine when they get home, but that is only part … Read more

Priti Patel reveals plans for up to 10,000 quarantine checks EVERY day

Families should expect a ‘knock on the door’ when they return from abroad, Priti Patel warned last night. The Home Secretary said enforcement was being stepped up to make sure travellers who visit amber-list countries such as France, Spain and Italy obey the ten-day quarantine rule. Officials have the capacity to carry out 10,000 home … Read more

Priti Patel reveals plans for up to 10,000 quarantine checks EVERY day

Families should expect a ‘knock on the door’ when they return from abroad, Priti Patel warned last night. The Home Secretary said enforcement was being stepped up to make sure travellers who visit amber-list countries such as France, Spain and Italy obey the ten-day quarantine rule. Officials have the capacity to carry out 10,000 home … Read more

‘Wicked and twisted’ wedding planner, 44, who conned couples

Fraudster Dana Twidale, 44, fleeced brides-and-grooms-to-be out of their wedding savings before vanishing without a trace A wedding planner conwoman who fleeced lovestruck men out of thousands of pounds before vanishing for two years is to face justice for her crimes. Fraudster Dana Twidale, 44, fleeced brides-and-grooms-to-be out of their wedding savings before disappearing without … Read more

Traces of Neanderthal DNA extracted from cave dust

Small amounts of Neanderthal DNA discovered in the dust of Spanish and Russian caves could give researchers new insight into how our early ancestors lived.  The 100,000-year-old discoveries were made in three different spots: the Galeria de las Estatuas cave site in Burgos, Spain and the Chagyrskaya and Denisova caves in the Altai Mountain range … Read more

Traces of Neanderthal DNA extracted from cave dust

Small amounts of Neanderthal DNA discovered in the dust of Spanish and Russian caves could give researchers new insight into how our early ancestors lived.  The 100,000-year-old discoveries were made in three different spots: the Galeria de las Estatuas cave site in Burgos, Spain and the Chagyrskaya and Denisova caves in the Altai Mountain range … Read more

Heathrow chief calls for France,Greece and Spain to be added to UK’s travel green list this summer

The boss of Britain’s largest airport today warned that 500,000 UK travel jobs could be put at risk if the Government does not expand the travel ‘Green List’ this summer. Speaking on the day the UK’s international travel ban was lifted, Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye urged ministers to give the industry and British holidaymakers ‘confidence’ … Read more

Covid lockdown UK: Hundreds queue before 6AM at Heathrow and Gatwick

Hundreds of passengers queued before 6am at Heathrow and Gatwick this morning as airports expect their busiest day of the year, with the easing of global travel restrictions predicted to trigger a stampede as the Government’s traffic light system comes into force today. Britain’s five busiest airports – Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Manchester and Luton – … Read more