Britain’s travel corridors close for four weeks from today

Several passengers have been refused permission to fly to Britain today after their negative Covid results were not deemed up to scratch because they were lateral flow tests – despite the Government saying they should be accepted.  There was also chaos for thousands arriving at Heathrow Airport as they were forced to wait for 90 minutes … Read more

Airports could close after decision to suspend all of Britain’s quarantine-free travel corridors

Airports could close altogether after Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend all of Britain’s quarantine-free travel corridors – as move deepens crisis faced by travel and aviation industries Anyone arriving in the UK will have to produce a negative coronavirus test All flights from South America, Portugal and Cape Verde have been banned The PM’s announcement … Read more

Boris suspends ALL travel corridors from 4am Monday

Boris Johnson today declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday as he begged Britons to ‘stay at home this weekend’. At a Downing Street briefing, the PM warned it was ‘not the time to relax’ as he escalated controls at the country’s borders again. Amid … Read more

Boris reveals ALL travel corridors will be suspended from 4am Monday

Boris Johnson today declared that all arrivals to the UK will have to have tested negative for coronavirus from Monday as he begged Britons to ‘stay at home this weekend’. At a Downing Street briefing, the PM warned it was ‘not the time to relax’ as he escalated controls at the country’s borders again. Amid … Read more

EOTB’s Ashley Cain takes baby daughter for a walk down hospital’s corridors amid leukaemia treatment

Ashley Cain marked a milestone with his baby daughter Azaylia, who is battling a rare type of leukaemia, on Instagram on Saturday.  The Ex On The Beach star, 30, said it was the ‘best morning ever’ as he took the four-month-old for a walk down the corridor at Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Ever the doting dad, Ashley … Read more

Ban on travellers from Denmark ends as Estonia and Latvia are also taken off travel corridors list

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

African nations added to travel corridors list for…

Israel and Sri Lanka are among the latest countries to be taken off the Government’s travel ‘red list’ after their coronavirus risk decreased, it has been announced tonight. Namibia, Rwanda and Uruguay have also made the list of countries with newly-formed ‘travel corridors’ allowing quarantine-free arrivals into England, Wales and Northern Ireland.  The islands of Bonaire, … Read more

Government uses new regional travel corridors to slap restrictions on SEVEN Greek islands 

Fury of airline bosses as Government uses new regional travel corridors to slap restrictions on SEVEN Greek islands Grant Shapps said move to treat islands as separate would bring relief to travel But no islands were made exempt from quarantine under the new rules  The change has ruined the holidays of an estimated 70,000 Britons  … Read more

Some countries with ‘travel corridors’ to the UK have higher coronavirus infection rates than France

As speculation grows that France could be removed from the UK’s quarantine-free list this week, analysis has found that fourteen other countries also on the list have higher or similar coronavirus figures. Fears are now mounting that all fourteen countries – including France – could be added to the quarantine list, throwing the plans of … Read more

Coronavirus US: Students crowd corridors as schools return

Footage of students not social distancing inside corridors and gyms has emerged as tens of thousands of students returned to school for the first time this week amid the coronavirus pandemic. Students across the country resumed in-person classes on Monday for the first time since March with schools reopening in parts of Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi … Read more