A key airport is expecting its busiest weekend since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 24,000 passengers expected to travel through the hub. The number of people figure expected to use East Midlands Airport (EMA) in the next few days equates to 50% of pre-pandemic passenger numbers, …
Read More »More hopes for summer holidays as France lifts travel restrictions
12 March 2021, 11:32 We don’t yet know when summer holidays will be allowed, but we may be able to visit France when they are. Picture: PA By Polly Foreman Brits may be able to visit France this year after officials lifted the country’s travel ban. France has today lifted …
Read More »All adults get 1st jab by July 31
LONDON (AP) — The British government declared Sunday that every adult in the country should get a first coronavirus vaccine shot by July 31, at least a month earlier than its previous target, as it prepared to set out a “cautious” plan to ease the U.K.’s lockdown. The new target …
Read More »UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new coronavirus variants from derailing a fast-moving vaccination drive that has delivered more than 15 million shots in ten weeks. Passengers arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport were escorted by security …
Read More »Britain’s quarantine hotels open for business
LONDON — Britain’s newly established quarantine hotels have received their first guests as the government tries to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from derailing its fast-moving vaccination drive. Passengers arriving at London’s Heathrow Airport on Monday morning were escorted by security guards to buses that took them to nearby …
Read More »Meet the co-owner of ‘the world’s best B&B’, The 25 in Torquay, who says four out of five is failure
Failure. That’s how Andy Banner-Price, the co-owner of The 25 Boutique B&B in Torquay, sees a four-star review on Tripadvisor, which earlier this year declared it the world’s best B&B for the second year running. To date it has over 800 reviews on the site – and every single one …
Read More »The best places to visit in 2021, from Japan during the Olympics to Antarctica for the solar eclipse
After nine months of ever-changing rules and disruption, many of us will be happy just to travel somewhere safe, sunny and hassle-free this year. In fact, 2021 promises to be a bumper one for great things to see and do with plenty of new openings, anniversaries and sports and cultural …
Read More »Hovertravel’s weekend and bank holiday services switch to every two hours from tomorrow (updated)
With the Isle of Wight now under Tier 4 (stay at home) restrictions, Hovertravel has announced that from tomorrow (Friday 1st Jan 2021) it will be switching its weekend and bank holiday timetable to every two hours, instead of hourly from 0815 to 2030. Neil Chapman, managing director of Hovertravel, …
Read More »New rules for sending parcels abroad come into force today
New rules for sending parcels abroad from the UK have come into force today, requiring senders to complete a customs form. Notices in Post Offices across the country have been warning the new measures, concerning ‘all items containing gifts and goods being sent abroad, including to the EU’, will be …
Read More »Exclusive for MoS readers: Explore Sandringham with Royal expert Dr Lucy Worsley
Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Explore Sandringham – the private home of four generations of British monarchs – with Royal expert Dr Lucy Worsley By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:00, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 22:00, 5 December 2020 With a coastline packed with delightful beaches, beautiful countryside …
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