Late-night change means travellers arriving from France, Netherlands, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba from Saturday face 14-day quarantine
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12.25pm BST
British visitors to France could face a two-week quarantine, as the French government threatened retaliation after being removed from the UK safe travel list following a spike in coronavirus cases.
But the Netherlands, which was also removed from the travel corridor list late on Thursday, has ruled out reciprocal measures.
12.15pm BST
The government is expected to confirm shortly that Greater Manchester, parts of east Lancashire and West Yorkshire will remain subject to tighter lockdown restrictions than the rest of England.
On Thursday there were concerns among officials in Oldham that the town — one of Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs — might be locked down further by central government after case numbers continued to rise much faster than than the rest of the region.
Between 2 and 8 August Oldham had a rate of 107.5 per 100,000 population, which increased from 57.8 the previous week.
Continue reading…Late-night change means travellers arriving from France, Netherlands, Malta, Turks and Caicos, and Aruba from Saturday face 14-day quarantineUK adds France to 14-day quarantine listWhat should I do if I have a holiday booked to France?Government quietly drops 1.3m Covid tests from England tallyTheatres, music venues and beauty salons in England to reopenGlobal coronavirus updates – live 12.25pm BSTBritish visitors to France could face a two-week quarantine, as the French government threatened retaliation after being removed from the UK safe travel list following a spike in coronavirus cases.But the Netherlands, which was also removed from the travel corridor list late on Thursday, has ruled out reciprocal measures. 12.15pm BSTThe government is expected to confirm shortly that Greater Manchester, parts of east Lancashire and West Yorkshire will remain subject to tighter lockdown restrictions than the rest of England.On Thursday there were concerns among officials in Oldham that the town — one of Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs — might be locked down further by central government after case numbers continued to rise much faster than than the rest of the region.Between 2 and 8 August Oldham had a rate of 107.5 per 100,000 population, which increased from 57.8 the previous week. Continue reading…