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Updated: May 12, 2021, 1:25 pm
The Estadio do Dragao in Porto could host this month’s Champions League final (Mike Egerton/PA)
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UEFA is working to receive the necessary guarantees over fan access to Portugal before making a firm decision on where to host the Champions League final.
The PA news agency understands European football’s governing body is seeking clarity over what will happen when current international travel Covid-19 restrictions in Portugal end on Sunday, and that it may take until Thursday to receive the information it needs.
May 11, 2021, 11:52 am
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has been urged to put fans first in deciding on a venue for the Champions League final (Niall Carson/PA)
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UEFA has been urged to favour fans over the ‘prawn sandwich’ contingent and move the all-English Champions League final to Wembley.
Chelsea and Manchester City had been due to play in Istanbul on May 29 but the British Government’s decision last week to place Turkey on its high-risk ‘red list’ for international travel has forced UEFA to consider other options.
HMRC figures for Scottish salmon exports to the EU in January are “very, very wrong”, according to an industry body.
The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) said the Treasury figures for January underestimated exports by much as 97%, making it “impossible” to judge the impact of Brexit.
The SSPO told Westminster’s Scottish Affairs Committee it believed more salmon had been exported than in January last year.
New post-Brexit rules came into force on January 1 with red tape causing delays for some in the seafood sector who usually export to Europe.
Hamish MacDonnell, director of strategic engagement at the SSPO, told MPs on the committee the HMRC figures were “not just wrong, they were very, very wrong”.