Royal Navy warns of potential hijack
Incident in Gulf of Oman days after attack on tanker
The Mercer Street was attacked last Thursday (Image: PA)
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CBI urges loosened travel restrictions amid ‘last chance saloon’ for summer
A plane takes off at Heathrow Airport (Steve Parsons/PA)
Business leaders have called on the Government to open up travel at a faster rate, as the holiday flights industry faces a “last chance saloon” for the summer season.
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for a “new settlement” to help the travel industry and the UK economy more broadly “live with Covid”, which would mean fewer people flying into the UK would need to isolate on arrival.
John Foster, CBI policy director, said: “The international travel sector is in the last chance saloon for its the summer season. Restrictions must be relaxed if beleaguered businesses are to salvage any opportunity to trade their way towards recovery this year.
Boris Johnson to ditch foreign holiday and take a staycation
The Prime Minister is reported to be planning a holiday in the UK this year
The Prime Minister and his wife Carrie Johnson
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Amber-plus list: Why were extra travel restrictions imposed on France?
By Anthony Reuben
France is being taken off the amber-plus list. This means that, from 8 August, people who arrive in England from France will no longer have to isolate if they have been fully vaccinated.
But there has been criticism of a lack of transparency about the data used to put it on the amber-plus list in the first place.
The government said it had brought in the extra restrictions - from 19 July - because of the persistent presence of cases in France of the Beta variant, which was first identified in South Africa .
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