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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has poured cold water on holiday hopes warning no guarantees this year The comments from Mr Shapps sparked fury from travel industry who said the summer season must happen Downing Street slapped down the Cabinet minister insisting it is personal choice whether to book hols   Government is facing a backlash over threat of 10-year sentence for lying about visiting countries on red list  Former Supreme Court justice Lord  Sumption said term is extraordinarily h...

What are the new rules for travel? One in four adults in England have received a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the Prime Minister announced as he urged eligible people who had not yet got the jab to come forward. The Prime Minister was speaking at a Downing Street press conference on Wednesday, where he also swerved questions over whether Britons should book holidays for later this year. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps had earlier advised...

It comes amid continuing concerns over home-grown coronavirus strains as scientists advising the UK government added one detected in Bristol to its ...

Grant Shapps has revealed his 89-year-old father is fighting for his life in a Covid ward after catching the virus in hospital. The Transport Secretary said he hasnt been able to visit his father Tony Shapps for two months due to lockdown rules - but praised the incredible NHS staff who he speaks to every day. Mr Shapps said his father has always been quite techy so spoke to the family over the phone - but hasnt been able to do so in the past few days. It is not clear why Tony - who ran an aud...

Wednesday morning news briefing: Portugal trip lies worse than sex abuse Danny Boyle © Provided by The Telegraph Cartoonist Blower on the punishment for trying to hide a journey to an at-risk country   If you want to receive twice-daily briefings like this by email, sign up to the Front Page newsletter here. For two-minute audio updates, try The Briefing - on podcasts, smart speakers and WhatsApp. MPs criticise harsh sentences for hiding red list travel A backlash is g...

The British public expects "strong action", Grant Shapps says, amid criticism of the new penalty.

It seems this week that we have reached the acme of collective claustrophobia in this country. Not just in the obvious one-walk-a-day sense, but also in the dawning realisation that international travel will probably not be possible for a while. The wintry days of early February are traditionally a time when we all start thinking about our summer holidays, looking up cheap flights and image-searching tropical beaches. But this morning Transport...

AN EXPLOSIVE row has broken out over the Governments 10-year prison sentence threat for those who lie about travelling from a country of the UKs red list.

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Sir Charles Walker urged Boris Johnson to rein in Cabinet ministers ‘very, very quickly’.