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‘Test to Release’ Scheme Goes Live for Travellers Entering England
The Test to Release scheme for travellers entering England went live on Tuesday allowing travellers from countries not on the travel corridor list to halve the mandatory quarantine period if they get a negative test result for the CCP virus after five days.
“The introduction of this day 5 Test to Release scheme is a helpful step in the right direction. It means less time in quarantine,” Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said in a media release on Tuesday.
“But only in return for a negative COVID test,” he said.
The scheme has reportedly got off to a bumpy start, with some test providers according to the BBC, withdrawing from the government’s list of private companies offering tests because they were overwhelmed with requests for bookings.
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Scotland’s airports and the body representing UK-registered airlines say Scottish aviation is being “left behind due to the lack of a testing strategy” and have jointly called on the Scottish Government to make urgent progress on the introduction of an effective testing regime that will enable the safe restart of aviation and protect thousands of jobs.
The calls come on the day that a new test to release programme began that is designed to allow passengers arriving in England to cut the length of their quarantine in half on receipt of a negative Covid test.
Derek Provan, chief executive of AGS Airports which owns Aberdeen and Glasgow airports, said: “Today, airports and airlines in England can start making plans to safely restart international travel and get the aviation industry moving again. There are no such plans in place for Scotland.
A foreign-owned super trawler, that controls almost a quarter of England s fishing quota, will take biggest share after Brexit.
The 390ft Dutch Frank Bonefaas controls 23 per cent of England s fishing quota, and is the largest trawler registered in the British fishing fleet.
Campaigners say more than half of England s fishing quota will be controlled by foreign fishing companies and they want a radical overhaul of fisheries policy.
The 390ft Dutch Frank Bonefaas controls 23 per cent of England s fishing quota, and is the largest trawler registered in the British fishing fleet
The Frank Bonefaas is owned by a UK subsidiary of the Dutch fishing group Cornelis Vrolijk, reports The Telegraph.
Owners of the trawler Frank Bonefaas (pictured) were fined £102,000 in March 2015
Ministers are being urged to take action against a foreign-owned super trawler which was once caught by the Royal Navy illegally fishing off the Cornish coast - and now controls the biggest amount of UK fishing quota.
The 119-metre long Frank Bonefaas - which processes and freezes its vast catch on board - is the largest trawler registered in the British fishing fleet. The trawler controls 23 per cent of England’s fishing quota and lands its entire catch in Holland.
Campaigners say the operation of Frank Bonefaas exposes that even after the Brexit transition, more than half of England’s fishing quota will be controlled by foreign fishing companies in Holland, Spain and Iceland. They want a radical overhaul of fisheries policy to ensure more quota for British fisherman.