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We report fom portugal, where british tourists are rushing to get home before the new quarantine rules apply. we the new quarantine rules apply. only came because green we only came because it was on the green list, the words of more than one british tourist today. tonight, many have made it home but others have stayed on, knowing it will mean quarantine. suspending the england bowler ollie robinson for racist and sexits comments made nine years ago was over the top according to the prime minister. and, next month, this rocket will take the world s richest man on a sight seeing tour in space. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: world number one novak djokovic survives a scare to join rafa nadal in the quarterfinals of the french open. ....
Portugal was going onto the amber list ten minutes after they d checked into their algarve hotel. i m self employed and i run a business, sojust a bit of panic, really, of what to do. you know there s a risk coming away, itjust. i d not thought about this risk as much. this country can guarantee sunshine and hospitality but it s no longer sure of its summer season. there are just there arejust a there are just a few hours before that deadline. most of those who were going have now gone. in normal times, this place would be bustling with british tourists. instead tonight, looking around, the streets are deserted, there is barely a sound from bars and restaurants nearby and that is of course way for so many here, this decision has been so many here, this decision has been so distressing. they are telling us they are trying to stay optimistic ....
And it cost us £140 each, which is disgusting. for esther and audrey, it s been a stressful weekend. like many, they struggled to secure the test they needed for the flight home. we paid more money getting here than what we actually paid for the holiday. most here thought portugal was a safe bet, until on thursday, the uk government suddenly decided otherwise. a bit of a blow, really, i it came out of nowhere. wejust had to bring ourflight forward by a couple of days. so, we were meant to be coming back on wednesday. i need to go to work. it s not been easy. spent all weekend worrying about how to get back. there are some 45 flights back to britain today. there were more over the weekend, as holiday makers scrambled to get home in time. it s orderly today but the overwhelming sense is one of disappointment, notjust for those who ve had to cut their holidays short but perhaps more so for this country s tourism industry. it s just a few weeks ....
Holidaymakers have been rushing to get home from portugal before the latest quarantine rules come into force in the early hours of tomorrow morning. anyone who doesn t make it back before 4am will have to quarantine for up to 10 days on their return because portugal has now been taken off the green list and is in the amber category, a decision widely criticised by travel companies and tourists alike. our correspondentjenny hill is in albufeira tonight, and we canjoin her now. yes, for so many, this was the perfect destination. a chance to get away, enjoy some sunshine after a year of lockdowns. this is a phrase we have heard a lot today from british tourists: we only chose portugal because it was on the green list. it s not how they thought their holiday would end. faro airport in the algarve today, a last chance for those who don t want to quarantine to get home. we had to change our flight from wednesday to today ....
Since british tourists and hope returned to the algarve after a pandemic year. the uk is portugal s biggest tourism market. so the decision has left this country furious, frustrated and baffled. the algarve is very low in cases. yet in lisbon and maybe porto, but lisbon at the moment, i think there s maybe one area, there s been a little rise but not here. i mean, everybody comes with a negative test, everyone goes home with a negative test, so what is the problem? queueing up for those tests today, alison and herfamily, who d come to see granny and grandad for the first time in two years. they fly home tomorrow, which means quarantine. yes. quarantine now. six hours after the deadline because we fly at 10:10. how do you feel about that? not happy about it. well, we re both key workers, actually. i m a paramedic, amy s a care in the community. they need us out there. making the most of it, rob and betty, who found out ....