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Good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. 0ur headlines today. just in the nick of time uk holidaymakers scramble home as portugal turns amber. anyone age 25 to 29 in england can now book to have their first covid vaccine nhs england says we re on the home straight . the row over offensive tweets in cricket takes another turn. the ecb is investigating historical comments by a second player, as the prime minister criticises bowler 0llie robinson s ban for racist and sexist posts made several years ago. and we ll explain why the iconic deckchair of the 50s could be returning to blackpool s promenade once more. good morning. today across scotland and northern ....
Absolutely. i don t think they ve got it all wrong. i think that was a very bad decision to change it to amber. we ve just met some people who ve had their flight cancelled and they ve got to pay an extra £800. they ve got children. it s just wrong. the government says it s acted because there s been a near doubling of positive covid cases in the last few weeks, and because of concerns of a mutation of the delta coronavirus variant. richard galpin, bbc news. tim muffett is at gatwick airport for us, where more flights from portugal are expected to arrive later this morning. good morning. i imagine there have been flights coming in this morning and people expected to try to raise home? , :, , ~ and people expected to try to raise home? , :, , : ., ., home? yes, that s right. we have two fliuhts home? yes, that s right. we have two fli . hts due home? yes, that s right. we have two flights due in home? yes, that s right. we have two flights due in from home? yes, that s right. we ....
While quarantining on their return home. as a result, people have been scrambling to get back to the uk before the deadline, with holidaymakers queuing to book flights. kirsty, who lives in london, says it s expensive. it s a massive inconvenience and obviously costs everyone a lot of money to have to come home and cut their holidays short. and with such short notice, i think, as well, is the main thing. in a way it s good that they re being cautious. but i think that people should have been given a little bit more notice than just three or four days to get back, because it makes it quite stressful for people to make arrangements. the cunningham family in hampshire is also dismayed. absolute joke. the social distance is brilliant. everything s under control. everyone s wearing masks everywhere, even on the beaches. you have to wear it outside and everyone abides by the laws. it s an amazing country and they re abiding by the rules much better than the english people are, and i m englis ....
Ireland it is going to be cloudier and a brazier with patchy rain. for england and wales, hazy sunshine and warm. good morning. it s tuesday, the 8th ofjune. our top story. new quarantine restrictions have come into force for passengers returning to england from portugal. the country has been moved from green to the amber list of destinations, meaning travellers must take two lab approved covid tests while they self isolate at home for ten days, as richard galpin reports. just last month, portugal was put on the green list of countries by the uk government, british holidaymakers not needing to self isolate on their return home. bookings surged. but last thursday, the government announced a series of changes for many countries, including portugal, which was put on the amber list. from this morning, holidaymakers will be required to pay for at least two covid tests, ....