Thanks a million! That’s how many miles of Britain you’ve pledged to spruce up for the Mail’s campaign Army of volunteers help the Great British Spring Clean reach major milestone So far 160,270 volunteers have pledged to tidy up 1,006,135 miles of Britain Network Rail pledges all of their 42,000 employees will spend time picking … Read more
Grant Shapps today held out the prospect of expending the ‘green list’ within weeks amid calls for France, Spain, Italy and Greece to be added. The Transport Secretary defended the traffic light system despite fury that it has caused confusion and chaos among travellers. He urged people to be ‘patient’ rather than booking trips to … Read more
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps today admitted there would be ‘no instant changes’ to the price of train tickets as the biggest overhaul of Britain’s railways since privatisation almost three decades ago begins. Rail union leaders and politicians today attacked plans to reform the system, accusing the Government of merely ‘papering over the cracks’, while Labour … Read more
A new public body to oversee key areas of the railways will be set up as part of the biggest overhaul of the industry since privatisation almost three decades ago. Great British Railways (GBR) will replace Network Rail to operate 20,000 miles of track, signals and tunnels. And under plans revealed in a White Paper … Read more
Holidaymakers at Heathrow may face queues of up to TEN hours because of farcical row over lack of Perspex screens to protect Border Force staff from the threat of Covid Passengers could be forced to sit on planes on tarmac if immigration is too busy Source says they may be diverted to other UK airports … Read more
Google searches for ‘holidays to Portugal’ soared more than 3,000 per cent in the hour after the Government named it as one of the countries that will be on its ‘green’ safe travel list from May 17. On Friday, the Department for Transport revealed at a Downing Street briefing that travellers will be able to … Read more
Travel bosses have demanded more countries be put on the quarantine-free green travel list as they criticised ‘overly cautious’ ministers for only approving 12 destinations so far. Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel are among the small group of countries which will be on the green list from May 17 – with some countries on the list … Read more
The cost of flights to Portugal have today surged by up to 25 per cent after it was confirmed the holiday hotspot will be on the travel ‘green list’ from May 17. Eager Britons rushed to book last minute getaways after a handful of quarantine-free destinations were unveiled by Grant Shapps at a Downing Street … Read more
British holidaymakers were left far from impressed after the Transport Secretary unveiled the 12-strong green list of nations during his press conference tonight.
Grant Shapps says fans should not travel to the Champions League final in Turkey as the country has moved into the travel red list – sparking fans to call for the game to be moved to England. Chelsea and Manchester City are due to meet in the final on May 29 in Istanbul, with around … Read more