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TfL should install the technology on trains in return for future funding, the prime minister says.
Criminal convictions warning to Scots motorists as a third do not give cyclists enough space
MOTORISTS are being warned they face a criminal conviction if they do not give cyclists enough room when overtaking as a new study found that a third of Scots do not always leave the recommended distance of five feet.
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- EU threatens escalation in tariff fight over Boeing and Airbus subsidiesThe EU says it will act
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- Which countries can UK holidaymakers visit without restrictions on arrival?A guide to countries that UK tourists can now visit, in light of the government’s updated travel corridor listLast week, the government announced the countries that UK nationals could take holidays to without facing quarantine on return, also known as travel corridors. However, confusion remains over which countries Britons can visit without facing restrictions on arrival. Currently, this is 24 – out of the government’s list of 74.Many of the destinations on the list still have their own restrictions in place. Australia and New Zealand’s borders remain closed to international tourists; and Aus...
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- Quarantine checks to begin for travellers arriving in ScotlandChecks to ensure travellers coming into Scotland from overseas are complying with coronavirus quarantine restrictions will start from Tuesday, the First Minister has confirmed.
Times Online
- Coronavirus in Scotland: Tempers flare over tourist quarantine [Subscription]Another cross-border row has erupted over which government allowed international travellers to roam Scotland for the last month without any oversight.
- An airline full of eastern promise [Subscription]You are more likely to contract the coronavirus at your local supermarket than on an aircraft, apparently (Robert Lea writes). It won’t surprise you to learn that this is the view of an airline boss.
- Boeing calls time on its 747 jumbo jet [Subscription]Half a century since the Boeing 747 opened the age of mass air travel, its makers are quietly ending production as the pandemic speeds the demise of the remaining fleet.
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- Aviation tycoon loses High Court bid to overturn UK lockdownSimon Dolan raised more than £200,000 through crowdfunding to launch the claim against Health Secretary Matt Hancock and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson over the lockdown laws.
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