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Friday, 05 February 2021

The Guardian

• Spacewatch: Airbus to build three more moon mission modulesThree more European service modules will be made for use as part of Nasa’s Artemis programme

Times Online

• Airport hotel giant ‘kept in the dark’ by government over quarantine policy [subscription]The head of the UK’s biggest chain of airport hotels has said his company has been “kept in the dark” over the government’s plans for hotel quarantine.
• Government plans Covid vaccine passports to allow foreign holidays [subscription]British officials have started work on a “vaccine passport” as Greece prepares to waive quarantine rules for tourists who can prove that they have been inoculated against coronavirus.

Mail Online

• Ministers reserve 28,000 rooms near airports for hotel quarantine schemeThe scheme will see passengers returning into the UK quarantined in hotels for 11 nights at a cost of up to £800 per person.

The Mirror

• New hotel quarantine rules in full - and how they affect 20,000 arrivals per dayPeople arriving in the UK may have to quarantine in a hotel for up to 10 days - here's what we know about how the new rules will work

Sky News

• 'We need time to prepare': Minister defends hotel quarantine delayA minister has blamed hotel quarantine not coming into force for another 10 days in England on needing more "time to prepare", after Labour branded the delay "beyond comprehension".

Bolton News

• This Ryanair advert received more than 2,300 complaints The Advertising Standards Authority received complaints in late December 2020 and early January 2021.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Leeds Bradford Airport expansion tipped for approval - despite almost 2,000 objections PLANS for a multi-million pound rebuild of Leeds Bradford Airport should be approved by Council decision-makers, a report by planning experts has recommended.

Reading Evening Post

• Heathrow Airport faces fresh round of strikes in pay rowFurther industrial action is also expected to be announced