Alex Clarke Travellers and airlines are scrambling to rearrange plans as the latest Covid restrictions cause travel turmoil for people trying to return to the UK. Passengers criticised airlines and government for a lack of information on returning from “red list” countries. One told the BBC he had found a return flight from South Africa
Month: November 2021
Reuters Dutch police say they have detained a couple who escaped from a Covid-quarantine hotel. The arrests were made on a plane in Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport just before it departed to Spain on Sunday. The Spanish man and Portuguese woman were later handed over to the country’s health service, local media reported. It comes after
This is the moment a fire alarm caused two BBC presenters to make a sharp exit during their radio show. Nick Robinson and Martha Kearney had to abandon Radio 4’s Today studio in London’s New Broadcasting House after an alarm could be heard during the programme. Robinson confirmed in a tweet staff were back in
Reuters British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is due to go on trial in New York City on sex trafficking and other charges. She is expected to challenge claims she groomed underage girls for convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein for sexual abuse. He died in prison in 2019. Ms Maxwell, 59, has been in a US jail since
They slow-rolled the Odell Beckham Jr. sweepstakes into oblivion. The starting quarterback suffered a self-described “COVID toe” that was really a broken pinky on his foot. And they lost Elgton Jenkins, a Pro Bowl offensive lineman, to a season-ending knee injury. Yet, as the Green Bay Packers head into their bye week, they may very
PA Media Labour is calling for an overhaul of the system regulating ministers’ conduct – accusing PM Boris Johnson of failing to enforce the current rules. Deputy leader Angela Rayner will say ministers should be banned from work relating to their past job for five years after leaving government. It comes as the Commons standards
Reuters Critical talks with Iran to prevent the collapse of a nuclear deal are to resume in Vienna after five months. Officials will discuss the possible return of the US to the 2015 accord, which limited Iran’s nuclear activities in return for the lifting of sanctions. Iran has violated key commitments since then-President Donald Trump
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was “deeply disappointed” by the action, which he described as unjustified, and called
Getty Images Virgil Abloh, the Louis Vuitton artistic director and founder of the Off-White fashion label, has died from cancer aged 41, it has been announced. Revealing the news, the French fashion house’s parent company LVMH described Abloh as a “genius” and a “visionary”. The US designer came to prominence as Kanye West’s creative director
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A third case of the Omicron coronavirus variant has been detected in the UK, the Health Security Agency has said. The person is no longer in the UK but had visited Westminster in London. It comes after
Midwest Innocence Project A fundraiser set up to help a Missouri man who served more than 42 years in jail for a triple murder he did not commit has reached $1.5m (£1.1m). Kevin Strickland was freed on Tuesday at the age of 62. He had maintained his innocence since his arrest at 18. It was
Reuters The new coronavirus variant Omicron has been detected in 13 people who arrived in the Dutch capital Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa. They are among 61 passengers who tested positive for coronavirus. It comes as tighter restrictions come into force in the Netherlands, amid record Covid cases and concerns over the new
PA Media Home Secretary Priti Patel has warned that failure by European politicians to co-operate on the continent’s migrant crisis will lead to “even worse scenes” in the English Channel this winter. France is hosting German, Belgian and Dutch ministers and European Commission officials for talks. Ms Patel was disinvited from the summit after a
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Face masks will be compulsory in shops and on public transport in England, and UK arrivals are expected to have to take PCR tests from Tuesday in response to the new Omicron variant. Health Secretary Sajid Javid
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Travel restrictions may need to be tightened further in the coming days due to the Omicron Covid variant, Scotland’s first minister has said. Ten countries in southern Africa have been added to the “red list” due to
Reuters In the past week a heavily mutated Covid variant has been identified, rapidly labelled a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization. It is named Omicron and been detected in countries including the UK. It is a rapidly evolving situation. Omicron’s genetic profile has raised concerns, but there’s a shortage of real-world data
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