Where to holiday in the restriction-free old normal
Our experts remind us of what is finally in store when we can join them in the most normal parts of the world
26 June 2021 • 5:00am
People In Tel Aviv can now enjoy their freedoms without the need to wear face masks outside
Credit: MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP
Another week, another update to our precious holiday traffic lights. On Thursday, the Government revealed that Malta would be added to its travel green list, meaning that quarantine was no longer a requirement for returning Brits, while the Balearic Islands and Madeira – and some Caribbean islands – would be added to the green “watch list”, a rather shakier proposition, but still one without the need to quarantine on return. Boris Johnson also suggested double-jabbed Britons will be able to sidestep quarantine from amber destinations, come August.
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For St. Valentine s Day 2021 we re giving you a chance to
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Juan Watterson MHK
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Speaker Juan Watterson proved a big hit when he read his festive poem at Port St Mary Commissioners’s Celebration of Christmas. He has agreed to share it with our readers:
In the far North of Lapland, in a land full of snow
Father Christmas was locked down with nowhere to go
It was hard to be jolly and do all his tasks
With elves six feet apart and all wearing masks This won’t do said Santa and set out to see
If he could find somewhere else to live, Covid free