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UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps on Monday urged Britons to download the National Health Service app because it now shows evidence of vaccination.
Mr Shapps was keen to highlight that the NHS app is different to its Covid proximity app.
As of TODAY, the NHS app shows your COVID-19 Vaccine Record. Note: this is the main NHS app which contains your private medical records (once you request & your GP provides access) not the separate Covid proximity app. Download for iPhone & Android here https://t.co/aM0hGbdpK2 Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP (@grantshapps) May 17, 2021
He also reminded people not to let down their guards as the UK emerges from lockdown.
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Greece formally opened to visitors on Saturday, kicking off a summer season it hopes will resurrect its Covid-battered tourism industry.
After months of lockdown restrictions, Greece also opened its museums this week, including the Acropolis museum, home to renowned sculptures from Greek antiquity. I feel really alive and good because it has been such a hard and long year because of Covid, said Victoria Sanchez, a 22-year-old student on holiday from the Czech Republic.
Greece offering what people need, says tourist minister
As of Saturday, foreign tourists will be allowed in Greece if they have been vaccinated or can show negative test results. Travel between regions, including to the islands, will also be allowed for those with negative tests or vaccinations.
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Princess Anne will retain the Princess Royal title she has held since 1987, despite speculation it could go to Prince William’s daughter Princess Charlotte if the monarchy is pared back.
Queen Elizabeth’s only daughter, 70, could also be in line to receive the royal and military patronages of Prince Harry and Prince Philip.
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The designation of Princess Royal is the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a female member of the “The Firm”, with Princess Anne the seventh to hold it.
Some commentators suggested it would shift to Princess Charlotte when Prince Charles accedes to the throne, rumours fuelled by the review Charles and William are conducting into the size of the royal family, with the expectation it will be trimmed to a nucleus of seven.
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The head of Britain s Secret Intelligence Service said on Thursday the spy agency is hunting a new technology chief to provide UK spooks with the sort of gadgets and gizmos
familiar to James Bond fans worldwide. We’re looking for a new ‘Q’. If you want to serve your country by helping MI6 to develop the operational technology of the future, please take a look, tweeted Richard Moore, who became head of the service in July last year.
In the Bond films, Q furnishes agent 007 with an array of gadgets: from an Aston Martin sports car with passenger ejector seat, to a ballpoint pen that turns into a grenade.