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Holidaymakers jet off from England on first day of lockdown lifting Some are making their way to countries on the amber list The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss another Leicestershire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice British holidaymakers have begun checking in for some of the first flights to green list destinations on the morning of the Government’s lifting of its foreign travel ban. ....
LONDON Drinks were raised in toasts and reunited friends hugged each other as thousands of U.K. pubs and restaurants opened Monday for indoor service for the first time since early January. Yet the prime minister sounded a cautious tone, warning about a more contagious COVID-19 variant that threatens reopening plans. The latest step in the U.K. s gradual easing of nationwide restrictions also includes reopening theaters, sports venues and museums, raising hopes that Britain s economy may soon start to recover from the devastating effects of the pandemic. Andy Frantzeskos, a chef at the Nopi restaurant in London s Soho district, said he felt a bit of anxiousness . but more excitement than anything. ....
“This is now getting urgent … if there is no getaway in July and August, many companies will not make it to next year,” he said. “It’s not a choice between public health and the economy. We can do both, applying the government’s risk-based approach.” The BA chief executive, Sean Doyle, said: “It’s clear to us that America should be on the green list.” The easyJet chief executive, Johan Lundgren, said: “The latest data suggests that most of Europe could actually already from right now go on to that green list of categories.” So far only Portugal, of big holiday destinations from the UK, is on the green list. Airlines are selling flights to other European countries in expectation that they will be added by summer – although ministers were explicit at the weekend that people should not travel to countries on the amber list. ....
Danica Kirka And Jill Lawless A man drinks a pint of beer in the Black Lion pub in Hammersmith in London, Monday, May 17, 2021. Drinks were raised in toasts and reunited friends hugged each other as thousands of U.K. pubs and restaurants opened Monday for indoor service for the first time since early January. Yet the prime minister sounded a cautious tone, warning about a more contagious COVID-19 variant first discovered in India that threatens reopening plans. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) May 17, 2021 - 9:21 AM LONDON (AP) â Drinks were raised in toasts and reunited friends hugged each other as thousands of U.K. pubs and restaurants opened Monday for indoor service for the first time since early January. Yet the prime minister sounded a cautious tone, warning about a more contagious COVID-19 variant that threatens reopening plans. ....