we begin in the uk where in justan hourfor our we begin in the uk where in just an hourfor our list we begin in the uk where in just an hour for our list of countries were cut to seven. in total, 47 countries have been removed from the red list. these include popular destinations of south africa, mexico, thailand and brazil. and it means travellers no longer have to quarantine and approved hotels at their cost for ten full days on return to the uk. unsurprisingly, many travel firms have welcomed the easing of quarantine rules. virgin atlantic reported a 150% increase in bookings to south africa over the week alone. the past week alone. what is the past week alone. what is the impact on the industry? let s speak to the chief executive of trivago, axel hefer. great to have you in the programme, what reaction have you seen to these changes at trivago? it is basically the same that you see with any easing of travel restrictions. there is an immediate surge in bookings because
let s ta ke let s take a look at the weather prospects, louise is with me. we have been all over with the weather this week, it has been rain, wind and, this morning, it was mild. many of us seeing temperatures around 16 degrees, this is above daytime maximum at this time of year. yes, there was quite a lot of cloud to go with it and for some of us some rain around. it s been a miserable couple of days across parts of northern ireland and western scotland, as long as along with the west highlands. the best of the sunshine today so far has been across the north, where we are likely to see the best of the sun because there is a little bit of nuisance cloud across east anglia and south east england, may be the odd spot of drizzle this afternoon but if you keep the sunshine, you will see temperatures continue to climb up to 21 degrees and whether you have cloud or rain, it s an incredibly mild story for this time of year. through the evening and overnight, the weather front con
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