Germany, Angela Merkel prepares to Step down. We have a Special Report on how she has influenced gender equality. And tributes are paid to sir clive sinclair, the Home Computing Pioneer whos died at the age of 81. Hello, and welcome. The Uk Government is expected to announce Changes Today to the rules for international travel. Among them could be a simpler Traffic Light SyStem for green, amber and Red List countries and fewer tests. Our Transport Correspondent Caroline davis reports. Sunshine, but no one sunbathing. 80 of the guests at this hotel in turkey would have been british in a normal year. Turkey went on the Red List in may, meaning anybody travelling from there to the uk has to quarantine in a hotel. Since then it has been a difficult summer, but they are holding out hope it can change. We have just about survived but it has been very, very challenging. At the moment we are very, very quiet. So to get the british market for a sort of go ahead at this stage, it could take us th
We start with the travel business, because as youve been hearing, the uk is about to announce a Shake Up of its covid rules for International Travel. Airlines and Tour Operators have been pushing for simpler rules on destinations, instead of the so called Traffic Light System of green, amber and Red Lists. And they want compulsory Pcr Covid tests to be scrapped, arguing the cost has been putting people off travelling, as our Transport Correspondent Caroline Davies explains. There have been hints that now people are vaccinated, they could be swapped for lateral flow test, the cheaper option. That could still prove controversial with some people in public health. Other things the industry wants to see our things like moving from the Traffic Light System to just a Red List and an open List System as well, so simplification there. The industry are really piling on the pressure on the government. Thurlow comes to an end at thE End of this month and they still have thousands of employees on
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