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direct to your inboxTransport Secretary Grant Shapps has said he is “hopeful” that people will be able to travel abroad this summer but warned there were no “cast iron guarantees”. Mr Shapps said that under Boris Johnson's roadmap out of coronavirus restrictions in England, the earliest people would be able to travel overseas was May 17 but he urged caution when it came to booking.

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direct to your inboxNorthern leaders fear ministers could 'drain the ambition' from the multi-billion pound Northern Powerhouse Rail project which was set to revolutionise the region's train network.Their concerns centre around an instruction from Minister Grant Shapps to delay Transport for the North's (TFN) business case for the scheme until the Department for Transport has produced their own plans for how it will link up with HS2 and other major infrastructure.Back in the summer of 2014,

direct to your inboxMoney Saving Expert Martin Lewis has issued an urgent warning to anybody planning on booking a summer holiday.It comes after Grant Shapps and Boris Johnson told Brits it's too early to know whether or not we'll be able to enjoy a holiday this year.Appearing on his ITV show, the Martin Lewis Money Show, the finance journalist dished out some important advice to British holidaymakers.Speaking on the show, Martin said: "So it is up to you whether you book or not but we do not

direct to your inboxTransport Secretary Grant Shapps said it is “too soon” for hopeful travellers to start booking holidays as it is currently "illegal" to go on holiday in the UK or abroad.“First of all, I should say, people shouldn’t be booking holidays right now – not domestically or internationally,” he told the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme.“The Prime Minister will say more about the route to unlocking this country, starting when he speaks about it on February 22.“But we don’t know yet

coronavirus in the same way as countries such as Australia.

direct to your inboxThousands of British travellers have rushed to return home from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday before a flight ban came into force.Social media influencers and models are among those affected by the decision to ban direct flights from the UAE from 1pm on Friday.Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced the policy at 5pm on Thursday, giving travellers just 20 hours to make arrangements.The measure is aimed at stopping the spread of the South African coronavirus

coronavirus travel red list, the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced in a series of tweets this afternoon. It means that travellers from the United Arab Emirates will be denied entry apart from British, Irish and third country nationals with residence rights who must self-isolate for 10 days at home.Once the new regime comes in, they will have to pay to stay locked in a hotel for 10 days.

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coronavirus rules. Previous international guidelines stated all non-essential travel was banned, with exceptions made for business trips.

direct to your inboxAll international travellers entering England will need a negative Covid-19 test before they can enter the country.Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has set out plans that will begin next week for passengers arriving by boat, train or plane.They will all need to take a test up to 72 hours before leaving the country of departure.Mr Shapps said the move was designed to prevent new variants of the disease which have emerged in countries such as South Africa and Denmark.Failure to

direct to your inbox Everyone who has bought train or coach tickets for travel during the now-scrapped five-day Christmas travel window will be able to get their money back.

direct to your inboxBoris Johnson has suggested things will be very different from Easter 2021.The Prime Minister held a Downing Street press conference on Monday alongside Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, and Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK government's Chief Scientific Adviser. It is the second time he has addressed the public in a matter of days, having announced on Saturday new Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East and a change to the Christmas bubble arrangements.

direct to your inboxThe coronavirus vaccination programme across the UK won't be affected by France's ban on freight, the Transport Secretary has said.Grant Shapps told Sky News on Monday morning that the disruption around the Channel ports in Kent 'won't have an impact' on vaccine supply.It comes as France suspended all traffic from the UK for 48 hours amid fears over the new mutant coronavirus strain.A number of EU countries have also banned flights from the four nations.Mr Shapps said: "Most

direct to your inbox A further three countries have now been removed the UK travel corridor list due to a surge in coronavirus cases in these destinations.

direct to your inboxThe Canary Islands have been removed from the travel corridor list in the latest update to the scheme. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced on Thursday that travellers arriving in the UK from the popular Spanish islands from 4am on Saturday must self-isolate.

after the Prime Minister labelled this upcoming festive period as the season to be "jolly careful".Talks between the devolved nations continue on how people will be able to see family across the UK, with reports suggesting a Cobra meeting is taking place today at 4pm on the matter. But with major engineering work across Britain’s railways and capacity constraints, Mr Shapps urged people to “look very carefully at the transport route they take” when planning Christmas trips.He told BBC Breakfast

Grant Shapps had appeared to blame the row for Greater Manchester's high coronavirus infection rates.

hereLast month Andy Burnham and other local leaders spent two weeks negotiating with the government for better financial support to help businesses that would be forced to close, the self-employed and others who lose income, before Tier 3 was eventually imposed. Mr Shapps responded by saying 'individual negotiations' last time led to rates not being 'gotten on top of as quickly as possible'.He said that Liverpool, which agreed to Tier 3 'quite quickly' had seen cases come down quickly and called

Travellers will be able to end quarantine early - if they can provide a negative coronavirus test.The current isolation period for people arriving in England from countries not part of the government's travel corridor list is 14 days.From December 15, this can be by half if a negative test is provided after five days, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.Under the new rules, passengers who arrive from a destination not on the Government’s travel corridors list will still need to enter

hereThe new two-mile bypass will run from the roundabout at the end of the M67 (junction 4) to a new junction on the A57 in Woolley Bridge.A six-week long public consultation is being launched today.Jim O’Sullivan, Highways England’s chief executive, said: “Our plans for a new road around Mottram will help local communities by taking traffic away from the village, and we value your views to help make it happen.”Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said: “We’re working harder than ever to level up

holidays and flights.