The Transport Secretary has said he is ‘hopeful’ that testing for international travellers could be implemented by December 1, cutting quarantine from 14 days to approximately one week. Speaking this morning at aviation conference Airlines 2050, the Transport Secretary outlined plans for “a single test for international arrivals, a week […]
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images) Getty Images In a letter to English local authorities updating them about the forthcoming second round of Emergency Active Travel funding, the U.K. Transport Secretary concluded by saying “no one should be in doubt about our support for motorists.” This […]
Shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth (UK Parliament) Boris Johnson has one week to sort out the test and trace system or consign Britain to a “very bleak winter” of rising coronavirus infection and possible lockdown restrictions, Labour’s shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth has warned. Although the prime minister has promised […]
Our mission to help you navigate the new normal is fueled by subscribers. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. The U.K.’s coronavirus-testing system is overloaded, and the government’s health chief has identified the culprits: people who get tests despite having no COVID-19 symptoms. “In the last couple of […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Health and Human Service Secretary Alex Azar has redoubled accusations that China failed to adequately warn of the coronavirus after it was first detected in Wuhan. Azar says China’s ruling Communist Party “had the chance to warn the world and work with the world on battling […]
Tempest Defence Secretary Ben Wallace issued an extraordinary appeal for more countries to join the UK’s Tempest programme to build a new fighter jet as he help launched the online version of the Farnborough airshow. Speaking after the landmark trade show was cancelled because of coronavirus, Mr Wallace urged other countries to […]
The Department of the Interior has been nicknamed “the department of everything else.” Since so many secretaries have come from the American West, we Westerners understand where that nickname comes from. Try to think about all the agencies and bureaus contained within the Department of Interior, then grab a bottle […]
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MYRTLE BEACH — Brad Dean, former Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, was recently appointed to a two-year term as vice chair of the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board. The board advises the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to travel and the tourism industry […]
Rail works set to cause Christmas travel chaos cannot be delayed for the festive bubble period or they could run over for two years, the Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said. In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Mr Shapps warned some major engineering upgrades due to start over the […]