good afternoon. the government has defended its decision to re—impose a 14—day quarantine for travellers entering the uk from spain, following a spike in the number of new cases in the country. europe's biggest travel company, tui, has cancelled all holidays to mainland spain for the next two weeks, after foreign office advice against all non—essential travel. charlotte gallagher has the latest. just in time, these people board one of the last flights out of spain before that midnight deadline. some passengers made

it back to the uk just minutes before that cut—off, which was brought in with a few hours‘ notice. it was crazy. it all happened so quickly. no—one knows what's going on in there. it's mad, wasn't it? yeah, we were supposed to come back monday and we just got the next flight. luckily my wife filled in the sheets, the documentation we had to fill in, so we arrived and other people could be postponed and actually missed the deadline. so we are thrilled. with the prospect of a strict two—week quarantine on their return, some people are choosing not to travel, but others are flying out, and there is anger with how those in charge are dealing with the situation. i think the government have handled it despicably. i think it's a terrible way of doing it. when it came to the wearing of masks, they gave people two weeks' notice, but if it was that important, implement it straightaway, don't wait two weeks. they've implemented this, this ruling, and ruined thousands of people's plans. you can see here how the recent

spike of coronavirus cases in spain is mainly clustered around the north—east. however, the foreign office is now advising against all but essential travel to the entire mainland. this means it's unlikely any travel insurance will be valid if you fly there now. people can still travel to the canary islands and the balearic islands, such as majorca and ibiza, but they will have to quarantine when they get back too. zita hill in majorca is one of those affected. i find it illogical that in a place where there were very few cases, and where we have been following social distancing, face masks and hand washing and all the safety regulations to the letter, i have to quarantine for 14 days when i get home, whereas people in the uk who haven't followed those guidelines would have no consequences at home. the tour operator tui has cancelled all holidays to mainland spain until after the 9th of august.

it's resuming flights to the canary islands and the balearics tomorrow. these new rules aren'tjust affecting british holiday—makers. they will hit the spanish tourism industry hard as around a quarter of all visitors are from the uk. and with last—minute changes like this one, there will be fears that people won't feel confident in booking holidays. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. labour have called the goverment‘s handling of the travel restrictions "shambolic". but the foreign secretary, dominic raab, said he knows the decision will cause disruption but it was right to act quickly given the spike in cases in spain. our political correspondent helen catt reports. when the quarantine policy was brought in last month, it had a bumpy landing in the commons. mps, worried about the travel industry, called for some holiday destinations to be exempt. lists of safe countries were agreed by the uk government and those in scotland, northern ireland and wales, but they warned they could change.

it's how that's been done with spain that's led to criticism. the way in which it has been communicated in the last 2a hours is shambolic, and the consequence is that many families are now left asking lots of questions, stressed, they're anxious. they need to know from their employer whether they can isolate when they return from their holiday. ijust think this could have been handled so, so much better. the difference when it comes to the spanish islands between travel advice and quarantine policy has been criticised, and there are doubts over how effective the government's call on employers to be sympathetic to workers will be. we've taken this in a targeted, decisive, focused way. we appreciate the disruption for travellers, anyone that's at risk of losing money can talk to the travel operator and look at their insurance. but we must take these measures to avoid the risk of reinfection in the uk, given the very serious spike in cases in spain. and in a twist of irony, the transport secretary, grant shapps, the man who's in charge of the travel

corridor policy, is one of the holiday—makers caught out by the change. his boss, at least, is unlikely to object. helen catt, bbc news. in a moment, we'll talk to guy hedgecoe, who is in madrid, but first to our business correspondent katy austin in gatwick. katy, where does all of this leave people who have booked, or wanted to book, holidays? if you have booked to go out to spain in the coming days, it is unlikely you will be eligible for a refu nd u nless unlikely you will be eligible for a refund unless they have been cancellations, and easyjet is one of the alliance which is continuing to run flights, although it says people don't wish to travel, there is the option of re—booking or a voucher. tui, though, which has cancelled all its holidays going to mainland spain until the 9th of august, said it will be getting in touch with customers about refunds or re—booking, though it is questioning why the quarantine includes the

ca nary why the quarantine includes the canary and balearic islands, when the foreign office advice against all but nonessential travel, all but essential travel, rather, all but nonessential travel, all but essentialtravel, rather, only applies to the mainland. one big consideration for people deciding what to do is travel insurance, because if you go to mainland spain while the foreign office still advises against all but essential travel, well, it is very unlikely your insurance will still be valid. and it seems inevitable that saying how quickly things can change the world may be made people reconsider whether they do want to book holidays in the coming months, or in the foreseeable future. that is a big worry for the aviation, travel and tourism sectors. they have been hit so hard, they were hoping summer holiday bookings would provide a much—needed boost in spain would have been key to that. guy hedgecoe is in madrid. how is this decision from the uk being received there by the spanish authorities and also by british holiday—makers in spain? authorities and also by british holiday-makers in spain? in terms of

the holiday—makers, there are thousands of very angry british holiday—makers here whether on the costa del sol or the rest of the mediterranean coast, the balearics oi’ mediterranean coast, the balearics or canary mediterranean coast, the balearics or ca nary islands, who mediterranean coast, the balearics or canary islands, who feel they we re or canary islands, who feel they were not given enough time ahead of this decision. in terms of the spanish response, today we have heard from the andalusian regional government down in the south, saying that it respects the uk government's decision, but it has acknowledged that this is a very bad news for the local economy, particularly for the costa del sol. now, up in the north—eastern region of catalonia, which has been seeing a lot of those worrying new outbreaks, ijust spoke to the foreign minister in the cata la n to the foreign minister in the catalan region. he had a similar message, he said he respected his decision by the uk but he did point out that there was outbreaks in his region at least are very localised and that the local authorities are doing everything possible to bring them under control. all right, thank you, guy hedgecoe in madrid. a 12—week health plan that people can use to develop

healthier eating habits, get more active and lose weight is expected to form part of the uk's national strategy on obesity due to be announced by borisjohnson tomorrow. the government is taking action after research by public health england found that being overweight or obese puts patients with covid—i9 at greater risk of becoming seriously ill or dying from the infection. harry dunn's parents have dropped their legal claim england 5 cricketers remain in a strong position on the third day of the decisive test match at old trafford. but they were frustrated for an hour by the west indies today as they eventually made 197 in theirfirst innings. joe wilson was watching. being england captain means worrying, almost constantly, even when you're ahead. there is always the prospect of this happening. west indies skipperjason holder has defied england before as a batsman. this wasn't how england had imagined sunday morning developing.

worse still if dowrich got going. well, the partnership seemed strong. let's talk about fine margins. a wonderful diving catch by ollie pope to dismiss holder, but wait. something of chris woakes's foot had to be behind that line. it was a no—ball, decision overturned. cut to the bowler‘s reaction, and then the captain's. keep worrying. so, bring back broad. holder out lbw for 46. then rahkeem cornwall. kemar roach gone for none. when dowrich flailed and fell, england would bat again 172 ahead. brilliant from broad. the worry now is weather. not if, but when, it intervenes. joe wilson, bbc news. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at 6:30pm. bye for now.

it means that we can control our own you're watching the bbc news channel. it'si:iopm. let's get more reaction now to yesterday's announcement that people returning to the uk from spain will have to quarantine for 14 days. dan chadderton travelled to spain yesterday — before the restriction was announced. speaking to me earlier from near alicante, he said he wasn't going to let the new rules ruin his holiday. the restrictions aren't a problem, very much the same as at home in manchester. the worry is the quarantine on return, my 16—year—old daughter

is very upset about it. fortunately my boss has been very understanding, i've spoken to him and it doesn't seem to be a problem, but i must admit the government hopefully will set up some sort of system where you can get tested shortly after you return to avoid having to spend 14 days at home. did you have any inkling there might be these quarantine measures or was it a complete surprise? we didn't think when we get on the plane this might happen, but most of these decisions seem to have been taken a week. they've said quarantine is only after a certai point, and we're only coming for a week so i maybe should have been more aware of the situation that might happen. what time did you fly out? was it literally just before this was announced 7 no, we left manchester at 6:10am yesterday morning and i started to get messages

from colleagues around eight o'clock last night. what was your reaction when you first heard that news? initially i was a bit stunned, to be honest, but the realisation dawned, what are we going to do? my wife managed to get a tesco order for the monday morning we get back and we'll have to deal with it unless the situation changes. i don't feel like the holiday has been spoiled, if i'm honest. the people here see that wearing masks is already