grant shapps popularity.— grant shapps popularity. i think i miaht grant shapps popularity.ght vote for anyone who - grant shapps popularity. i think i - might vote for anyone who introduced this policy _ might vote for anyone who introduced this policy i_ might vote for anyone who introduced this policy. i think i went about three _ this policy. i think i went about three or— this policy. i think i went about three or four months when i didn't travel— three or four months when i didn't travel up _ three or four months when i didn't travel up to— three or four months when i didn't travel up to london on the train at all, travel up to london on the train at all. and _ travel up to london on the train at all. and i— travel up to london on the train at all, and i was very excited when my train _ all, and i was very excited when my trainjourney— all, and i was very excited when my trainjourney resumed recently all, and i was very excited when my train journey resumed recently as the lockdown eased. my goodness, i was on _ the lockdown eased. my goodness, i was on the _ the lockd

you grant shapps, thank you for your time this morning.— grant shapps, thank you for your time this morningelp fans can travel. danish fans are allowed to go to amsterdam, but welsh fans are not. they must follow from home. the message from the welsh team arriving in amsterdam is clear. they are carrying the nation with them. although no fans are allowed to travel from wales, goalkeeper danny ward has tweeted, "no matter how many are in the stadium, we know who we are doing it for." the welsh looked in great spirits as they arrived in amsterdam from rome, as they set their sights on trying to match or even better their performance at euro 2016 where they reached the semi—finals. that should be a warning to any opponent now, especially anyone daring to under—estimate them. we're always underestimated, ithink, and, you know, you look at our squad, we've got really good players all across the park. and come this tournament, we've played well in a couple of games, we've played well in patches and we found ourselves in a good position and, yeah, anything from now is a bonus, really. england are

grant shapps has announced multiple be added to the grealish for travel.ar holiday destinations have been added to a new green watchlist which gives tourists a few more options for european summer holiday. the changes come into effect at 4am on wednesday morning. people returning from aunt after that will no longer have to self—isolate when they get back home. the same will apply travellers returning from the balearic said madeira, although the watchlist status means those destinations are at risk of changing to amber if there arise in cases. a number of caribbean countries haven't added to the green watchlist, including barbados, grenada and antigua and barbuda. the dominican republic tunisia are the standout holiday destinations added to the red list inward. people returning from red—list nations have to pay more than £1,700 for ten days of hotel quarantine. with more on this is our political correspondent damian grammaticas. there seem to be a little bit of last—minute haggling going on as the time for this release would be published slipped a little bi

grant shapps confirming the government _ later.ere first on the scene. they arrived in a police car from very, very close by and got to london bridge while a group of men were still holding usman khan to the ground trying to get the knives off him. first we heard from an officer known as wss — we're not giving his real name to preserve his identity on the order of the coroner. he describes going into the melee of people on the bridge and then suddenly, in the middle of trying to get people off usman khan, realising that he had what he said looked like a viable improvised explosive device around his belt, and wss told the jury, "if i'm honest, i didn't think i was going home." he describes trying to pull off the last member of the public that was tackling khan before his colleagues then took over. we then heard from yx16, who was in the same car when he arrived. he also got involved in the fight with usman khan and decided that he needed to be incapacitated. he didn't see this fake suicide belt that usman khan was wearing and so whe

grant shapps, i to take them abroad. grant shapps, the transport — to take them abroad.eaks abroad, other ministers such as george - summer breaks abroad, other- ministers such as george eustice, the environment _ ministers such as george eustice, the environment secretary, - ministers such as george eustice, the environment secretary, havei the environment secretary, have encouraged _ the environment secretary, have encouraged people _ the environment secretary, have encouraged people to _ the environment secretary, have encouraged people to stay- the environment secretary, have encouraged people to stay at - the environment secretary, have . encouraged people to stay at home. which _ encouraged people to stay at home. which of— encouraged people to stay at home. which of these — encouraged people to stay at home. which of these contradictory - encouraged people to stay at home. which of these contradictory piecesi which of these contradictory pieces of advice _ which of these contradictory pieces of advice do — which of these contradictory pieces of advice do you _ whi

merkel�*s concerns about british travellers spreading the delta variant, the transport secretary grant shappsean countries may take longer than others to open their doors to arrivals from the uk. i think it's understandable if you are in germany, i heard what the chancellor said yesterday, and you have yet to reach the levels of vaccinations we have seen here, or in malta, but you are going to be more concerned, and that may be just a question of waiting for their vaccination programme. i think different countries in europe will take different views, and talking to my counterparts in different locations, malta we know about, obviously, keen to accept british tourists. spain, because we have the balearics, but we will see what happens, i suspect that different european countries will come to different conclusions, depending on their own domestic roll out of the vaccination programme, and it is probably in most cases a question of being patient and waiting to see what happens with their domestic programmes. labour's shadow transport secretary, jim mcmahon, says the government's traffic light sy

and the daily express adds that the transport secretary grant shapps insisted he was taking a "safetyn. and i melissa blake it the metro first. —— anna, let's look at. it the metro first. -- anna, let's look at. ., , the metro first. -- anna, let's look at. , , ., , the metro first. -- anna, let's look at. it has been the story of the day which is everybody _ at. it has been the story of the day which is everybody was _ at. it has been the story of the day which is everybody was waiting - at. it has been the story of the day which is everybody was waiting for| which is everybody was waiting for the list to be published was that we have some interesting briefing going on and try to work out if people needed booking quick flight home. portugal has been taken off of the green list. that means people will have to stay at home for ten days when they get back. it is not quite the same level as people in who went to egypt are facing now but they will have to pay a to get their quarantine in a hotel. but it is really troubling news for people that thought they finally got the green light to g

i'm looking now at the words of the transport secretary, grant shapps, who said just the other day, " words — "..screw up the uk recovery from the pandemic." you, on the other hand, when asked if easyjet customers were flying to amber countries for leisure, you said, "yes, people are booking flights. "they are going there on holiday. "i think the view is simply to apply common sense." that's an arrogance, isn't it? absolutely not. it's following the data, it's following the evidence, it's following the medical, you know, statistical evidence that says you can travel to these countries that would be representing a lesser risk than if you were travelling in the uk, as an example. so this is a... have you... this is not something that, you know, people are making up. you are looking at the data. and also, if you're looking at a number now in european countries, they have said what they believe constitutes safe travel by saying, for instance, we believe it should be 50 cases of 100,000 of population as an example, 150 cases, and the uk government needs to come out with something similar.

transport secretary grant shapps also says the government plans to drop quarantine for fully vaccinatedy the rest of europe — "later in the summer". but travel bosses say the announcement doesn't go far enough. let's get the views of travel expert simon calder. to see you, simon. before a paul cold water on everyone's holiday hopes, it is important to recognise here that all these, with the exception of malta are on a watch list for amber. so i wonder, how many people will be rushing out and trying to buy a ticket to go away this summer when at any time any of those countries with the exception of malta could go straight back to amber. we can see him but we cannot hear him. if we can get him back we will and because i want to hear his views on that. and what may happen. of course, whether or not any of this will be enough to restart air travel. let's try to reboot and restart simon. let's see what happens. we have him back! thank you for sticking with us. a few gremlins in the system this morning. i wasjust asking you about whether or not people are going to go out and spend big on a ho

the airline is urging grant shapps to abolish travel restrictions for everyone who has been fully vaccinated to manage the risk of imported cases of covid—19, as well as allowing the identification of variants of concern. tesla is recalling almost 6,000 vehicles in the us because bolts used in the car braking system could be loose. the electric vehicle manufacturer says vehicles fitted with the loose caliper bolts could be subject to a loss of tyre pressure. the recall covers certain 2019 to 2021 model 3 vehicles and 2020 to 2021 model y vehicles. it doesn't currently affect tesla cars in the uk. the world's largest meat processing company has blamed a group based in russia for a sophisticated cyber—attack. computer networks aths were hacked, causing some operations in australia, canada and the us to temporarily shut down. a ransom was demanded. the attack could lead to shortages of meat or raise prices for consumers. earlier we had this update from our cyber security reporter, joe tidy. it's having a massive impact already. the company says it should get operations back up and running, but

transport secretary grant shapps will be addressing parliament this morning and we will have more onld have been suffering extra mental stress. ——extra mental stress due to the pandemic. singapore has been successful in containing the outbreak with lockdowns and strict social distancing — but even so, as the country starts to open up, it's paying close attention to mental health issues by offering increased support in schools. sarah toms reports. children in singapore share their stories of stress at school during the pandemic. during the lockdown i was kind of worried about getting the virus and spreading it to other people. virus and spreading it to other --eole. �* , ., . people. but it is more children like kate lau _ people. but it is more children like kate lau who _ people. but it is more children like kate lau who were - like kate lau who were concerned about how the lockdown would affect their studies. b. lockdown would affect their studies. �* ., ., lockdown would affect their studies. ., ., , ,, ., studies. a lot of pressure on ourselves — studies. a lot of pressure on our

transport secretary grant shapps has said ministers "need to look at what the science says". prospect of european holidays could face another hurdle, after german chancellor angela merkel suggested all eu countries should make british travellers quarantine on arrival to slow the spread of the delta variant. here's our transport correspondent caroline davies. save travel! the travel industry is frustrated and nervous. protesting yesterday around the country, were people whose jobs rely on international travel reopening. they want more countries on the green list and more financial support from the government. we don't want to be sitting idle, we want to be back at work, taking people on holiday or to see their loved ones overseas so it's hugely frustrating for us. when i'm bringing seven people back from ibiza, that's just not sustainable. you know, for anybody. so something has to change and quickly. we need customers to be able to survive, so manyjobs- are at risk, thousandsl and thousands ofjobs. the westminster government is expected to announce the latest green list for e

the transport secretary, grant shapps, insists that the best thing for the industry is to gradually reopenrom wednesday, people returning from these destinations including malta, madeira and spain's balearic islands will no longer have to quarantine — although they're on the so—called �*green watchlist�*, meaning they could turn amber at short notice. there's already been a surge in flight bookings to the spanish islands. the amber and red lists still cover the majority of the world. most popular european tourist destinations are on the amber list, where holidays are not advised. but the government has said anyone who's been double vaccinated will be allowed to travel to amber list countries later in the summer without having to quarantine on return. theo leggett has this report. they are quiet right now, but the beaches and bars of beef that are getting ready for a wave of new arrivals from britain. —— of a ibiza. they are one of the islands that britons will be able to visit without having to quarantine on return, although they will have to take tests on return. duncan says he can't wait

the daily express says the transport secretary grant shapps insisted he was taking a "safety first approachimes adds that the move has been condemned by the travel industry as a "repeat of the chopping and changing of last summer" — and, looking at the main picture on the front page — they also report that the border force has equipped its officers with jet skis to patrol the channel after an increase in the number of migrants crossing to britain. so let's begin... joe, kick us off this time with the telegraph front page story. yes. joe, kick us off this time with the telegraph front page story. yes. the bi news of telegraph front page story. yes. the big news of today, _ telegraph front page story. yes. the big news of today, the _ telegraph front page story. yes. the big news of today, the movement. telegraph front page story. yes. the big news of today, the movement of| big news of today, the movement of portugal— big news of today, the movement of portugal to — big news of today, the movement of portugal to the embolus meaning that people _ portugal to the embolus meaning that people wi

the uk's transport secretary, grant shapps, blamed the changes on rising numbers of infections in portugalnce of the so—called nepalese variant, a mutation of the delta variant, which is thought to have originated in india. he said... "we simply don't want to take the risk as we come up tojune 21 and the review of the fourth stage". portugal said it didn't understand the logic of the move, and its tourism department tweeted that it would continue to carry out its own unlocking plan with "clear rules for the safety of those who live here and those who visit us." the chief executive of airline ryanair, michael o'leary, is among those criticising the move, saying the decision is "more mismanagement of the covid recovery" and has created unnecessary disruption. the scottish, welsh and northern irish governments say they will adopt the same changes. public health england says the nepalese variant is already present in the uk. our business correspondent katy austin reports. since 17th may, trips to portugal have had the green light, with no quarantine when you get back. but from tuesday, that wi

the tranport secretary, grant shapps, said, the transport secretary, grant shapps, said, "we expect thatn as this news came through. _ tonight! as soon as this news came through. we — tonight! as soon as this news came through, we were in a bar watching, there _ through, we were in a bar watching, there were — through, we were in a bar watching, there were people jumping all over each other, as soon as they herded. they— each other, as soon as they herded. they had _ each other, as soon as they herded. they had been waiting all day, bars, hotels _ they had been waiting all day, bars, hotels they— they had been waiting all day, bars, hotels. they had been monitoring to develop _ hotels. they had been monitoring to develop into. this will have a huge impact _ develop into. this will have a huge impact because of the 4 million visitors — impact because of the 4 million visitors who come to this mediterranean island every year, million _ mediterranean island every year, million of— mediterranean island every year, million of them are brits, and in this resort — million of them are brits, and

merkel�*s concerns about british travellers spreading the delta variant, the transport secretary grant shappsta that you are going to be more concerned, and that may be just a question of waiting for their vaccination programme. i think different countries in europe will take different views and, yes, i'm talking to my counterparts in different locations, malta we know about, were obviously are keen to accept british tourists. spain, because we've got the balearics. but we will see what will happens. i suspect that different european countries will come to different conclusions depending on their own domestic roll—out of their vaccination programme and it's probably, in most cases, a question of being patient and waiting to see what happens with their domestic programmes. labour's shadow transport secretary, jim mcmahon says the government's traffic light system lacks clarity. we would be calling for the government to have a clear, transparent and data—led plan but it's essential for consumer confidence, supporting the tourism and aviation industry and it is essential for the government to ma

the transport secretary grant shapps says the new tickets should save customers money. that people are better off by notjust ensure that people are better off by not just 20%, ensure that people are better off by notjust 20%, by ensure that people are better off by not just 20%, by travelling via likeable season tickets. a much—anticipated declassified report on ufos is due to be delivered to the united states congress by the end of the month. leaked information says no evidence of alien activity was found, but didn�*t rule it out either. the report is the product of a military task force established last year to investigate decades of unexplained aerial sightings in us airspace. sophie long has more. my gosh! they�*re all going against the wind, the wind�*s 120 knots west. an encounter between a us navy fighterjet and an unidentified flying object — or what the pentagon prefers to call an "unidentified aerial phenomenon". look at that thing! it�*s rotating! lieutenant commander alex dietrich was an operational fighter pilot for ten years. she was with three other pilot

this is what grant shapps, the transport secretary, had to say in the last hour.traight with people. it is actually a difficult decision to make. in the end, we have seen two things, really, which have caused concern. one is the positivity rate has nearly doubled since the last review in portugal. the other as there is a sort of mutation of the so—called indian variant, which has been detected. and we just do not know the potential for that to be a vaccine defeating mutation and simply do not want to take the risk as we come up to the 21st ofjune and the review of the fourth stage of the unlock. the support for the travel industry, who goodness knows have suffered throughout this crisis, is ongoing. we have got £7 billion worth of support, which are still being paid out right now, including through the furlough scheme. what i want to do with today's difficult, but i hope decisive, action, is make sure that we protected the future by not restarting problems which may or may not be there at home. we will be able to get international travel down the line open quite q

the airline is urging grant shapps to abolish travel restrictions for everyone who has been fully vaccinated would end prime minister benjamin netanyahu's 12 years in power. israeli centrists say there there are still plenty of obstacles. but their chances of success were given a big boost when a far—right party said it would join a proposed coaltion — with the far right leader standing as prime minister for two years before handing over to the centrists. failure to reach a coalition deal would likely lead to another election. let's get more on this from out middle east correspondent, tom bateman, who's injerusalem this is the inside of the israeli parliament and we are next to the chamber and you can see here what a very busy day it is for the israeli media. they have portable studio is a set up here and they are broadcasting programmes. one of the reasons for that is that coincidentally today, israeli mps are voting for a new president. that person will come into office for another month but it is happening at the same time as it is very big day where the opposition parties think they can

following president biden's arrival in the uk, the british transport secretary grant shapps announced airways. so who's on the working group and how much leverage does the uk ambassador to the us have in opening up the route? i'm delighted to say that karen piercejoins us now. thank you forjoining us on the program. the problem is working group sounds like an enormous fudge. it doesn't get me to where you are up it doesn't get me to where you are up there in the united states. i up there in the united states. i wouldn't say it's a fudge. it was never— wouldn't say it's a fudge. it was never going to be the case, unfortunately that the g7 never going to be the case, unfortunately that the 67 was going to say— unfortunately that the 67 was going to say yes, — unfortunately that the 67 was going to say yes, we are opening air corridors— to say yes, we are opening air corridors right now. so we've got these _ corridors right now. so we've got these expert working groups, we have won with _ these expert working groups, we have won with the us, there is a european one and _ won with the us,

the airline is urging grant shapps to abolish travel restrictions for everyone who has been fully vaccinatedof covid deaths continued to fall — in the week up to the 21st may. let's get the details from our head of statistics, robert cuffe the number of deaths was 11,214 and that was 3% below the five year average. that was 3% below the five year avera . e. that was 396 below the five year avera . e. " that was 396 below the five year averaee. " ., , that was 396 below the five year averaee. " . , ., average. there were 115 deaths that mention covid _ average. there were 115 deaths that mention covid on _ average. there were 115 deaths that mention covid on the _ average. there were 115 deaths that mention covid on the certificate - mention covid on the certificate that were registered that week and that were registered that week and that probably seems a bit high in the context of yesterday when we saw zero covid deaths reported for the first time the pandemic and these debts of the office for national statistics have a broader definition and they include suspected covid deaths and they are

says travel companies and mps have warned of another "lost summer", after transport secretary grant shappsurope enabled travel restrictions to be lifted. the front page also features a picture of borisjohnson receiving his second coronavirus jab. one of the most read articles on wales 0nline is about relaxing of restrictions there from monday, which mean events like park run can resume as well as seated—crowds of up to 10,000 people can attend football matches and concerts. worth saying we are speaking to the first minister of wales later on this morning and we'll find out more details then. 0n the inside of the newspapers. instead astonish me. there is an invisible sculpture which has been created. it comes with a certificate of authenticity will stop it exists in his imagination 0k. he sold this work. it is called i am stop an unidentified buyer has successfully bid for this. there was more than one bidderfor this piece of art. this piece of art is displayed in a five but by five foot square and it needs to be done so in a private place. the specifications are there should be no air—cond

on friday told the — secretary grant shapps on friday told the bbc that there are all sorts— told the6th i think you said of july. _ it is the 26th i think you said of july, then— it is the 26th i think you said of july, then you will, if you are in engtand — july, then you will, if you are in england but not in wales or northern iretand, _ england but not in wales or northern ireland, tested to police after five days. _ ireland, tested to police after five days, so _ ireland, tested to police after five days, so you pay extra, get yet one more _ days, so you pay extra, get yet one more test, _ days, so you pay extra, get yet one more test, and if that is negative, you can _ more test, and if that is negative, you canjoin — more test, and if that is negative, you canjoin the rest of the community, say hello to the rest of the family. — community, say hello to the rest of the family, and go out and enjoy yourself — the family, and go out and en'oy ourself. , , ., , ., yourself. ok. this is from isabela in london- _ yourself. ok. this is from isabela in london. not— yourself. ok. this i

the transport secretary grant shapps says the new tickets should save customers money.ction that's been offered to them. that was kind of something monumental for me in my career, because i've never been in the limelight. i think it's a really big responsibility as well, from my side to actually represent the nurses, the doctors, the health care workers that, you know, work in the nhs, that we do a lot of great things, but we don't kind of normally shout about. and the day before that, we had to, i had to plan maggie's wardrobe because i didn't want her coming down in her gown. is this where the t—shirt came from? yes. i had a letterfrom somebody which i thought was really i lovely. the words she's written at the bottom of the letter was, "what a courageous lady", and that is what she said. and i thought, well, she thought i've done something really good, i didn'tjust do it for me, why would i do it for me? i did it for everybody around. both of you will know there'll be people watching this, thinking, "that's great but i don't want to have the jab. do you have a messag