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the transport secretary grant shapps has announced that 47 countries, including south africa, are beingis is what mr shapps had to sayjust a few minutes ago. it is honestly a major step forward for travel and for people wanting to travel and for the travel sector, with 47 countries coming off the red list, meaning people can now travel, amongst other changes. we know with coronavirus that things can change, but i do also think that at this stage, with so many people fully vaccinated, both here at home but also now abroad, that things have settled down a lot and that is why this is a major step forward today. by this is a major step forward today. by switching to lateral flow tests, you are removing the way the uk checks for variance. is that wise? 0ne checks for variance. is that wise? one of the great things now with people fully vaccinated from the uk is it is much easier to allow people to travel and also to accept 37 other countries whose tests or vaccinations we will now be able to accept. we will still want to have that checked in of a lateral flow test, but of course if that turn

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the transport secretary, grant shapps, confirmed that pcr tests will be swapped for cheaper lateral flowange would take effect. let's find out more from caroline davies, who is at gatwick airport. some good news for the travel industry, caroline. yes, so big changes for international travel coming in from monday. as you say, the red list has been slashed to just seven countries, panama, haiti, dominican republic, peru, colombia, venezuela and ecuador. but that means people living in brazil or south africa, countries which have been on the uk's red list and have had limitations from the beginning of this year, will be able to come to the uk without having to stay in a quarantine hotel. that's very good news for people who have loved ones in these countries, but also good news for the travel industry, who hope that it is good for winter son holidays. —— winter sun holidays. but they are still waiting patiently for more news, the government has said if you are coming into this country, you still need to take one test if you are double vaccinated. at the moment, that is the more expensive pc

we've been asking government and i had a long conversation with grant shapps this morning.. the government are talking closely to industry about the problems and i've asked him that the prioritisation now go to london and the south—east and to the independent forecourts which make up 65% of all forecourts across the uk. 200 military personnel have been called to help with deliveries, 100 of them are drivers. they are currently training before the first cohort to start on monday. the first big amount will be working through this weekend, deploying on monday, probably on their own and then by the end of the weekend another 60 or 70 will come online. this comes amid a chronic shortage of hgv drivers across the economy. last weekend visas were announced for 5000 to come in from overseas lasting until christmas eve. that includes 300 fuel tanker drivers. now we know they will be able to start immediately and the length of time they can stay in the uk has been extended to the end of march. 11,700 of the visas are for food lorry drivers. they won't be able to start until later thi

the transport secretary grant shapps coming up with the idea that you give european truckers back rightsound the uk, basically, but that won't be reciprocated for british drivers in europe. that should alleviate pressures ahead of christmas but it is just one measure, and other things we are picking up, there is lots of voices here suggesting that some of the changes we are seeing with the world economy, where countries want to produce more locally, where they want to work not necessarily with china or import things from taiwan or korea, but they want to work more closely with western democracies, this transition is happening at this pandemic situation, the post—pandemic, having these permanent changes. post-pandemic, having these permanent changes.- post-pandemic, having these permanent changes. thanks for “oininu permanent changes. thanks for joining us- _ six people have been shot dead and many more have been injured in the lebanese capital, beirut, during a demonstration by shia muslim groups against thejudge investigating last year's massive port explosion. huge tension surrounds th

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east england, so what we've been asking the government, and i have had a long conversation with grant shappsg, it's very good. the government are talking closely to industry about the problems and what i've asked him is that the prioritisation, all deliveries must now go to london and the south—east and to the independent forecourts which make up 65% of all forecourts across the uk. if your local filling station doesn't have fuel and then you travel further and find yet more filling stations without fuel, then consumer confidence is going to remain at a low ebb. there could be a breakthrough in the way we treat covid 19. interim trials suggest a new, experimental drug could cut the risk of hospitalisation, or death, by about half. if authorised by regulators, the treatment will be the first oral, antiviral medication for covid 19. mark lobel reports. this is the first covid pill. trial results suggest it can cut hospitalisations or deaths by half. the news of the efficacy of this particular antiviral is obviously very good news. the company, when they briefed us last night, had mentioned tha

transport secretary grant shapps paid tribute to marcus rashford but said reinstating the uplift which really live debate in westminster, theissue really live debate in westminster, the issue about cost of living and more generally the recognition that prices are increasing above the board, especially the crease and energy prices, and there are concerns about how this will play out this winter —— especially the screens around energy prices. democrats and republicans in the senate have reached a short term deal which allows the government to borrow more money. it's aimed at preventing the us treasury from defaulting on its debts for the first time ever, but the agreement only lasts for two months so it's only a short term fix. we have reached agreement to extend the debt ceiling through early december, it is our hope we can get this done as soon as today. republican and democratic members and staff negotiated through the night. the senate is moving towards the plan i laid out yesterday to spare the american people a manufacturing crisis. our washington correspondent nomia iqbal says sen

so what we have been asking government, and i've had a long conversation with grant shapps this morningon for deliveries must now go to london and the south—east and to the independent forecourts that make up 65% of all forecourts across the uk. if your local filling station doesn't have a fuel and then you travel further and find yet more filling stations without fuel, then consumer confidence is going to remain at a low ebb. go local first? absolutely, to the local filling stations, the transient filling stations, the transient filling stations, that people pass and see. and they can tell whether it is dry or not. if they are starting to get fuel in, starting to work normally, then consumer confidence will return quite quickly. share then consumer confidence will return quite quickly-— quite quickly. are you clear by the government _ quite quickly. are you clear by the government didn't _ quite quickly. are you clear by the government didn't begin - quite quickly. are you clear by the government didn't begin this - government didn't begin this training of military drivers earlier, bec

i am in regular contact with grant shapps, who is responsible.dustry together are trying to fix, to make sure as we go into the winter rush, when a lot of heating oil has to be delivered, when we go into the winter rush, we are better positioned than we are today. are better positioned than we are toda . a, are better positioned than we are toda . �* ., ., ~ are better positioned than we are toda . �* . . ~' i., , today. okay, brian, thank you very much for that. _ today. okay, brian, thank you very much for that. ryan _ today. okay, brian, thank you very much for that. ryan morrison - today. okay, brian, thank you very much for that. ryan morrison fromj much for that. ryan morrison from the petrol retailers association. a metropolitan police officer will appear before magistrates today charged with rape. david carrick — who is 46 and from stevenage in hertfordshire — is accused of attacking a woman in september of last year. he'll appear at hatfield magistrates court via video link. it's exactly four weeks until world leaders will gather in glas

the transport secretary grant shapps said it was a "common—sense measure" and would increase the numberonathan blake. thousands of extra visas have been offered to hgv drivers from abroad, in an attempt to ease pressure on supply chains in the uk. but only a fraction of them have been issued. so now, the government's going further, in a move it hopes will allow thousands of extra deliveries per month. drivers from the eu are normally restricted to making two deliveries within seven days, but those rules will be relaxed to allow unlimited trips within a fortnight. having some additional capacity, right now, i think everybody agrees is a good idea. this is a quick way of doing it. it doesn't require visas to do. people are already here. so, it'sjust a common—sense measure at these times. it's hoped food supply chains will be boosted by the move, with more goods being moved at a time of high demand. but the haulage industry is worried that while it might take the pressure off in the run—up to christmas, uk firms could lose out to cheaper eu rivals. pig farming is another sector that's been

grant shapps said he will be looking at reducing that, saying you only have to take the cheaper laterals in the - considerably lower. what is the level of bookings in the run-up| considerably lower. what is the i level of bookings in the run-up to level of bookings in the run—up to the holiday? how would you rate confidence currently? it the holiday? how would you rate confidence currently?— the holiday? how would you rate confidence currently? it varies from who ou confidence currently? it varies from who you talk _ confidence currently? it varies from who you talk to. _ confidence currently? it varies from who you talk to. some _ confidence currently? it varies from who you talk to. some members i confidence currently? it varies from | who you talk to. some members say they are doing really well, that this business is really low. we are talking about a fraction of what we see in a normal year. i havejust come back from greece and it was an amazing experience because one of the advantages of travelling is a bizarre town, so you are not seeing the crowds, and the weather is still very g

the transport secretary, grant shapps, has described sir david amess as "a true parliamentarian.presented. he was a typical- hard-working constituent mp, he has hard—working constituent mp, he has been at parliament and of a lot of time. he has made a lot of friends, notjust on the conservative benches, but across the house of commons judging benches, but across the house of commonsjudging by benches, but across the house of commons judging by the outpouring benches, but across the house of commonsjudging by the outpouring of tributes we have had this afternoon. he was doing thatjob we all expect of our constituency mps, he was hearing people's concerns. a lot of mps might feel that doing that is perhaps not as important as standing up perhaps not as important as standing up in the house of commons and making an impassioned speech, but thatis making an impassioned speech, but that is fundamentally part of our democracy, that they do that and that they are accessible. it is worth bearing in mind here that david amess, who was 69, was a family man— he had five children. as you hear

just to let you know, grant shapps, the transport secretary, has confirmed all seven remaining countriesastern scotland through the day. more wet weather here, brought more potentialfor travel disruption and flooding, but elsewhere through the day the weather should improve. we will see more dry weather, spells of sunshine developing as we get on into the afternoon. some showers following on into the west. some temperatures just a little lower than they have been today, 11 to 16 degrees. as we had three friday night we will see some of the showers in the west really ganging together and pushing their way eastwards, so some pretty wet weather to come across and western parts of the uk again on friday night, as another weather system works its way through. it is this area of low pressure really driving things. pulses of wet weather running around it, saturday morning will start off with outbreaks of rain for many, this rain likely to cling on down towards the south—east corner as we go through the day. elsewhere, a return to brighter skies, some sunshine, one or two showers. you will notic