Month: October 2021

A total of 47 countries including South Africa, Mexico and Thailand will be removed from England’s red list on Monday, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced. Travellers arriving from those destinations will no longer need to spend 11 nights in a quarantine hotel at a cost of £2,285 for solo travellers. Just seven countries will remain on the red list following the changes. They are Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, […]

The Queen’s Baton Relay for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will be launched by the head of state from Buckingham Palace. From the forecourt of her official London home, the Queen will place her message in the baton before Paralympic gold medallist Kadeena Cox carries the symbol on the first leg of its journey. The relay of 7,500 bearers will take the baton on a 90,000-mile journey to all 72 […]

Britons could see their energy bills rise by 30% next year, analysts have said. Research agency Cornwall Insight has predicted further volatile gas prices and the potential collapse of even more suppliers could push the energy price cap to about £1,660 in summer. The forecast is approximately 30% higher than the record £1,277 price cap set for winter 2021-22, which commenced at the start of October. Craig Lowrey, senior consultant […]

Jesse Lingard insists missing out on a place at Euro 2020 is driving him to earn a spot in Gareth Southgate’s England squad at the World Cup. The 28-year-old appeared destined to be nowhere near Southgate’s consideration for a place in his squad this summer only to shine on a loan spell at West Ham to bring himself into contention. The Manchester United forward ultimately missed the cut but was […]