Safety measures on smart motorways will be fast-tracked after road bosses were ordered to ramp up the rollout Road bosses ordered to draw up plans to ramp up rollout of smart motorway safety measures It comes after a coroner rules this week that smart motorways present an ‘ongoing risk of future deaths’ after the deaths … Read more
Just 37 miles of smart motorway have been fitted with vital safety technology to rapidly detect broken-down vehicles, it emerged today. The radar system, which can spot stationary cars in 20 seconds, has been installed on only four of the 24 sections of motorway in England with no hard shoulder. This is despite Transport secretary … Read more
Eurostar ‘could fold by April’: High speed cross-Channel train service could go bust within months without a rescue package, experts warn MPs and business leaders have warned Eurostar could go bust without help Passengers have fallen 95 per cent since March and two services now run daily Sir Roger Gale says French and UK ministers … Read more
Grant Shapps warns over-50s to think twice before booking a summer break despite growing vaccine hopes as easyJet holidays cancels trips until late March because of UK lockdown rules Holiday firms reported spike in bookings from older people amid vaccine rollout But Grant Shapps suggested today people should think twice before booking The Transport Secretary … Read more
Dubai goes on the quarantine list: Tourists returning from the United Arab Emirates will have to quarantine from 4am tomorrow By Jack Wright For Mailonline Published: 19:49 GMT, 11 January 2021 | Updated: 19:49 GMT, 11 January 2021 Travellers returning to the UK from the UAE will have to quarantine from 4am tomorrow, Transport Secretary … Read more
Holidaymakers may end up trapped in hotel rooms abroad for two weeks due to new rules preventing British tourists from travelling home if they test positive for Covid-19. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps will introduce laws this week forcing travellers to produce a negative test result no older than 72 hours before they board a plane, … Read more
Refunds for cancelled Christmas journeys: Who IS eligible? The Department for Transport says passengers who have been forced to cancel their domestic Christmas travel plans can get bookings refunded. The compensation scheme applies to train and coach bookings only. Who is eligible? Anyone in Tier 4 who has cancelled train and coach bookings made in England … Read more
Grant Shapps has demanded a local council cough-up £64million to help repair closed Hammersmith Bridge and end years of motoring misery for drivers, according to reports. The Transport Secretary reportedly wants Hammersmith and Fulham Council to cover almost half the costs of the repairs to the 133-year-old west London bridge – which was suddenly closed in … Read more
More Britons than ever before are planning to travel next year with eight out of 10 planning trips following months of coronavirus lockdown, a study shows. Around half of those surveyed said they would book more weekends away from home in 2021, while a third will visit their friends and family more often. Some 40 … Read more
Quarantine for travellers is cut to just five days for anyone who tests negative for Covid, Grant Shapps announces Grant Shapps unveiled new ‘Test to Release’ service starting on December 15 Means travellers not from corridor countries only need five day self-isolation if they test negative for Covid Botswana and Saudi Arabia have recently been … Read more