UK coronavirus live: quarantine rules end for some visitors; masks mandatory in Scottish shops
News updates: visitors from ‘safe’ countries to England, Wales and Northern Ireland exempt, though Scotland retains restrictions
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Airport staff at the main terminal at Edinburgh airport: Scotland has not relaxed its quarantine rules. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesFri 10 Jul 2020 10.48 BSTFirst published on Fri 10 Jul 2020 07.43 BST
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Not a single person has been fined by police in England and Wales for breaching quarantine rules after arriving from abroad, according to new figures.
Just 10 tickets were handed out to passengers for not wearing face coverings on public transport, according to the data released by the National Police Chiefs’ Council on Friday.
The figures do not include fines given by Border Force, who have issued three penalties.
Two British nationals were fined at Coquelles, near Calais, in northern France, on June 28, while a European was issued a penalty in Hull the following day.FacebookTwitterAdvertisementhttps://tpc.googlesyndication.com/saf...
A trial is underway to use UV light to clean the handrails on escalators on London’s Tube network and is being assessed by Transport for London (TfL) with a view to rolling it out widely.
The device is connected to the escalator handrail and uses its motion to power a UV bulb that breaks down surface contamination to sanitise the handrail.
Andy Byford, London’s new Transport Commissioner, said: “A huge range of measures are in place across the transport network to ensure it is cleaner than ever, including the use of new hospital-grade substances, 1,000 hand sanitiser points, and a new trial of UV technology to sanitise hand rails.”FacebookTwitter
Today is the last day to register for free meals during the summer break and access the Covid-19 Summer Food Fund, which will allow schools to order free school meals vouchers for eligible children to cover the summer holidays.
Details for registration are here.
Boris Johnson was forced last month into a humbling U-turn over providing the food vouchers for some of England’s poorest families after a campaign launched by footballer Marcus Rashford threatened to engulf his government in another crisis.
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Guidance for how to apply for the COVID Summer Food Programme
