Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing France is to be moved back to the amber travel list as the 'amber plus' list is scrapped, the government has announced.
The country will be aligned with the rest of the amber list under the traffic light system - meaning fully vaccinated travellers arriving from France to England will no longer need to quarantine.
A statement from the Department for Transport said the move, which came amid the latest travel list review, is because the proportion of Beta variant cases - the variant first identified in South Africa - has fallen. READ MORE: Teenagers aged 16 and 17 to be offered Covid jab and won't need parental consent The change simplifies the traffic light
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