Grant Shapps admits quarantine rules 'create confusion' after Portugal update

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Strictly Come Dancing producers are reportedly keeping Anton Du Beke on the show's judging panel, meaning Bruno Tonioli might be axed.Due to the pandemic, the 66-year-old Italian native has not appeared on the BBC show in person for the last two years.In 2020 Bruno - who judges the US version of the dancing show Dancing With the Stars - appeared via video link from his home in LA.In 2021, Strictly saw dancer Anton hang up his dancing shoes and take his place at the judging panel alongside Craig Revel Horwood, Shirley Ballas and Motsi Mabuse.It's been teased that Bruno, who has starred on the show for 16 years and is currently on the Strictly tour as a judge, would not be returning to the hit BBC show this year.In an exclusive chat with The Sun, a source said: "We have been told Anton's contract as a judge is going to be renewed. The bosses were really happy with his performance.""It also hasn't escaped their notice his salary is considerably lower than Bruno's."They revealed that there is a "huge amount of affection" for him on the BBC show and that the decision will "ruffle some feathers".However, because the judging panel format worked well last year, it is believed that bosses are reluctant to switch it up again.The announcement comes after the Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood showed his support for welcoming Bruno back to the show.

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coronavirus pandemic, countries are continually being added and removed from the list of countries that are exempt from the government's 14-day quarantine policy.

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxPortugal will be added to England's quarantine list this weekend, meaning any Brit travellers not back in the country before 4am on Saturday will be required to self isolate for two weeks upon their return.The country has witnessed a surge in coronavirus infections in the Lisbon and Porto regions.

The UK's quarantine policy for travellers abroad has been slammed as an "absolute joke" and an "embarrassment".

A Welsh holidaymaker is "seething" that he and his family must quarantine after getting back from Crete - and may book a Bristol Premier Inn to avoid it.

A holidaymaker who spent nearly £1,000 changing her family's flights home from the Algarve to avoid having to quarantine has accused the Government of "moving the goalposts left, right and centre" after Portugal remained on the exempt list.

No changes have been made to England's quarantine list, it has been confirmed.The decision not to add or remove any countries to the travel corridor list comes after it was feared there would be chaos for holidaymakers.But this isn't the case for Wales where it has been announced by Health Minister Vaughan Gething that mainland Portugal has been added to the Welsh quarantine list, although the Azores and Madeira will remain exempt.There were concerns that for people in England, Greece could be added to the list as well as Portugal which was only removed from the mandatory 14 day self-isolation a fortnight ago.Transport Secretary Grant Shapps tweeted on Thursday: "We continue to keep the Travel Corridor list under constant review & won't

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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced a similar change for travellers returning to England.But he also added Switzerland to the UK quarantine list.A quarantine for travellers returning to Scotland from Switzerland came into force at 4am on Satuday, August 22The new rules come into play following rise in coronavirus infections in the countries.

Travellers arriving to the UK from Czech Republic, Jamaica, and Switzerland will now have to quarantine, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has announced.The three countries been removed from the UK government's travel corridor list, which means that those arriving into the UK from these locations from 4am on Saturday will have to self-isolate for 14 days.Mr Shapps declared the change in a series of tweets. He posted: "Data shows we need to remove the Czech Republic, Jamaica and Switzerland from our list of #Coronavirus Travel Corridors to keep infection rates DOWN.