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Holidays still unclear

EasyJet cancels flights as Italy welcomes Brits

Edinburgh airport Easyjet
The budget airline will operate a limited service (pic: Terry Murden) EasyJet has begun cancelling most of its summer flights just days after saying it would resume services on routesRead More

Criticism of travel plan

Quarantine relaxation on agenda ahead of clampdown

Edinburgh airport
Travellers will face quarantine on arrival at airports (pic: Terry Murden) Calls are growing to relax the quarantine rules just days before they are due to be introduced for thousandsRead More

Tuesday update

DB Live: Fishing deal hopes; Oddbins rescue; Ted Baker; HALO

Tesco
10.30pm: US close US stocks closed higher on Tuesday as investors remained optimistic about the reopening of the US economy despite a wave of civil unrest spreading across the country.Read More

Amid calls for speedier grants...

Plea for earlier opening of self-catering units

Rachael Hamilton
Rachael Hamilton: ‘decision compounds earlier error’ (pic: Terry Murden) Self-catering properties should be allowed to reopen earlier than the government currently allows, say the Scottish Tories. Rachael Hamilton, Conservative shadowRead More

Holiday firm collapses

Seven Scots hotels and Shearings cease trading

Pitlochry Hydro
Pitlochry Hotel: victim of the crash May 22, updated May 23 Seven Scottish hotels and Shearings coaches have ceased trading following the failure of a holiday company. Specialist Leisure GroupRead More

Tough new restrictions

Travellers face 14-day quarantine or £1,000 fine

Edinburgh airport
Spot checks will take place to ensure compliance (pic: Terry Murden) Passengers arriving into the UK will have to go into a 14 day quarantine, the Home Secretary Priti PatelRead More

Hotels suffer from lockdown

Whitbread shares plunge on £1bn cash call to cover losses

Premier Inn
Hotels are taking a big hit from the lockdown Premier Inn owner Whitbread’s share price nose-dived after it announced a deeply discounted rights issue to raise £1bn to offset expectedRead More

Thursday update

DB Live: easyJet restarts; Aviva Covid claims; Man Utd loss

Edinburgh airport Easyjet
10pm: Wall Street Wall Street ended lower on Thursday, following recent two-month highs, as a fresh wave of China-U.S. tensions raised doubts about the trade deal reached earlier this yearRead More

Global crash

Hospitality hardest hit as 85% of jobs lost in lockdown

Grassmarket
Pubs and restaurants have been hard hit (pic: Terry Murden) Hospitality businesses have been the hardest hit in the UK job market, losing 85% of jobs over the past 14Read More

Softening of quarantine

‘Air bridges’ plan offers prospect of summer holiday

Grant Shapps: ‘we should consider further improvements’ Overseas holidays from the summer remained a possibility after the UK Transport Secretary proposed the idea of “air bridges” connecting the UK withRead More