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Routine Covid testing to end for some as part of test shake-up

Uk tourists may need to show three additional documents at Spanish border control (Photo: Getty Images)

UK holidaymakers warned they need 3 extra documents to enter Spain

UK tourists heading to Spain face tighter rules if they get Covid symptoms (Photo: Getty Images)

UK tourists face new Covid rules in Spain if they have symptoms

The Transport Secretary is expected to scrap the arrival tests later this month (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid arrival tests ‘to be axed’ for fully vaccinated returning to UK

Holiday bookings are up as travel restrictions are eased. Photo: Getty Images

Testing requirements eased for vaccinated passengers returning back into England

The new measures applies in England from 11 January (Photo: Getty Images)

Crucial Covid rule change affecting use of PCR tests takes effect today

100,000 critical workers to get daily lateral flow tests from next week

A lateral flow test result is interpreted by the two letters on the device (Photo: Shutterstock)

What it means if Covid lateral flow test result shows a faint red line

As the Omicron variant of Covid continues to spread across the UK, you may be wondering if the symptoms differ from other strains of the virus (Photo: Shutterstock)

The 'surprising' Omicron variant symptom that can appear when eating

A woman wearing a protective mask walks her dog on the Esplanade du Trocadero square in front of the Eiffel Tower in March 2020 (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

France travel: UK traveller restrictions to be tightened - what are the new rule...

Government advice is that booster vaccinations are key to lessening the impact of the new Omicron variant of Covid. Picture by Getty

Banbury and Bicester to get new Covid testing facilities because of steep rise i...

New mobile PCR testing unit to open from today, Tuesday December 7 in Brackley after 13 confirmed Covid-19 Omicron variant cases in the town

New mobile PCR testing unit to open in Brackley after 13 confirmed Covid-19 Omic...

Everyone must self-isolate for 10 days if they come into contact with a case of the Omicron variant (Photo: Getty Images)

New Covid isolation laws to stay until March - with £10k fine for rule break

Latest government figures show two areas near Banbury with a spike in positive Covid cases, both of which had more than 100 cases.

Two areas near Banbury see spike in Covid cases

The Covid drive through centre was not in evidence today - icy conditions are said to be the reason. Library picture by Getty

Banbury mother is stumped by the riddle of the missing Covid-19 PCR testing faci...

Jacqui Broadbent's appointment confirmation for today at Bodicote House

Banbury mother is stumped by the riddle of the missing Covid-19 PCR testing faci...

(Photo by CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT/AFP via Getty Images)

43,000 people may have been given wrong negative PCR Covid test results

Bristol Airport

Travel test rules set to change - what you need to know

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said ministers hope to announce in the next few days the switch from a PCR to a lateral flow test for eligible fully-vaccinated travellers taking their day-two Covid test (Photo: Shutterstock)

PCR Covid tests to be scrapped ‘before half-term’ - which could save families £2...

New rules to make travel to the UK from overseas easier and simpler have come into force (Photo: JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK’s travel rules change: what you need to know as amber list is scrapped

Number of ‘red list’ countries for international travel set to be slashed this week (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Number of ‘red list’ countries for international travel set to be slashed this w...

Ryanair will launch 14 new routes from the UK this winter (Photo: Getty Images)

Ryanair is launching 14 new routes this winter to destinations across Europe

The government will remove some 57 companies from its list on Monday (23 August) as they no longer exist, or do not provide the relevant tests required for travel (Photo: Getty Images)

‘Cowboy’ Covid travel test providers to be struck off Gov.uk list over misleadin...

People who have been fully vaccinated can still transmit the Delta variant (Photo: Getty Images)

Vaccinated people can still pass on Delta variant - but protection remains high

TUI cancels more holidays amid uncertainty over travel restrictions

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Proportion of people testing positive in Cherwell rises slightly as cases fall

Holidaymakers from England will no longer be required to self-isolate for 10 days on their return (Getty Images and Shutterstock)

Fully-vaccinated people to be allowed quarantine-free travel to amber list count...

Several staff members and students from four year groups returned to a Banbury school today (Monday July 5) after false positive Covid test results

Students return to a Banbury school after false positive Covid test results

The UK government will review the travel list on 24 June (Photo: Getty Images)

When the foreign travel list will be updated - and the countries that could move...

No “variants of concern” were reported among any passengers returning from amber countries (Photo: Getty Images)

Just 1 in every 200 travellers from amber list countries testing positive for Co...

The new test allows you to take a swab from the mouth instead of the nose (Photo: Getty Images)

No more horrible nose swabs with new saliva-based Covid test for holidays

Holidaymakers will be offered cheap £20 Covid tests - what we know so far

Two Covid tests are now required for all UK arrivals during quarantine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Two Covid tests are now required for all UK arrivals during quarantine

The military is to support mass testing in schools - here's how it will work

Spain and the Canary Islands now require a negative Covid test from all UK visit...

Maldives, Denmark, Canary Islands and Mykonos have been removed from the UK’s qu...

Everything you need to know about the new test for coronavirus (Photo: Shutterstock)

A new coronavirus saliva test is being trialled in the UK - here’s how it works

Latest Banbury Guardian News

Avril and Christopher Rowlands bring Christmas joy to their town in Worcestershire with their annual Christmas tree, which grew from a £6 fir in 1978. (Credit: Emma Trimble / SWNS)

The story of the Christmas tree miracle - as £6 fir now lights up town

Philip Seccombe - and the Facebook post he left a 'laughing emoji' on. He said it was an accident and has since removed it.

Police boss apologies for leaving 'laughing emoji' on anti-hunting Facebook post

Banbury Museum where Deborah Hayter will give a talk on how Enclosure shaped Oxfordshire's landscape

How Enclosure shaped Oxfordshire's landscape - Banbury talk