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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

People are taking fewer PCR tests following a change in government guidance in January

10,000 Covid cases a week in county could be 'tip of the iceberg'

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...

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

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

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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 Helen Johnson

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

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...

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

Volunteers will be offering DIY test kits to around 9,000 Northamptonshire residents this weekend

Volunteers blitz 3,300 Northamptonshire households estate offering Covid tests a...
Pilot scheme targets around 9,000 residents in bid to find coronavirus cases before shops and hairdressers reopen
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Two new Covid testing sites are opening in Northamptonshire

Two new Covid testing centres opening up in Northamptonshire

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

Lateral flow tests are being rolled out for Northamptonshire's emergency workers

Northamptonshire's police and firefighters offered 30-minute Covid tests

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...

Franklin's Gardens will play host to Saints' clash with Bath tonight

Saints are given the all clear again

There was good news at Franklin's Gardens this week

Good news for Saints as latest Covid-19 test results are revealed

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

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