Testing rules in Britain set to be eased to reduce isolation time amid staff absences

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Invitation to Priti Patel to attend talks withdrawn after Johnson tweets letter

Incident happened in Salisbury when carriage derailed after hitting object

Driver of one train hospitalised but no fatalities reported – British Transport Police

The decision to limit immigration at a time of severe market shortages of drivers has escalated a squeeze into a crisis

London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for some petrol stations to be reserved for the exclusive use of key workers

Risk-averse day for investors sees miners, automakers and banks decline

Boris Johnson refuses to sack health secretary after picture emerges of him kissing an aide

Business down 60% on the same week in 2019, say Irish travel agent

Portugal, Israel among dozen countries from which travellers will not have to quarantine

Proposed British-Irish link slated as a Brexit distraction and a ‘road to nowhere’ in North

Irish nationals and others with residence rights exempted from measure

England and Scotland to require negative tests, taken up to 72 hours before departure

Transport secretary says backlog cleared at Kent site allowing lorries head for France

Thousands of drivers waiting to resume journey after border with France reopened

Drivers warned against entering Kent until queue of thousands of vehicles begins to clear

Lorries stuck at Dover, and supermarket chain warns there could be a shortage of fruit and vegetables if travel ban continues

Current arrangements expire at end of this month when the UK leaves the EU

Alix Gaisford was packing for a flight home when she was alerted of the new restrictions