UK government publishes an update to its green list for countries where returning travellers will not need to quarantine
The list includes Spain's Balearic islands, Barbados, Bermuda, Madeira and Malta
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps confirms government looking at easing restrictions for fully vaccinated UK travellers
Ministers will examine whether to exempt fully-vaccinated travellers from amber countries from quarantine
Germany's chancellor suggests all EU countries should make British travellers quarantine on arrival to slow the spread of the Delta variant
Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Environment Secretary George Eustice both say they intend to stop wearing masks as soon as allowed to
Lockdown last year did not bring a baby boom in England and Wales, data from the Office for National Statistics suggests
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Image source, Getty ImagesMadeira has moved to the green list
Most of today has been spent waiting to hear about changes to international travel arrangements. So, to round our coverage off, here is the UK government's full list of countries which will move to the green list from 04:00 on Wednesday 30 June:
Six destinations will be added to the red list on the same day. They are:
And lastly, the government says it hopes to allow fully-vaccinated people to visit amber list countries without quarantining on their return "later in the summer".
You can find a detailed explanation of how the travel light system works, here.
Image source, Getty ImagesMany local businesses on the Balearic islands are keen to welcome back British tourists, the BBC's Anna Holligan in Ibiza reports.
Before the announcement, people in hotels, bars and restaurants people were constantly monitoring developments, expecting that the island would be added to the green list.
Ibiza welcomes about four million tourists a year, and a million of them are Brits.
But it's also a delicate and diplomatic balancing act: opening up the country - and at the same time keeping those new Covid variants out, our correspondent says.
Everyone is conscious of what has happened in Portugal, where they reopened the country and then saw a spike in infections.
Image source, GetThe Caribbean island of Dominica will move to the green list
Following the announcement of changes to England's travel lists this evening, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said: "We're moving forward with efforts to safely reopen international travel this summer.
"Thanks to the success of our vaccination programme, we're now able to consider removing the quarantine period for fully vaccinated UK arrivals from amber countries - showing a real sign of progress."
He said it is right to continue with this cautious approach "to protect public health and the vaccine rollout as our top priority".
A Welsh government spokesperson has confirmed that it will green-list and red-list the same destinations as the other countries of the UK for travellers heading overseas.
In addition to publishing the countries that have moved to the green list, the transport secretary, Grant Shapps, also said the hope was that UK residents who are fully vaccinated will not have to isolate when travelling back from amber list countries.
He said the government would set out further details next month but he anticipated this being introduced "later in the summer".
Image source, ReutersThe Scottish government has also published the countries which it has moved to the green list.
You can read the list here,, external but it is identical to Northern Ireland's list, which was published earlier.
So, from 04:00 BST on 30 June, travellers will be able to go to these places without needing to quarantine:
As we've also reported, Grant Shapps has tweeted England's list, but it hasn't appeared on the gov.uk site yet. We'll point you to it when it does.
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Image source, ReutersMalta is among a number of places added to Northern Ireland's green list
Huw Merriman, chairman of the UK's transport select committee, has called Northern Ireland's travel list changes "a move in the right direction".
He said the additions to the green list offer more potential for quarantine-free holidays for UK travellers.
"But like an oasis just out of reach - travel to more than 150 countries on the amber list is still unnecessarily difficult," he said.
"In the latest analysis of figures from NHS Test and Trace, only 0.4% of passengers to amber list destinations between May and June tested positive for coronavirus.
"For 151 of the previous 167 amber list countries, there were no positive cases at all."
Merriman said the government must "apply its own logic" of using the data to admit going abroad is safe for those who have had both jabs.
"They must consider this in time for the start of the July summer holidays," he added.
Northern Ireland have published their latest update on the traffic light system, setting out the restrictions on travelling to different countries.
Malta, the Balearic Islands and some Caribbean islands are among those places being put on the green list., external
Seven countries - including Uganda and Tunisia have been moved to the red list, external.
You can read our take on this here.
And yes, we're still awaiting the Department for Transport's announcement for England...
Of course, we're still waiting to hear from the UK government about the travel lists.
We also know they are considering letting people in England who have had both Covid vaccinations avoid quarantine after travelling to amber list destinations.
So how can you prove you've had both Covid jabs?
We explain it all, here.
Image source, EPAHolidaymakers on a beach in the Dominican Republic
The Northern Ireland government also has information, external on countries that will be added to the red list from 04:00 BST on Wednesday 30 June:
Those travelling to Northern Ireland from these countries will need to quarantine in a hotel for ten days.
Again, a reminder of the rules, here.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe Independent's travel editor Simon Calder is suggesting Northern Ireland is "likely to have upstaged" the Department for Transport by publishing an updated green list of travel destinations, external on its website.
"Assuming all UK nations have signed up this is fabulous news," Calder writes on Twitter.
He says the key locations on the list are the Balearic Islands - Mallorca, Ibiza, Menorca - plus Barbados, Bermuda, Grenada, Madeira and Malta.
The other places Britons are allowed to travel to without quarantining on their return are "highly irrelevant places", he adds.
But Calder notes that despite some speculation there are no Greek islands on the list.
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We're still waiting for the update from the Department for Transport on the traffic light system but in the meantime it looks like the Northern Ireland government have gone ahead and published their list., external
From 04:00 BST on Wednesday 30 June these countries will be put on the green list for NI:
This mean travellers will not need to quarantine when they return from these countries, but they do still have to pay for tests.
Image source, ReutersLewis Hamilton has described the decision to to allow 140,000 fans to watch next month's British Grand Prix as "premature", amid rising cases in the UK.
As we reported earlier, Silverstone has been given the green light to have a full capacity over the July 16-18 weekend, which would make it the biggest UK crowd event since the start of the pandemic.
Current Formula One champion Hamilton says while he is excited to race in front of his home crowd "I watch the news, I hear the cases going up massively in the UK since we have loosened up a bit, and on that side I worry about people".
Ticket holders will have to provide proof of a negative lateral flow test or be fully vaccinated, with the second dose having been recieved at least 14 days previously.
Mercedes driver Hamilton adds: "I have read that the vaccination programme is working and fewer people are in hospital, but it feels a bit premature to me.
"I like to err on the side of caution and slowly build up - rather than go full pelt and using our British fans as a test pen."
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Image source, Getty ImagesPreliminary data from the Office for National Statistics , externalsuggests there may have been an uptick in babies conceived in England and Wales when lockdown restrictions were first beginning to be eased in June 2020.
The report shows a 1.7% increase in the monthly fertility rate in March 2021 compared with March 2020.
This corresponds to an increase in conceptions occurring in summer 2020.
The monthly fertility rate broadly reflects the number of babies born per 1,000 women of child-bearing age.
But annual trends since 2012 show overall fertility rates have been decreasing year on year.
And 2020 was no exception. There were 615,557 live births in England and Wales last year- that is almost 4% fewer than in 2019.
ONS statistics also show there was no baby boom when the first lockdown was put in place - with fertility rates in March 2020 lower than the same period in 2019.
The report shows monthly stillbirth rates between March 2020 and March 2021 were below the five-year average - with the exception of November 2020 and January 2021.
There were 226 stillbirths recorded in January 2021, compared with 207 in January 2020.
ONS statisticians say this could plausibly be down a range of variation expected within these trends, but they point out the increase in January 2021 coincides with the height of the second wave of the pandemic.
Wales fans turned away at Amsterdam airport over Covid concerns say it was "worrying" and not well communicated.
Non-essential visitors from the UK are not allowed into the Netherlands.
But supporters said they had been treated unfairly, claiming fans from other countries also not on the Netherlands' green list were allowed in.
They had hoped to attend Wales' game against Denmark on Saturday.
BBC Wales spoke to some of those affected.
Image source, Covid information sign in ScotlandEmergency measures covering things like court hearings, evictions, care homes and bankruptcy and debt arrangements in Scotland have been extended until March 2022.
Some opposition parties argued against extending the powers beyond September, as the government aims to drop most legal restrictions from early August.
But Deputy First Minister John Swinney said some "essential" measures would have to continue beyond that date.
The legislation making the change of dates was pushed through Holyrood in three days under emergency procedures. It passed by a vote of 90 to 32.
It's not quite the beach scene many of us are dreaming of. But for councillors in Weymouth, it was a chance to enjoy an evening in a deckchair at least.
A change to temporary coronavirus rules meant the town council could no longer hold public meetings online, and complying with social distancing guidelines would be difficult if it met in its chambers.
So the councillors did the decent thing, and took their meeting outside.