PM confirms new travel restrictions - although details remain scant

Media reports had earlier suggested ministers would announce the new measures later today, with rumours suggesting passengers would be required to show a negative test certificate before being allowed to board trains, ferries or planes to the UK, a move that would bring the UK in line with a number of other countries.

Cabinet office minister Michael Gove told ITV’s Good Morning Britain today: “We’ll be making announcements later today and in the days ahead about how our ports and airports are safe.