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‘Stampede’ to book holidays and Djokovic spared deportation

Government
Rob Gill
10 January 2022

The UK’s new, more relaxed testing rules – which came into effect over the weekend – have helped fuel a boom in holiday bookings and enquiries over the past few days.

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Prime minister Boris Johnson is also seeking to further reduce the UK’s Covid-19 restrictions in the coming weeks with a new “living with Covid” plan under considering by the government.

Elsewhere, Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is to be allowed to stay in Australia after winning his court case against deportation. Djokovic had initially been denied entry because he did not meet Australia’s strict Covid-19 rules.

Here are the main headlines that the travel industry woke up to on Monday (10 January) 

‘Stampede’ to book holidays after testing rules relaxed