All remaining UK Covid travel measures to be axed even as cases continue to rise

The measures will end for travel to the UK from 4am on Friday (Steve Parsons/PA)

Tourism companies have hailed the “final game-changer” as all remaining Covid travel measures are axed even as cases continue to rise in the UK.

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said lifting the requirements, which include pre-travel tests for unvaccinated people, would allow “greater freedom in time for Easter” to go abroad.