What are the rules for travelling to green, amber and red list countri

What are the rules for travelling to green, amber and red list countries?

Malta, Madeira and SLOTXO the Balearic Islands are among the latest holiday destinations to be added to the government's green list of countries.

Travellers from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland will no longer have to quarantine on their return from these places.

What's in the latest announcement?
From 04:00 on Wednesday 30 June, a number of countries and territories will be added to the government's green list.

Malta, Madeira, and the Balearic Islands are the most high-profile of the new additions.

They're joined by UK overseas territories including Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, and Montserrat, and Caribbean Islands including Antigua, Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados and Grenada.

However, all these additions - apart from Malta - will be on the "green watchlist", which means that they are at risk of being moved to the amber list.

What else has been announced?
The government had expressed hopes to scrap quarantine for people travelling back from amber list countries, who have had both Covid jabs.

Announcing the latest changes, the Department for Transport said this would happen "later in the summer", with further announcements next month.

Seven nations have been added to the "red list" - with strict rules on limiting travel to and from the UK.