October 30th - Stansted Shutdown

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

The Independent

Places & Travel, Leisure, Society & Culture

3.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

If you were caught up in the Stansted shutdown on Saturday afternoon, these are your rights.

The European Union now recognises the NHS app as equivalent to the EU digital Covid certificate.

And as a result Luxembourg, the last EU nation to hold out against British visitors, has now opened up. Why you might want to visit.

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0:00.0	Right, birthday party, the big 30th.
0:03.3	Although, is it more like 40th?
0:06.1	Hmm, best go generic.
0:08.0	Something fizzy?
0:09.2	Oh, along with everyone else.
0:10.9	Flowers?
0:11.7	Symbolic of blooming into a new era.
0:14.4	Ugh.
0:15.4	No, come on.
0:16.4	Something more exciting.
0:18.8	Something like.
0:20.8	I'll take a two million red scratch card, please.
0:23.8	Add some play with National Lottery Scratch Cards.
0:27.2	Search Dream big, play, small rules and procedures apply.
0:29.1	Players must be 18 or over.
0:32.2	Hello, it's Saturday the 30th of October and thanks for joining me, Simon Calder, for the latest on travel
0:39.0	and destinations from the Green List and the travel desk of the Independent. Today, if you were
0:45.7	caught up in the Stansid snarl up on Saturday afternoon, I'll give you your rights. The European
0:53.2	Union now recognises the NHS COVID vaccination app as equivalent to the EU
1:00.3	digital COVID certificate, which is good news.
1:04.1	And as a result, Luxembourg, the last EU nation to hold out against British tourists,
1:10.3	has now opened up why you might want to visit. Of course,
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