Hello, it's Sunday the 19th of September and thanks for joining me, Simon Calder, for the latest on travel and destinations from the Green List and the travel desk of the Independent.

Today, what's the score for children returning to the UK?

Loads of confusion around, I've got the answers.

Some more detail on the government's travel changes, including

traffic light reviews every three weeks, and the Netherlands opens up, but with strings,

or other swabs, attached. Of course, this podcast is completely free, as is my weekly

travel email. Do sign up at independent.co.uk forward slash

newsletters if you would like to do so I make no apology for this being the third

podcast in a row which leads on the changes to international travel rules it's now

as I record this 48 hours since we found out about it.

It's only about 20 minutes since I finally got answers on all the details and I finally put it together.

And you can find that. Just look for my Twitter feed. I've just tweeted it all out at Simon Calder and there's a link to an

article which is currently 2,232 words long. Well, the main thing though I want to address is what

happens to children. There was a huge article in the Times this morning, very well written article that said that basically

families hoping to take an overseas trip during the school half term will have to have

children aged 11 to 17 not fully vaccinated quarantining at home for up to 10 days.

Now, that is not true.

It was a misunderstanding.

Let us be charitable between the Department for Transport and the Sunday Times,

and it is definitely not true. And let me tell you exactly what the rule is.

If you are under 18 and you are British or you have right of residence in the UK, which includes all Irish citizens, then when you're

travelling into the UK, you are treated as though you are a vaccinated adult. If you are a citizen of another country and have been vaccinated in one of the 54 nations that

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