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Just a bit more here on face masks from UK government junior health minister Edward Argar’s appearance on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, where he denied there could be confusion around the government’s stance.
With regard to public transport, he said: “Train companies may well look at, as conditions of carriage, whether they want to impose additional guidance or additional restrictions.
A quick one here from Simon Neville, who is PA Media’s City editor. He reports that new figures show London Heathrow passenger numbers remain almost 90% down on pre-pandemic levels and significantly lower than large airports that are within the EU.
The airport revealed that 957,000 passengers passed through its terminals in June compared with 7,246,157 who used the airport in June 2019.
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