Will the travel industry survive Covid-19? | Annie Lewis

With that, families, friends and couples revelled in last-minute holiday bargains and jetted off to sunnier climes with their face masks strapped on, dreaming of sitting by the pool and basking in the European heat.

But now, the travel industry is facing a bleaker outlook with the news of thousands of flights being cancelled following the new quarantine rules on Spain and its popular islands.

Not only is it tough for those who travelled to said destinations for the rug to be pulled out from underneath their feet, but it begs the questions of how the travel industry can make up for its huge losses just as it started to make progress?

The key to survival for airlines, hotels, airports is to regain public trust and confidence.

Many of us have already shunned the idea of holidays abroad this year and instead indulged in a staycation. Others have stuck to the government’s mantra and are simply staying at home to enjoy the Great British Summer in all of its glory.

The fear of overseas travel will most likely remain for many years to come, going beyond the arrival of a vaccine. Holidaymakers are looking for less fuss, a guaranteed ability to change plans at the last minute and isolated holiday destinations.

But can the travel industry cope with ever-changing bookings and with that, the sheer uncertainty of whether they will have people turn up at their airports or hotels?

Overseas travel from now on could be for those who are brave enough to take the risk of being stranded in a foreign country, be prepared for quarantine rules changing overnight and never receiving a refund for a holiday that didn’t happen.

I hope the travel industry does survive. From the hospitality workers who rely on tourism for their paycheque to the flight attendants and pilots who care for us up in the air, let’s try and support them when we can.

Will Boris’ plans for obesity ‘crackdown’ damage health?

According to charity, Beat Eating Disorders, 1.25m people in the UK have an eating disorder.

While Boris Johnson is expected to publish more details surrounding his obesity ‘crackdown’ later this week, it has been suggested that this could involve restaurants and cafes publishing the amount of calories in each meal.

Calorie counting is an unhealthy practice which triggers people to limit their food intake, thereby encouraging many to have a damaging relationship with food.

I hope the government can come up with another way to reduce obesity without disregarding the triggers of those who live with an eating disorder.

It was devastating to watch Mrs Harper’s disappointment

On Friday, my heart broke for Lissie Harper as she reacted to the sentence given to the teenagers who were cleared of murdering her husband, PC Andrew Harper, last August.

Lissie said outside the Old Bailey, London, she was ‘immensely disappointed’ at the verdict.

The story rocked the UK last year when it was revealed the happy couple had only been married for four weeks when he was taken from her.

Understandably, she wanted justice to be served and I can’t imagine how she must feel.

There are rumours that the attorney general, Suella Braverman, may be called in to review the verdicts.

I hope this isn’t the end, for Lissie Harper’s sake.