‘I’m so excited!’: English enjoy lifting of overseas travel restrictions

Covid-hit travel industry sees a mini-boom, as people head off for breaks and summer bookings flood in

At London St Pancras, a ghost station for much of the past two years, the sun was shining through the glass roof and Elton John's piano, sealed up for Covid, was ringing out again. Happily for Eurostar, the start of the half-term getaway brought the return of queues of passengers snaking up along the shopfronts, heading to Paris and Amsterdam.

I'm so excited, I'm like a child!" said one woman lining up with her boyfriend for the 10.22am departure, a 22nd birthday present of a trip to Paris.