'Summer holidays to Europe to return' after successful UK vaccine rollout - what we know so far

Holidaymakers in the UK will be able to enjoy summer trips to European destinations due to the success of the Covid vaccine rollout.

The Sun reported that Spain, Portugal and Greece were leading the push to restart holidays, as EU officials meet to discuss reopening borders to travellers.

Countries with a strong vaccination programme - such as the UK - will be exempt from the EU’s travel ban, according to the newspaper.

Due to the success of the jabs rollout here, a senior EU official said Brits could be allowed to holiday to popular destinations from June.

It comes as Boris Johnson prepares to lift the ban on international leisure travel from 17 May.

Successful jabs rollout could allow holidaymakers to enter EU

EU officials had an initial meeting on Monday (19 April) to discuss ways to begin lifting travel restrictions, looking to June as a potential start date for summer holidays.