An easing of the US travel ban to Britain should be the PM’S next goal

sir – The Prime Minister has made yet another U-turn on a policy previously signed off by the Cabinet – this time a proposed “amber watchlist” for controlling travel to foreign countries (report, August 3).

Perhaps he can try his luck with travel to and from America. We are unable to visit our son and his family there because all inward travel from Britain is banned, except for returning residents.

They cannot come here because Britain is at level four in America’s table of risk – the highest level. Only emergency travel is approved. The cost of PCR tests in Britain for a family is prohibitive, and their travel insurance would be invalid if they did come. All business travel to Britain is also banned by my son’s employer.

As has been the case for many months now, we are forced to continue to rely on Facetime as our only means of personal contact with our son, daughter-in-law and two grandsons. Graham Allen

Sheffield, South Yorkshire sir – On returning from France, where we visited our younger son and his family in Brittany, my wife and I, who are in our mid-70s, each received the following text from the Government: “Welcome to the UK. You are now required to quarantine for a minimum of 10 days and to take two further coronavirus tests. Otherwise you may be fined.”

Our trip has cost us £590 in test fees when we are both fully vaccinated, and now we cannot even stroll to the corner shop to buy a newspaper. Graham Hipgrave

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

sir – I am sure I am not alone in wondering just how many inconveniences, exclusions and irritations people will be forced to accept in the post-pandemic world.

My daughter, who is 15, and her two pals went 10-pin bowling in Blackburn on Monday, then hoped for a bite to eat afterwards. She doesn’t have a debit card and is too young for a credit card, but not one of the four high-street casual dining chains they tried was prepared to accept cash.

Howard Buttery

Whalley, Lancashire

sir – My driving licence, sent three months ago to the DVLA for renewal, has vanished into a Covid-shaped black hole. Two requests for information have gone unanswered, having fallen into the same dark pit.

My passport has also expired. Fortunately I can’t travel abroad and wouldn’t want to even if I could, but I have been left with a dilemma. Bureaucratically speaking, I have become essentially nonexistent.

In search of proof that I’m not an impostor, I dug into the archive and unearthed my original 62-year-old manila-brown medical card. I also have my infant inoculation records, which are mandatory these days. I will present them on demand whenever I am stopped by the authorities yelling “Papers!” in my face.

John Williams Bradwell-on-sea, Essex