"We are beyond grateful to still have the opportunity to come play for you this year"
30.03.2020 - 20:39 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
New £75m plans to fly home stranded Britons abroad have been revealed in today's daily press briefing on coronavirus.
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the government has formed an arrangement with commercial airlines to rescue the tens of thousands of UK nationals.
Partner airlines will include British Airways, Virgin, easyJet, Jet2, and Titan, but Mr Raab advised this list could be expanded.
Speaking from Downing Street, he said: “I can today announce a new arrangement between the
"We are beyond grateful to still have the opportunity to come play for you this year"
The government has launched a new taskforce to help find a coronavirus vaccine and find potential new treatments, including using anti-malaria medication to reduce the impact of the deadly disease.
The government has announced the UK coronavirus lockdown will be extended for at least another three weeks.
When lockdown was first announced, most UK supermarkets took the decision to cut opening hours to manage crowd levels and allow staff adequate time to restock shelves.
The run includes a pair of shows at The London Palladium
More flights to repatriate UK nationals stranded around the world have been announced by the Government, but travellers will have to pay up to £1,000 for a ticket.
Renfrewshire folk are amongst the tens of thousands of people who are to be repatriated to the UK, thanks to an agreement between the UK Government and several airlines.
Last year Britain’s Got Talent bosses cancelled their spin-off show Britain’s Got More Talent in order to focus on their main show.