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Huge shopping queues form as supermarkets airlift in European supplies

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Huge queues formed this morning as supermarkets airlifted in fruit and vegetables in an attempt to avoid shortages of fresh produce caused by the chaos at Dover. The British Retail Consortium has warned that there could be a lack of some fresh goods until the backlog of trucks is cleared, while the Food and Drink … Read more

Huge shopping queues form as supermarkets airlift in European supplies

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Huge queues formed this morning as supermarkets airlifted in fruit and vegetables in an attempt to avoid shortages of fresh produce caused by the chaos at Dover. The British Retail Consortium has warned that there could be a lack of some fresh goods until the backlog of trucks is cleared, while the Food and Drink … Read more

Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children

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Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children from Syria to return them to the UK as wards of court and bring them up in care A small number of British children are being held in Syria after the fall of ISIS  The Government wants the children returned to the UK … Read more

Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children

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Foreign office plans airlift of ‘a small number’ of ISIS jihadis’ children from Syria to return them to the UK as wards of court and bring them up in care A small number of British children are being held in Syria after the fall of ISIS  The Government wants the children returned to the UK … Read more

She’s safe… thanks to Mail’s £1million airlift

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Standing delightedly in her new coveralls, nurse Vicky Burns voiced the sentiments of all her colleagues yesterday, declaring: ‘Can we just say a big thank you.’       Within 24 hours of touching down on UK soil, a 20-ton planeload of personal protective equipment was on its way to the NHS front line yesterday, courtesy of Mail … Read more

French military evacuates coronavirus patients from hard-hit areas Germany airlift

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French and Italian authorities are evacuating coronavirus patients from their worst-hit regions to Germany for treatment.  Patients were seen arriving at Hamburg Airport where medics stretchered them from planes to hospital for treatment.   The French authorities have established a centre for migrants to use as shelter at the Jean Jaures gymnasium in Paris.   France has … Read more

French military evacuates coronavirus patients from hard-hit areas Germany airlift

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A bid to evacuate coronavirus patients from hard-hit areas of eastern France has begun, with German forces stepping in to take some to hospitals over the border.   Two specially modified TGV high-speed trains carried 36 patients from Mulhouse and Nancy toward hospitals along France’s western coast today, where the outbreak has been limited so far. … Read more