Government ‘plans to buy SHARES In British Airways to keep it afloat through coronavirus crisis’

The UK Government is drawing up plans to buy shares in British Airways and other airlines hit by the Pandemic Crisis to keep them afloat, insiders confirmed. Talks are in place which could see the State holding equity stakes in companies on the brink of collapse as coronavirus panic damages the UK economy.  Billions of … Read more

Government ‘plans to buy SHARES In British Airways to keep it afloat through coronavirus crisis’

The UK Government is drawing up plans to buy shares in British Airways and other airlines hit by the Pandemic Crisis to keep them afloat, insiders confirmed. Talks are in place which could see the State holding equity stakes in companies on the brink of collapse as coronavirus panic damages the UK economy.  Billions of … Read more

British Airways pilots face 50 per cent pay cut in desperate bid to save airline

British Airways pilots have opted to take a 50 per cent pay cut in April and May as the company fights for its survival amidst the coronavirus pandemic.   BA employs 4,500 pilots who will take two weeks of unpaid leave each month. The reduction in their salary will be spread out over three months to … Read more

British pensioners trapped on cruise ship plead for Government to send in Royal Navy to rescue them 

Desperate British pensioners trapped aboard a cruise ship in northern Italy have pleaded for the Government to send in the Royal Navy to rescue them. Speaking exclusively to MailOnline via video call, three of the 214 British citizens on the Costa Pacifica – which moored last night at Genoa, near the epicentre of the outbreak … Read more

British baker’s cake fools Instagram into believing it’s toilet tissue 

Baker tricks Instagram fans with an incredible cake that looks like TOILET ROLL amid shortages in supermarkets due to coronavirus British baker Ben Cullen, 29, has unveiled his latest creative illusion cake He posted on Instagram a bake that on first glance looks like a roll of toilet tissue Many initially thought it was real … Read more

Bag a bargain British break and socially isolate in style during coronavirus crisis

Book a larger room than standard — or opt for a top suite — and you could bag a bargain British break, despite all the current mayhem. Discounts of as much as 50 per cent are around, and if you ask, you might even get more. A stay in a big, airy room, with room … Read more

Bag a bargain British break and socially isolate in style during coronavirus crisis

Book a larger room than standard — or opt for a top suite — and you could bag a bargain British break, despite all the current mayhem. Discounts of as much as 50 per cent are around, and if you ask, you might even get more. A stay in a big, airy room, with room … Read more

Trials begin on British coronavirus vaccine at Government’s secret science base Porton Down

Human and animal trials for a British vaccine against the coronavirus are set to begin next week at the Government’s secret science base Porton Down.  Scientists will test the drug, made at Oxford University, on animals at the Wiltshire base before trialling on humans next month. The Times reports that the Phase II trials will … Read more

Trials begin on British coronavirus vaccine at Government’s secret science base Porton Down

Human and animal trials for a British vaccine against the coronavirus are set to begin next week at the Government’s secret science base Porton Down.  Scientists will test the drug, made at Oxford University, on animals at the Wiltshire base before trialling on humans next month. The Times reports that the Phase II trials will … Read more

British woman, 20, stuck in Peru on her gap year feels ‘abandoned’ by the UK Government

A young British woman stuck in Peru has said she feels ‘abandoned’ by the UK Government. Mereida Fajardo, 20, is on her gap year and has spent six months travelling the South American country with a friend. She and Gemma Harris, 19, are among up to 400 British travellers stuck there after the Peruvian government … Read more