Brits in Tobago threatened by armed police as stranded tourists offered loans to get home

Riot police wielding machine guns confronted a group of British tourists after a dispute at their five-star Caribbean hotel – as they were left afraid they would not be allowed home.  The holidaymakers in Tobago – most of whom are over 60 – say they were falsely accused of ‘accosting’ the hotel manager and threatened … Read more

Stranded Britons offered emergency loans by the government to get home

British tourists stranded abroad as the coronavirus pandemic paralyses international travel will be offered emergency loans to get them home, the Government said today amid fears from some that they will be left to ‘live on the streets’. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told MPs that the UK was putting pressure on airlines to help lower … Read more

Kerry Katona feared coronavirus would leave her stranded in the Maldives away from her children

Kerry Katona feared the global coronavirus outbreak would leave her stranded in the Maldives during her recent holiday. The mother-of-five was on vacation with her lover, Ryan Maloney, and learnt during the trip that the pandemic was escalating, and travel was being heavily disrupted. The reality personality, 39, admitted on Monday’s Loose Women that she was … Read more

Thousands of tourists and expats are stranded after country entered two-week lockdown 

Hundreds of thousands of British tourists and expats are stranded in Spain today after the country entered an unprecedented two-week lockdown. Panicked holidaymakers were last night scrambling to escape after the Spanish government declared a state of emergency over coronavirus. The drastic action came as the country’s death toll from the outbreak more than doubled … Read more