Donald Trump plans to resume US funding for the WHO

Donald Trump is planning to RESUME US funding for the WHO at the same level as China after calling the group a mouthpiece for Beijing, leaked White House letter reveals Leaked draft letter suggests Trump will resume some US funding to the WHO Letter offers to match the funding that China provides to the organization … Read more

EastEnders is due to resume filming within weeks after show was halted due to coronavirus

EastEnders is set to resume filming by the end of June, a BBC boss has confirmed. Charlotte Moore, the broadcaster’s director of content, said the BBC One soap would be up and running again within weeks, along with Top Gear. Her statement came after production was halted on the show due to the coronavirus pandemic … Read more

Emirates to resume passenger flights from May 21 to nine destinations and link the UK with Australia

Emirates has announced that it will resume passenger flights to nine destinations from next week. The Dubai-based carrier says it will fly to London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne from Thursday, May 21. The airline says it will also offer a ‘seamless’ connection in Dubai for passengers travelling between the … Read more

British Airways owners say airline could resume flying at 50 per cent capacity in July

British Airways could resume flights at 50 per cent capacity as early as this summer, but bosses have today warned it could take up to three years for passenger numbers to recover to pre-pandemic levels. The airline, which grounded all flights from Gatwick in March after the outbreak of coronavirus, could make a ‘meaningful return’ … Read more

Wizz Air becomes first airline to resume overseas flights to Romania, Hungary, Portugal and Spain

Budget carrier Wizz Air resumed some overseas flights today from Luton Airport with strict new safety rules for cabin crew and passengers.  The low-cost Hungarian airline is the first to restart routes from the UK to European destinations during the coronavirus pandemic, including Spain, Portugal, Hungary and Bulgaria. Bosses introduced strict new hygiene measures, such as compulsory face masks, … Read more

Rolls-Royce says it will be the first UK car maker to resume production from 4 May

Rolls-Royce says it will be the first UK car maker to resume production from 4 May Bosses at the British car maker said 1,000 employees will return on Monday That’s around half the total workforce at the Goodwood factory near Chichester It means Rolls-Royce will be back making cars a day earlier than Aston Martin … Read more

Hip and knee ops to resume in London as Covid patients are shifted to under-used Nightingale

Hip and knee operations will resume in some hospitals as the NHS Nightingale is set to take on more coronavirus patients, according to a senior official. NHS England’s London regional director Sir David Sloman called for activity at the Docklands’ site to be ramped up. The ExCeL Centre has not been working at full capacity since … Read more

Coronavirus poll reveals that over 80% of Britons believe foreign travel will resume within 6 months

Revealed: Over 80% of Britons believe foreign travel will resume within six months, but only 60% of Americans agree Researchers quizzed 5,000 people in 17 countries about the future of travel   A total of 84 per cent of Britons were confident of foreign travel before October Across Europe, 75% of people think international trips will … Read more