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Australian diplomats have been sent to Heathrow in London to help stranded Australian citizens forced to camp at the airport until they can get a flight home.
Thousands are stuck overseas because the number of people allowed to enter Australia has been capped in order to manage quarantine arrangements.
Related: Australian diplomats sent to Heathrow airport to help stranded citizens due to travel caps
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Young people in England – and maybe some older ones – have not universally heeded government warnings about not going out and partying in big groups ahead of the new restrictions on gatherings.
Pictures from Leicester Square in central London showed people in large groups enjoying the city’s nightlife.
Related: Police warn public not to party before Covid rules tighten in England
Continue reading…Cases also rising in England and Scotland as Europe outbreak worsens; seven more deaths in worst-hit Australian state; Oxford University vaccine trials to resume. Follow developments liveOxford University resumes Covid-19 vaccine trialsTrump ally who tried to change Covid reports was ‘fighting deep state’‘World-leadingly bad’: the week Covid resurged in the UK 12.20am BSTAustralian diplomats have been sent to Heathrow in London to help stranded Australian citizens forced to camp at the airport until they can get a flight home.Thousands are stuck overseas because the number of people allowed to enter Australia has been capped in order to manage quarantine arrangements. Related: Australian diplomats sent to Heathrow airport to help stranded citizens due to travel caps 12.10am BSTYoung people in England – and maybe some older ones – have not universally heeded government warnings about not going out and partying in big groups ahead of the new restrictions on gatherings.Pictures from Leicester Square in central London showed people in large groups enjoying the city’s nightlife. Related: Police warn public not to party before Covid rules tighten in England Continue reading…