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British Airways and Gatwick back vaccine passports
Airline s owner IAG slumps to record £6.8bn annual loss as airport boss says digital vaccine documents are ‘pretty much an inevitability’
26 February 2021 • 5:11pm
The owner of British Airways has begged countries to launch a digital health pass so borders can reopen and foreign holidays are able to restart after it slumped to a record €7.8bn (£6.8bn) loss.
Luis Gallego, head of BA s parent company IAG, called for immediate action so that his firm can return to the skies.
Meanwhile Gatwick Airport s boss Stewart Wingate said that vaccine passports are pretty much an inevitability as his business unveiled a £465m loss for 2020. Travel titan Tui also joined calls for a passport scheme.
Cambuslang man honoured with prestigious Humanitarian Award
Mark Williamson was asked to use his amateur dramatics experience to help others
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Founder of Scots theatre group formed to tackle addiction wins Robert Burns Humanitarian Award THE founder of a theatre group which helps those battling addiction has won the 2021 Robert Burns Humanitarian Award. Mark Williamson, 60, who won the prestigious national award during a special online ceremony, is the founder of Sweet for Addicts, a non-profit recovery-based theatre group based in Glasgow. As well as the RBHA 2021 title, Mark receives the equivalent of 1759 guineas (approximately £1,800) – a sum which signifies the year of the Bard s birth and the coinage in circulation at that time. He formed the group in 2006 and has since worked with hundreds of people as they journey their way out of addiction and the company has put on more than 20 plays all lover Scotland.