And a draft government report suggests it could reach 3,000 a day, next month. Mr trump has admitted lifting lockdown restrictions will probably mean the virus kills more people. Virgin atlantic has announced plans to cut more than 3,000 jobs in the uk, and to end its operation at gatwick airport. Virgin blamed what it called the devastating effect of the pandemic. Its another major blow for gatwick, the second Busiest Airport in the uk, just days after British Airways said it could not rule out closing its operation there as well. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has more details. Happier times, when Sir Richard Branson launched his Airline Virgin Atlantic at gatwick airport. But that relationship is over for now, at least. When travel restrictions lift, the airline will not run any flights in and out of gatwick. It plans to cut 3,000 of its 10,000 staff. The Airline Industry is shrinking fast. Aviation is heading towards a death spiral, a downward trend across the whole of th
Virgin atlantic says the business effect of the pandemic is devastating. It plans to cut 3,000 jobs and might end its operation at gatwick. And we meet the choir thats come together online to fight isolation and to support each other. And in the sport on bbc news as other sports voice concern over their future, the English Football League says it could be facing a loss of £200 million. Good evening. In the seventh week of the lockdown, the United Kingdom has now recorded europes highest number of deaths linked to coronavirus. We have overtaken italy, the first country in the world to instigate a National Lockdown to control the pandemic. Dominic raab, the first secretary of state, said the latest figures portrayed a massive tragedy but he warned against making comparisons with other countries until much more information was available on all causes of death. Todays figures show there were 693 deaths linked to the virus recorded in a 24 hour period in the uk thats in hospitals, care hom
Hello to you. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, daily figures out of the uk show that it now has the highest official death toll from coronavirus in europe and the second highest in the world after the United States. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, said 29,427 people have now died in this outbreak, 112 people more than the latest figures out of italy. A leading scientist in britain has resigned from his Government Role after it was reported that he broke the lockdown rules that he had argued for. A newspaper has reported that a woman who doesnt live with professor Neil Ferguson visited his home twice during lockdown. As the us death toll surpasses 71,000, President Trump said the White House Coronavirus task force will be wound down as the country moves into the second phase of dealing with the outbreak. And in england and wales, new figures from the office for National Statistics show that care home deaths, involving the vi
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