British tourists are being stranded abroad, from Morocco (left) to Benidorm (top right), and face a battle to return home as  airlines lock down and limit flights due to global coronavirus quarantines.

The UK's biggest frequent flyer website, Head for Points, alleges that customers trying to cancel bookings made with Avios have not been given an online option to claim a refund.

The UK Government is drawing up plans to buy shares in British Airways and other airlines hit by the Pandemic Crisis to keep them afloat, insiders confirmed (pictured, Grant Shapps).

Passengers from Italy, China and Iran have arrived a Gatwick and Heathrow this week, even as the UK went in to lockdown. Planes from Rome, Beijing and Shanghai have landed.

Well, I thought I would spend Sunday telling you how Lewis Hamilton had won the Bahrain Grand Prix. And then on to a gin and tonic the size of an Olympic swimming pool with a few pals.

Flatlining footfall could see UK airports shut within weeks, with plummeting passenger numbers forcing airlines such as easyJet and Ryanair to ground their whole fleet.

Respiratory nurse Cheryl Baxter and her husband Ivon were on holiday in Cambodia when Britain went on lockdown and were due to fly home on March 22. Four days later they are now home.

An investigation by Which? found that carriers including British Airways, Ryanair and easyJet are refusing to let passengers cancel and claim a refund on flights which are still scheduled to run.

The airline, which jets to Europe, America and the Caribbean from Gatwick, has already mothballed many planes across its UK bases - but is still running from London Heathrow with a reduced schedule.

Billie Faiers was playfully told off by her husband Greg Shepherd during the latest episode of Mummy Diaries, which showed their reaction to the incident.

Furious Twitter users called on the British retail mogul to sell one of his three yachts, which includes the £122million Lionheart, or use some of his estimated £1.8billion fortune.

British man Daniel Lawrence, 40, from the UK is trapped in Texas after flights home to the UK have been grounded because of the coronavirus. He has four children waiting for him.

BA pilot Peter Login was saluted for his temporary change of career as he ditched Boeing 747s for a Mercedes Sprinter to drop off food to Britons in coronavirus lockdown.

The animals were cared for by highly-trained staff and animal handlers while on board the British Airways 747 cargo flight from Larnaca to London Heathrow.

Ian Johnson (pictured), a cabin service director in his late 50s, was in St Thomas' intensive care unit in London on a ventilator for ten days before he passed away yesterday.

Shabnum Sadiq, 39, was employed as a customer care relations manager for BA at Heathrow's Terminal 5. Before falling ill she had told her husband of her fears about catching the virus from passengers.

With the Government now advising British nationals to avoid all non-essential journeys 'for an indefinite period', here's the latest information for air travellers caught up in the chaos.

Seven pilots and six crew made the trip from London Heathrow to Shanghai and back again to pick up the supplies and bring them back to be used by NHS frontline staff.

The former Love Island star, 27, worked as an air hostess for the company prior to finding fame on the ITV2 reality series.

The beleaguered carrier has reportedly asked staff to sign contracts that would allow the airline to fire them without negotiation. It has also warned it could withdraw from major UK airports.

The Boeing 777 and 787 will be out of action for months after the incident at London's Heathrow on Sunday, which has led to claims of 'sabotage'. But British Airways have said it is due to a technical fault.

Although Lorenzo Lotto lived in Italy in the 16th century, and was surrounded by a culture of many great painters, his work stands out for its thought, originality and intelligent observation.

In a way, the work of the American artist Jeff Koons is the most terrific dare. Of course, if you saw a porcelain model of a ballerina in your great-aunt’s cabinet, you might call it kitsch, or bad taste.

One of the most positive developments in recent culture is the rediscovery of artists who didn't necessarily look like their contemporaries' idea of an artist.

The Turner Prize has been a little bit grim in recent years, often showcasing artists with a particular political agenda. I'm not very convinced by some of the art promoted in this way.

Though the group of 19th-century British painters known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood were all men, women occupied unusually prominent positions in their world.

Amazingly, this is the first exhibition of Aubrey Beardsley's work at the Tate since 1923.

Jared Kushner presented his Peace to Prosperity plan in Bahrain on Wednesday, but the event was skipped by both Israel and Palestine while many Arab states sent only junior ministers to attend.

Evidence of Egyptian pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut's alleged affair with a local is hinted at in hidden wall carvings in C5 documentary: The Nile: Egypt's Great River With Bettany Hughes.

Geraldine Thomas, 54, of Bargoed, Caerphilly, spent thousands of pounds on all-inclusive breaks to Egypt after lying that she lived alone. Thomas was secretly living with her partner Raymond Adams.

Alison Sonnex, 54, and husband Clive Eversfield, 60, of Ramsgate, Kent, fell ill after dining at the Royal Tulip beach resort at Marsa Alam in April 2018 and Ms Sonnex later died in hospital.

Policewoman Katie Miles, 38, could lose her job after being caught out trying to claim over a fake bout of food poisoning on a holiday in Sharm-el-Sheik, Eygpt. Ms Miles is pictured above riding on a camel.

Magdy Eskander, 62, is accused of placing his hands on the girls' private areas while blocking their mothers' view at Darlington Memorial Hospital. In 2017 he was cleared of all charges.

Lost city of Heracleion was lost around 800AD due to flooding and earthquakes and its relics are now submerged under the sea off the Egyptian coast.

Richard Holt and Lara Wilcocks, from Merseyside, have been at their son Cillian's bedside for 21 days following a family holiday at the Jaz Bluemarine Resort in Hurghada, Egypt.

Jennifer Lopez has played her stadium-packing shows all over the globe, but she's never played in Egypt before. She changed that on Friday with a performance in the Middle Eastern nation.

Ahmed Elgaafary (pictured) raped a drunk passenger after picking her up at a casino near Philadelphia. He charged her an extra $150 for vomiting in her car and the extra journey fee.

A new study has highlighted the world's food poisoning hotspots and top of the list is Hurghada in Egypt - 380 cases have been reported since the start of 2017.

The snap, which was taken in the North African country and shared to Reddit on Sunday, shows a man who looks strikingly similar to the late Apple founder sitting on a plastic chair.

In a clip posted on Twitter, Enppi Club's Mahmoud Gad makes a recovery save that seems almost impossible during his side's game against Pyramids in the Egyptian Premier League.

The golden outer coffin of Tutankhamun has been removed from its sterilisation tent before it undergoes a painstaking eight-month restoration process. It is in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza.

The Andre Fabre-trainer winner of the Group One Prix Morny Stakes is the 7-4 favourite with Coral but faces a line-up that potentially includes Siskin and Monarch of Egypt.

The gold coffin of high-ranking priest Nedjemankh was stolen by antiquities traffickers after the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 and was sold to the New York museum by a Paris art dealer.

They're currently sightseeing in Venice, Italy.  And sisters Victoria Justice, 26, and Madison Reed, 23, took part in an annual Venetian tradition on Friday as they dressed up in intricate costumes.

The 30 decorated coffins of men, women and children were found only three feet underground at Asasif, a necropolis on the west bank of the River Nile in Luxor, Egypt.

The happy couple, currently in the Egyptian capital for Katy's 35th birthday, enjoyed an obligatory camel ride through the Western Desert, a stones-throw from the Giza Necropolis.

James Petford, 39, and Margaret McGuigan, 38, of Birmingham, were separated on the packed flight after they were caught downing vodka from their duty free stash and causing mayhem.

Alexandra Shulman headed to Egypt for a three-stop holiday, which took her to Giza and Luxor via Aswan where she stayed at the Old Cataract hotel made famous by Agatha Christie.

Liverpool could find themselves without talisman Mohamed Salah for the start of next season, after his nation Egypt booked their place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Five mummified lion cubs as well as several crocodiles, birds, a mongoose and cats have been discovered in Egypt, the only discovery of a mummified lion since the first in 2004.