Coronavirus UK LIVE: Boris Johnson meets Macron for air bridge talks as deaths hit 42,153 and Greggs reopens

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EMMANUEL Macron has arrived in London ahead of crucial talks with Boris Johnson over the establishment of potential ‘air bridges’ between Britain and France.

The French leader is marking the 80th anniversary of General Charles de Gaulle’s famous wartime broadcast.

This afternoon, the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall greeted France’s leader at their official London home ahead of his meeting with the Prime Minister later today.

Elsewhere, Greggs has reopened its doors today following weeks of closure due to the coronavirus lockdown.

A third of the chain’s branches – around 800 Greggs stores in total – are reopening on Thursday, June 18 with a reduced menu and customers told to keep apart to maintain social distancing measures.

It comes amidst the much-anticipated return of Premier League football, complete with artificial crowd noises.

Meanwhile Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden last night revealed that gyms and leisure centres will finally be coming back in July at the earliest.

And human trials of a major vaccine begin this week, as Imperial College London’s team tests what they think could be the cure.

It comes as the total number of Covid-19 deaths in England rose to 28,175 today after another 62 people died in hospitals.

In Wales, five more deaths were recorded overnight, bringing the overall tally there to 1,471.

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