Anyone who gets coronavirus symptoms at the time they are booked to go away is highly unlikely to get their money back when they cancel their holiday.

Package holiday firms and travel insurance will probably not pay out.

Alex Neill, of resolution service Resolver, said UK tourists needed to be aware they were "taking a risk".

"It is likely that new travel insurance policies won't cover you if you develop symptoms before going on holiday - and if the flight or packaged holiday isn't cancelled then you have no automatic right to compensation," she said.

"While it's important to the economy to support the travel industry, at this time it's the customer who is bearing all of the risk."

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Local governor Cetin Oktay Kaldirim said many were trapped by the blasts and emergency services were unable to reach the building.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave details of the fatalities and said 74 others had been hurt.

The explosions in Hendek could be heard dozens of kilometres away.

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There was a significant economic impact in March, as the coronavirus pandemic began to have an effect.

The data comes as the prime minister set out a post-lockdown recovery plan.

Boris Johnson said in a speech in Dudley, in the West Midlands, that there would be investment in infrastructure and schools.

Jonathan Athow, deputy national statistician at the ONS, said: "Our more detailed picture of the economy in the first quarter showed GDP shrank a little more than first estimated.

"Information from government showed health activities declined more than we previously showed.

"All main sectors of the economy shrank significantly in March as the effects of the pandemic hit."

The first-quarter contraction is now the joint biggest drop since the July-to-September period in 1979.

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The so-called TraceTogether tokens are an alternative to the government's contact tracing smartphone app.

They are aimed at people who do not own or prefer not to use a mobile phone.

The announcement of the device was met with concerns in some quarters over privacy.

The first batch of the devices are being distributed to vulnerable elderly people who have little or no family support or have mobility problems.

The tokens have unique QR codes and do not need charging as they have a battery life of up to nine months.

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