Coronavirus: ‘We’re Australian but we’re trapped in the UK’-By Mary O’Connor Andrew (left) could not attend his mother’s funeral Source:BBC Last Thursday, Andrew Leslie, 52, woke up at 04:30 BST at his east London home for his mother’s funeral. It was taking place some 10,000 miles away in Sydney, Australia. Australia’s strict coronavirus rules left Andrew, an IT worker, unable to get a flight home in time. He had no choice but to say a “surreal” goodbye to his beloved 92-year-old mum, Helen, via an online live stream. “I really cannot describe the sadness and grief I’ve felt over the last few weeks, we always thought we were only 24 hours from being home,” Andrew says. ...

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