Influencer trapped in Dubai hotel faces £3,000 bill to return home

An influencer trapped in a five-star hotel in Dubai has said Brits who have managed to flee the city 'have been lucky' as she faces a £3,000 bill in living expenses while she remains stranded. Lily Mann, 25, arrived in Dubai with her boyfriend James Shires, 33, on March 26 with the intention of a week-long holiday. The couple has since spent the last two days trying to navigate a way back home after their Etihad Airways flight to Manchester Airport was cancelled, leaving them to either pay upwards of £10,000 each for a one-way flight or to wait indefinitely. They join the thousands of British travellers stranded in the Middle East after US-Israeli strikes on Iran elicited retaliatory strikes by Iran across the region.