An RAF plane, believed to be carrying a delayed consignment of personal protective equipment (PPE), has landed in Oxfordshire.

Flight tracker RadarBox showed the Airbus A400-M registered ZM416 depart Istanbul and land just after 3.30am on Wednesday at RAF Brize Norton.

The plane had been dispatched from the base, where two other planes are on stand-by to pick up further kit from Turkey, late on Monday.

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It is not known if the consignment, which was ordered on Thursday and originally due to arrive on Sunday, includes 400,000 badly-needed surgical gowns.

The arrival follows a flight on April 10 from Turkey which delivered 250,000 items of PPE to RAF Brize Norton for use by UK medical staff.

This was made up 50,000 N-95 face masks, 100,000 surgical masks and 100,000 protective suits.