Sport Relief trip moved over coronavirus fear

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Sport Relief celebrity challenge moved from Mongolia to Namibia because of coronavirus concerns in neighbouring China

Frankie Bridge, Nick Grimshaw and Samantha Womack are some of the celebrities taking part

Seven stars, including Frankie Bridge, Karim Zeroual, Nick Grimshaw and Samantha Womack, were due to take part in On Thin Ice in Mongolia next week.Instead, they are set to undertake a"gruelling four-day, 100-mile expedition" across the Namib Desert. "We had previously been looking at a range of locations and challenges and we think that the Namib Desert expedition is a fitting alternative.

 

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Anyone else watching this tosh? Apart from the oldies all the rest give up. It's bollox.

Great! Namibia is vast enough to welcome those who celebrate its beauty!

Have they got air conditioned hotel & limos there

This is unbelievable, getting fed up with all this celebrity stuff ! Are they really celebs ! Do we care . No

I Do Not Care !

Wonder if Samantha Womack will be singing songs from the Addams family like “death is just around the corner”.......

Skating on thin sand?

Please Sports Relief spend your money here in U.K.! Africa wastes its help! Or wrong people get it ! Our children in U.K. need help so do schools,hospitals,old people,, etc x thetimes

I'll keep my money, thanks.

Oh right. So they'll be filmed dying of heat stroke and thirst in 40 degree centigrade.

White Sweedish girl doing an environmental documentary for BBC. And now: White celebs flying to Namibia for BBC.

What about the impact of the unnecessary flights, couldn’t they climb Snowdon?

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