The Guardian reports Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson still has “huge questions to answer” over Matt Hancock.
Month: June 2021
The i leads with the Dept of Health will look at how footage of Hancock embracing his aide came to be leaked.
The Times reports that Priti Patel will introduce new laws to create an off-shore immigration hub for asylum seekers.
The Daily Mirror reports that Matt Hancock is facing calls to be stripped of a £16,000 payout he is set to receive after resigning.
The Daily Mail asks “did affair with aide start a year ago?”. The day before it was reported the relationship only started last month.
Metro says that Matt Hancock has been reported to the police over his breach of social distancing guidance.
The death toll from the Florida building collapse rose to nine, as rescue workers search for more than 150 other people.
The Ministry of Defence said that an employee told it last week that the documents had been lost, and that an investigation had been launched. The documents, which include emails and PowerPoint presentations, originated in the office of a senior official at the MoD.
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has reimposed restrictions for two weeks to combat a surge in the highly contagious Delta variant.
Nine people, including 4 police officers, have died in separate attacks across Colombia, which has seen a recent surge in violence.
US strikes on eastern Syria near the border with Iraq killed at least five Iran-backed militia fighters, a war monitor reported.
Italy became a mask-free, “low-risk” zone for coronavirus, marking a milestone for the first European country to be hit by Covid.
BBC News says health secretary Sajid Javid will update MPs later on when the remaining Covid measures will lift in England.
Egypt brokers a deal with Hamas Israel – to allow emergency supplies through the crossing starting with fuel to power the powerplant in Gaza. Egypt…
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will meet his US and Bahraini counterparts in Rome on Sunday, Lapid’s office said, the first face-to-face diplomatic contacts for a senior member of the new Israeli government that was sworn in two weeks ago.
The Sunday papers report heavily on the resignation of health secretary Matt Hancock following the kissing scandal with aide Gina Coladangelo.
The Lebanese Armed Forces stated in a statement on Sunday that ten soldiers were hurt after protestors threw stun grenades at army forces during demonstrations in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli.
Friends of Prince Harry believe that while back in Britain he’s planning to reconnect with old pals from the life he left behind.
The Daily Express: BREXIT has been an “unalloyed success” which has “exceeded expectations” and set the country up for decades of growth and innovation, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said.
Matching their achievements of 2016 is going to take some doing but Wales have the chance to reach the quarter-finals of the Euros 2020 when they face Denmark.
A court in Ras Al Khaimah ordered a young man to pay a woman Dh7,464 in compensation for posting her photos online and obligated him to pay legal fees and expenses.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday repeated pledges to import Iranian fuel should shortages across the country persist.
GERMAN media has savaged Angela Merkel and accused of the Chancellor of double standards on the nation’s coronavirus restrictions as “football fans are not allowed to go to London, but she is”.
COUNCIL officers have warned that changing street names due to their “offensive” connotations could cost residents hundreds, according to reports.
HEALTH OFFICIALS have warned Brits not to “become complacent” as the nation approaches Freedom Day.