The Met Office has forecast 27C on Saturday and 30C on Sunday after a jet stream is set to move further north.
Day: 16 July 2021
The i’s front page reports that coronavirus testing labs are “buckling” under the strain of the UK’s third wave, as almost 50,000 new infections were recorded on Thursday.
A photograph of people in Liege, Belgium, struggling through chest-high water is the focus for the Guardian, which leads on the “catastrophic” flooding across western Europe.
The Sun says: BRITAIN’S data watchdog was hit by a furious backlash last night after they raided homes in their hunt for the Matt Hancock scandal whistle-blowers.
The Smithy Family shared a dramatic video of their semi-detached house in South London with their 2.5million followers.
VOA says the Biden administration launched the biggest U.S. anti-poverty program in a half century, sending monthly payments to help most American parents care for their children.
TRT World says in one of the largest deployments of soldiers, 22,000 South African troops have begun taking up positions to help quell weeklong riots across SA.
The United States criticized Lebanon’s politicians Thursday for failing to form a new government that is needed to halt the country’s economic, social, and financial collapse.
Aljazeera says more than 60 people have died and dozens were missing as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents.
Arab News says the United States said Thursday’s resignation of Saad Hariri as Lebanon’s prime minister-designate was disappointing as the country plunges into more chaos.
France24 says outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s diplomatic swan song Thursday at the White House was overshadowed by deadly flooding back home.
The Metro says: Several people are feared dead following a horror crash involving a number of vehicles on the A1 in County Durham.
BBC News says the UK is “not out of the woods yet” and people should act with caution as Covid restrictions in England end on Monday, Prof Chris Whitty has said.
In his first statement since racist abuse, England star Bukayo Saka makes a plea to Facebook and Twitter.
Express says “chaos” caused by the NHS Covid app alerts have put ministers “under pressure” to bring forward plans for fully vaccinated Britons to be exempt from self-isolation rules.
The Metro says Professor Chris Whitty has warned that the UK could ‘get into trouble again surprisingly fast’ if Covid cases and hospitalisations continue to spiral.
“Raid of shame” is how the Sun describes searches of two homes over the leaking of CCTV footage of ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock kissing an aid in his office.
The Metro says “thousands” of people have ditched the NHS Covid app after more than half a million isolation alerts were sent to people in England and Wales in a single week.