The Times says a 3 per cent pay rise for NHS staff is likely to be funded from an increase in national insurance that was intended to pay for overhauling social care
Day: 22 July 2021
The Sun says: COMEDIAN Joel Dommett has revealed how he and his wife watched helplessly on a security camera as a burglar ransacked their home while they were out.
The i says NHS staff will receive a 3 per cent pay rise, it has been confirmed – after a day of confusion over whether frontline staff would receive the settlement.
The Telegraph says NHS staff in England, including nurses and hospital consultants, will receive a three per cent pay rise after the Government accepted the recommendations
The Daily Mirror says: SUPERMARKETS last night warned Boris Johnson he has just 48 hours to fix the pingdemic or shoppers will face empty shelves.
The Telegraph says the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has been plunged into turmoil after the show director was fired over a joke he made about the Holocaust
The Times says the director of the opening ceremony of the Olympics was fired today over a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.
The Mirror says: In the words of Greta Thunberg, ‘we’re at the beginning of a climate and ecological emergency’ and, across the globe, wildfires, fatal floods, roasting temperatures and our Met Office’s first heat warning suggest the young activist is not wrong.
The i says the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has reportedly banned taking the knee from appearing on its social media channel.
VOA says the U.S. has averaged more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day over the past week — more than double the number it was a month ago
The Mirror says: Tokyo 2020 organisers had asked for a man and woman from each team for the ceremony which will take place tomorrow in the Japanese capital city.
TRT World says hundreds of workers have fled businesses in northern Haiti after demonstrations near the hometown of assassinated president Jovenel Moise
Aljazeera says Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts
The Mirror says: The future king, who turns eight today, was snapped by proud mum Kate Middleton during a family break to Norfolk – she has become an accomplished photographer.
Arab News says at least three people have been shot dead, one of them a police officer, in a week of rioting and protests over water shortages
France24 says piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge
BBC News says the show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held.
The i highlights the extent of the disruption to industries ranging from transport to the NHS, with the headline “shutdown replaces lockdown”.
The Times reports that ministers have confirmed supermarket workers are unlikely to be granted an exemption from isolation, as fears grow over pingdemic
The Telegraph leads with the “pingdemic”, as the large number of workers being told to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app continues to affect businesses.
The Daily Mirror leads on the offer of a 3% pay rise for NHS workers, describing it as an “insult” which amounts to a cut in wages in real terms.
“Shelf isolation” is the headline for the Metro, which, like many papers, shows near-empty supermarket shelves in its main front page picture.
The Sun says supermarkets have warned the prime minister he has just 48 hours to fix the crisis or shoppers will face empty shelves.