The Daily Express says: BBC commentator Leon Taylor erupted in joy as Tom Daley and Matty Lee performed a high scoring dive at the Tokyo Olympics.
Day: 26 July 2021
The i says Tom Daley and Matty Lee beat defending Olympic champions China to earn a dramatic gold medal in the diving pool on the first Monday of Tokyo 2020 by just one point.
The 2021 Miss Universe contest will be held in the Israeli Occupation December 2021, the organisation announced last week.
The Times says the United States will today declare an end to combat operations in Iraq, asserting that the fight against Islamic State can be led by local forces.
The Guardian says the British economy is growing at its fastest pace in 80 years and could recover its pre-pandemic size by the end of this year
The i says quarantine-free travel to Spain could be impossible for most of the summer holidays following speculation the country may be placed on the “amber plus” list next week.
The Times says Lady Kitty Spencer, whose aunt was Diana, Princess of Wales, has married a fashion tycoon at a ceremony in Italy.
The Guardian says torrential rain has flooded roads and tube stations in London after thunderstorms hit the south of England on Sunday.
The i says torrential rain in London has flooded streets and left families stranded in waist high water.
The Metro says: Adam Peaty became the first British swimmer to retain an Olympic title with a characteristically dominant display in the final of the men’s 100 metres breaststroke at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre.
The Times says you could have set your alarm clock by it. At 3.12am UK time, Adam Peaty won Great Britain’s first gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics
The Guardian says Adam Peaty fulfilled his destiny at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Monday, when he won Team GB’s first gold medal of the Games in the 100m breaststroke
The Metro says: Former footballer Joey Barton has been charged with assaulting a woman.
The i says the competition is not the only thing that’s heating up in Tokyo – the weather is too.
More than three-quarters of officers had mental health difficulties in the last year, according to a poll, the I says.
The Guardian reports that increasing numbers of young people are being admitted to hospital with COVID – most unvaccinated.
The Metro says: An NHS trust in London has declared a ‘major incident’ after two hospital A&E departments were left partially underwater.
The UK is seeing a fall in COVID cases outside of lockdown for the first time since the pandemic began, the Times reports.
The Daily Mirror says: A video shows a woman apparently breaking wind near Wayne Rooney as he appears to be asleep, while another photo shows him on a chair with a scantily clad woman on a bed in the background
The Daily Mirror says: A source said senior Royals were worried about the release of Prince Harry’s first book next year and subsequent three books, fearing it will undermine the reputation of Prince Charles and overshadow the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
TRT World says crews battling a large fire that has incinerated more than 190,000 acres in northern California braced for the possibility that smoke columns could spawn lightning storms.
Aljazeera says the United States will continue to carry out air raids in support of Afghan forces, a senior US military commander has said, amid an increase in attacks by the Taliban.
The Mirror says: Adam Peaty, 26, from Staffordshire clocked up the fastest qualifying time in the semi-finals, finishing in just 57.63 seconds at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Arab News says the first direct commercial flight between Israel and Morocco landed in Marrakesh on Sunday, more than seven months after the countries normalized diplomatic relations.
France24 says Tunisia’s president dismissed the government and froze parliament, prompting crowds to fill the capital in support of a move that dramatically escalated a political crisis.