Month: July 2021

Heath Secretary Sajid Javid has said it “makes sense” for people who have had both vaccine doses to be treated differently to those who are not fully vaccinated. 

The Lambda variant – known as C.37 – was first identified in Peru and has been detected in samples dating back to as early as December 2020. 

Britney Spears’ manager Larry Rudolph has stepped down from his role after 25 years. He cited Britney’s “intension to officially retire” 

The Times says the BBC is expected to announce a 10 per cent drop in pay for its highest-earning presenters, with the number of people on £150,000 falling slightly.

The Times says the terrorism threat may increase after coalition troops withdraw from Afghanistan but Britain was left with no choice after the US decided to pull out.

The Times says the last few tickets for England’s Euro 2020 semi-final were bought by the FA’s official supporters group yesterday.

The Times says sixteen months, 128,000 deaths and several very long lockdowns ago, Boris Johnson stood in front of a podium.

The Times says a teenager who tried to decapitate a 12-year-old boy in a “brutal and prolonged” attack has been convicted of murder.

The Guardian says maintaining the current Covid restrictions through the summer would only delay a wave of hospitalisations and deaths rather than reduce them.

The Guardian says a second man has been charged after Prof Chris Whitty, was accosted in a central London park