The i says a Covid-19 testing firm labelled a “fraud” and a “scam” by customers has defended itself after the Health Secretary warned that companies providing a poor service could be struck from an official list of testing providers.
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The Sun says: Sources said the First Minister will announce the end of the ten-day quarantine policy when she confirms next week’s planned easing of virus curbs today.
The Guardian says ministers are to radically alter the NHS Covid-19 app in order to reduce the number of people instructed to isolate after they have been in contact with someone who tests positive
The Times says the Iranian ambassador to London was summoned to the Foreign Office yesterday in protest against an “outrageous” drone attack on an Israeli-managed oil tanker that killed a British guard.
“We’ve conducted a thorough review and we’re confident that Iran carried out this attack,” Blinken said.
The Times carries a suggestion from the chancellor that working from home could harm the careers of young people. The paper highlights comments Rishi Sunak gave in an interview.
Authorities at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca have intensified sanitation efforts in preparation for Umrah as part of coronavirus countermeasures, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Monday.
The Guardian says the plans for a watchlist were ditched after a revolt in the cabinet and backlash from the travel industry, as the chief of the body advising on travel rules has left her job.
The i says destinations including Spain and Greece had both been considered for the abandoned amber watchlist. Boris Johnson “flip-flops on changes” to travel rules, says the paper.
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The Metro says: A third police officer who responded to the January 6 Capitol Riot has killed himself.
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VOA says a third police officer who responded to the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol died by suicide last week, the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department said Monday.
The Mirror says: The Duchess of York is no stranger to the ups and downs of romance. Now Sarah Ferguson is starting a new chapter – as a grandma and Mills & Boon novelist.
the Mirror says: The 36-year-old hitmaker, also known as Dylan Kwabena Mills, is set to appear in court next month following an incident at a residential address in Streatham on 8 June.
The Daily Mirror says: Jack Grealish’s girlfriend Sasha Attwood has revealed that she received death threats on a regular basis during England’s Euro 2020 campaign.
The Metro says: Proposals to create an ‘amber watch list’ as part of the Government’s Covid travel rules have been abandoned following a fierce backlash.
The Metro says: A 16-year-old boy who died in the custody of the prison service was found lying unresponsive in his cell hours after asking for medical help, an inquest has heard.
TRT World says the US has finally reached Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one Covid-19 shot in the arms of 70 percent of American adults – a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant.
Aljazeera says the death toll from last month’s floods in central China has risen to 302 with dozens of people still missing, according to officials, tripling the number of fatalities reported last week.
Arab News says Morocco will lengthen its night curfew, starting two hours earlier at 9 p.m from Tuesday, as it tightens restrictions to counter a surge in coronavirus infections, the government said.