Day: 3 August 2021

The Times says it is not much of a mystery where Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, gets her ideas. The heroine of Her Heart for a Compass, her debut novel for adults, is Lady Margaret Montagu Douglas Scott

The Sun says: Love Island’s Millie is set to decide whether to stick or twist with Liam after the latest recoupling was announced.

The i says in June, when Jeanette Winterson burned a pile of her books in protest at the “cosy little domestic blurbs” on their new covers, she did so enraged after a friend had told her they sounded “like Mills & Boon”.

The Guardian says she is a spirited, Titian-haired, freckled beauty, whose curls just won’t quit. While initially submitting to the strictures of high society and the tribulations of the marriage market, she endures a pasting from the press before emerging triumphant

The Sun says: Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell pipped New Zealand to 49er gold after a thrilling race, securing GB’s first sailing medal of the Games.

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.

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.