The Independent says Italy has been hit by a heatwave this week as the south of the country battles wildfires.
Month: August 2021
New Zealand’s much-awaited, albeit cautious, roadmap for reopening its borders has given businesses and families a taste of hope for the future
The i says an Italian tourist holidaying in Greece has described how wildfires erupted “like a bomb”, with ash raining from the sky and leaving a taste of smoke in his mouth.
The i says Afghanistan faces a spiralling humanitarian crisis as western troops withdraw and the Taliban takes control of more of the country, leading political figures have warned.
A tourist helicopter with 16 people on board has crashed into a lake in Russia’s Far East, officials say.
Julian Assange, has lost a high court battle to prevent the US government expanding the grounds for its appeal against an earlier refusal to allow his extradition to face charges of espionage.
The Independent says at least five people have died and 30 people are feared trapped under debris after yet another landslide struck the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh
The Independent says now that Virginia Giuffre has sued the prince, the allegations against him, which are serious, are commanding headlines again.
The Guardian says two 14-year-old boys have been arrested after a man was stabbed to death in Chingford, east London.
The i says the aunt of Virginia Giuffre has said Prince Andrew ‘messed with the wrong person’ as her niece begins a sexual abuse lawsuit against the Queen’s second-born son.
The Daily Mail says: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has backed the death sentence for doomed alpaca Geronimo.
The Daily Mail says: Julia Roberts and her husband of 19 years, cinematographer Daniel Moder, looked more in love than ever on Wednesday while holidaying on a luxury yacht with their three children in Positano.
The i says Year 11 students celebrating their GCSE results and sixth form students celebrating A-level results are being offered free food from a number of restaurants chains across the UK.
The Guardian says future exam results in England should be permanently pegged to those awarded in 2020 to avoid pupils being hit by a fall in grades awarded.
The Independent says pupils across the country are set to receive their GCSE results this morning, which are expected to contain a record number of top results.
The Daily Mail: Prince Charles believes his brother will never return to public life, it was reported last night.
The Independent says it was only penalties, and it was close, but it might have been in some way symbolic.
The Guardian says you have to go back to the visit of West Indies to Old Trafford in 2007 for the previous time England went into a “live” home Test without either Jimmy Anderson or Stuart Broad.
The i says crowd safety research gathered during a Government pilot event at Wembley will not be released before the Premier League restart this weekend.
The Metro says: A mental health hospital in Staffordshire was closed after an inspection uncovered a string of abusive and unprofessional incidents.
The Metro says: Women have finally been allowed to wear trousers at the Henley Royal Regatta.
Ministers are backing a pilot where air purifiers are installed in classrooms as part of efforts to keep schools open and safe from COVID this autumn, says the i paper.
The Metro says: Italy may have smashed the European temperature record amid a heatwave scorching southern parts of the continent.
The Guardian reports a “pandemic boom” in child poverty and abuse. It says there is a “looming crisis” of child neglect amid a sharp rise in social services referrals since Covid struck.
The Independent says US authorities are growing increasingly frustrated with Prince Andrew’s failure to cooperate into their probe of the network surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.