The i says scientists have launched a study into whether long Covid is caused by the reactivation of dormant viruses such as those behind glandular fever, cold sores and chickenpox.
Month: August 2021
The i says to see where Harry Kane’s tactics to push through a transfer away from Tottenham Hotspur are headed, one only has to look at what happened with Luka Modric.
The Guardian says a group of armed men who boarded a tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman have left the targeted ship, the British navy has said without elaborating.
The Times says a senior civil servant who lost sensitive Ministry of Defence documents at a bus stop has been identified for the first time amid questions over how he kept his job.
The i says Boris Johnson said he is “on the side” of the Belarusian opposition leader as he welcomed her to No10 amid heightened international scrutiny of Alexander Lukashenko’s regime.
The Times says President Biden led calls for the resignation of Andrew Cuomo, the New York governor, after an investigation found that he sexually harassed numerous women
The Guardian says Joe Biden has led calls from both parties for New York governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after an investigation found he had sexually harassed 11 women.
The Guardian says Prof Sarah Gilbert has had quite a year. The co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab has been made a dame, been given an emotional standing ovation at Wimbledon – and now a Barbie doll has been made in her honour.
The Times says the actress Jodie Comer has told police she has received death threats from a suspected stalker in France, it was claimed last night.
The i says ministers are poised to add at least 15 countries onto the green list when the Government announces the latest review of the travel traffic light system tomorrow.
The Guardian says at half-past-ten on Wednesday morning, Sky Brown, 13 years, tipped forward on her board and dropped into the scalded concrete bowl of the Olympic skate park.
The Times says Spain will not be placed on the travel red list, because of a significant fall in cases and concerns that there are not enough hotel rooms to quarantine holidaymakers returning to England.
The i says a second official VIP “Brexit jet” painted in Union flag livery will cost taxpayers up to £75m over the next five years after it was sourced via the same company in charge of Britain’s Covid hotel quarantine system.
The Guardian says Sir Keir Starmer has accused the prime minister of having an “irresponsibly small” ambition to tackle the scale of climate breakdown.
The Times says the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is expected to offer jabs for those aged 16 and 17 in a “significant move to build up immunity in young people”.
A suggestion from Scotland’s first minister that the UK Covid vaccine roll-out will shortly be extended to 16 and 17 year-olds leads several of Wednesday’s papers.
A Filipino resident in the United Arab Emirates who tested positive for COVID-19 twice – once during pregnancy and once during labor – has given birth to healthy twin girls.
VOA says a Pentagon police officer was killed during an attack at the Pentagon public transit hub Tuesday, gunfire was exchanged and there were multiple injuries.
The Daily Express says: Team GB secured another sailing gold medal in the Women’s 470. Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre put in a brilliant performance and crossed the line in fifth to take home gold. Mills is now the most successful Olympic sailor of all time.
TRT World says the Turkish government has said a vast majority of forest fires that have ravaged the south of the country for almost a week have been contained.
Aljazeera says Ahmadullah Azadani climbed on the roof of his house and awaited something that would have been unthinkable in the city even a week earlier.
The Daily Express says: NICOLA STURGEON is in the last chance saloon and has a “point of vulnerability”, polling expert Sir John Curtice has claimed.
Arab News says Australia’s New South Wales reported one of the country’s youngest deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, as daily infections lingered near a 16-month high.
BORIS JOHNSON has been handed a three-point blueprint that the Treasury can put into action in a move that could firmly cement the UK’s economic lead over the European Union.
BBC News says an emotional Sky Brown broke down in tears after becoming Great Britain’s youngest Olympic medal winner of all time.