Year: 2021

BBC says a UK-wide programme of booster jabs to help prevent Covid will be confirmed later. Ministers are expected to announce jabs for the over-50s as part of their Covid winter plan.

The Guardian says Charlotte Johnson Wahl, the mother of the PM, has died at the age of 79. The portrait painter passed away “suddenly and peacefully” at a London hospital on Monday.

France24 says tropical Storm Nicholas strengthened to hurricane status just as it is about to slam the US Gulf coast, with Houston in its path, the National Hurricane Center said.

Aljazeera says a US.-based lawyer for Prince Andrew forcefully rejected claims in a civil lawsuit by a woman who accused the prince of sexually assaulting her when she was 17.

Arab News says Australian authorities extended a coronavirus lockdown of the capital Canberra to mid-October, saying the measure was necessary while vaccinations are ramped up.

TRT World says hailing from around the country, 37 female firefighters have gone through intensive psychological and physical training to become ready to join their male peers in Istanbul.

“Jabs blitz” is the headline in the Sun, which claims all over-50s will be offered a jab by Christmas.

“Jabs for kids in days” says the Daily Mirror, which quotes England’s Prof Chris Whitty as saying the “benefit exceeded risk”.

The Daily Express says the prime minister is “confident” his winter blueprint will save the UK from being locked down again.

BDNews24 says a tiny village with fewer than 300 residents, Los Ebanos sits on the edge of the Rio Grande.