Year: 2021

GCSEs 2021: BBC News says hundreds of thousands of pupils are finding out their GCSE results, amid predictions of another spike in grades after exams were cancelled.

The Mirror says: Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man who was protecting his daughters.

The Mirror says: Double-jabbed Brits will not need to self-isolate from Monday, the Government has finally confirmed.

VOA says California will require that all teachers and school staff be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, Gavin Newsom said. No other state has enacted such a requirement.

France24 says initially spared the worst of the Covid-19 virus, more children and teens are experiencing “long Covid” with medical clinics cropping up to treat their symptoms.

The Mirror says: Love Island’s Liberty Poole might not get the happily ever after she was hoping for with boyfriend Jake Cornish.

TRT World says wildfires tearing through forested areas of northern Algeria have killed at least 65 people, state TV reported, as some of the most destructive blazes in the country’s history continued to rage.

Aljazeera says Australia’s capital Canberra has announced a snap one-week lockdown after reporting its first locally acquired case of COVID-19 in more than a year.

Arab News says Kuwait has expressed its “deep concern” over the serious consequences of threatening the safety of maritime navigation in the Arabian Gulf, Sea of ​​Oman and Arabian Sea.

“Return to the dark ages” says the Metro as it reports the terror of displaced Afghans who are facing the threat of the Taliban. It says fighters have celebrated the seizure of swathes of territory.