Year: 2021

The i says sixteen and seventeen-year-olds will be offered the Covid-19 vaccine in the coming weeks, and will not need the consent of their parents to get a vaccine.

The Guardian says Margaret Thatcher gave “a big early start” to green energy by closing coalmines, Boris Johnson has joked, in comments denounced as “unbelievably crass.”

The i says England must be left wondering if Jofra Archer will ever play Test cricket again after receiving the devastating news that the fast bowler will miss the rest of the year with the chronic elbow injury

The Times says almost 1,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in the last two days as new figures suggested this year’s surge in numbers has driven a rise in claims of modern slavery.

The Guardian says the government minister responsible for this year’s UN climate change conference in Glasgow has flown to 30 countries in the past seven months, it has been reported.

The i says Lionel Messi has played his last game for Barcelona after the Spanish giants confirmed they have given up on pinning their superstar down to a fresh contract, blaming La Liga for his exit.

The US on Thursday urged Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi to return to talks on both nations resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, repeating the US stance that the window for diplomacy would not stay open forever.

The Times says A-levels had a 100 per cent pass rate last year and leading universities will have to set their own entrance tests if grade inflation continues, an education expert will warn today.

“In the absence of a lawyer, a Lebanese prosecutor asked central bank governor Riad Salameh for documents relating to suspicions of embezzlement, money laundering, and tax evasion,” a senior judicial source stated.

The Guardian says the government has been funding extra Uni places on medical courses as “grade inflation” has led to high numbers of students qualifying/