Author: News Desk

The Metro says: A list of sectors whose workers will be exempt from self isolation rules if they are double vaccinated has been published by the Government.

The Guardian focuses on the fallout from the announcement that NHS staff will get a 3% pay rise, reporting that ministers will force the health service to cover part of the cost

The Times says workers in 2,000 warehouses and supermarket distribution centres who are identified as contacts of people with Covid will be covered by the testing scheme

Local Lebanon news agencies have reported that Lebanese Officials have lodged a protest at the UN over Israel had violated Lebanese sovereignty by using Lebanese airspace to target Syrian territory. The Lebanese government claims that Israel violated its airspace while launching attacks on military sites in Al-Qusayr in Syria’s Homs governorate believed to belong to Hezbollah. It says that a missile from an Israeli plane landed in an area of forest near the town of Lehfed, 56 kilometres north of Beirut in the Byblos region. The Lebanese people of Lehfed awoke to the sound of a huge explosion that shook…

The i focuses on the changes to self-isolation rules, saying that supermarket delivery drivers will be among those exempt from isolating if they test negative for Covid every day

The Mirror says: Fans of Love Island swarmed social media with comments about Hugo’s double standards after he spoke up for Chloe, but didn’t do the same for Kaz.

The Mirror says: One person has suffered life-changing injuries after a car smashed into pedestrians in Pontyclun, south Wales – the driver is said to have suffered a medical episode at the wheel.

The Daily Mail carries calls from business leaders to exempt more employees from isolating if they are fully vaccinated. The front page features a picture of Olympic sprinter Dina Asher-Smith

The Metro offers yet another bit of rhyming wordplay based around the verb-of-the-moment with the headline “Ping in the Army”. It says one MP has called for armed forces to be deployed

The Mirror says: Kerry Needham has never given up hope and refuses to believe her son is dead – British police say a digger killed tot Ben Needham 30 years ago