A record 689,313 alerts were sent to users of the NHS COVID-19 app in England and Wales in a week, NHS figures show.
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Dominic Raab has said university students will get an “advance warning” if they are required to have vaccines before moving to halls of residence.
The i says NHS workers are desperately trying to clear huge waiting lists while juggling the treatment of an influx of Covid patients, leading medics have said.
The Times says a billionaire’s son who hosted parties for Sir Elton John and Madonna faces a six-week jail sentence after failing to pay his former wife’s maintenance in a £5.8 million divorce battle.
The Guardian says New Zealand, Iceland, the UK, Tasmania and Ireland are the places best suited to survive a global collapse of society, according to a study.
The i says If you pay attention to movie talk on the internet, you may have noticed a common complaint about modern superhero films.
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The Guardian says Bob Odenkirk had a “heart-related incident” when he collapsed on the show’s set in New Mexico, and his condition was stable as he recovered in hospital.
The Times says now that’s how you do it. Suicide Squad, released in 2016, was an absolute mess of a superhero film that favoured shrieking bombast over competent editing or basic coherence.
The Guardian says Wayne Rooney has apologised to his family and Derby after images emerged appearing to show him asleep in a hotel room surrounded by a group of young women.
The Times says an international hunt for £4.2 million of diamonds stolen from Boodles in Mayfair will continue after a thief who tried to blame it on her dead sister was jailed yesterday.
The i says the sister of a teenager with sickle cell has overcome her fear of needles and donated blood for the first time to help others like her brother.
The i says Britain’s reopening to the world has taken a big step forwards. From Monday, travellers based in Europe or America who have been double vaccinated will be able to visit most of the UK.
The Times says if you are considering France or Spain perhaps wait. An announcement on changes is expected on Wednesday or Thursday next week at the latest.
The Guardian says opening England’s borders to let millions of people arriving from the US and Europe avoid quarantine could risk importations of new Covid variants.
The Times says the Olympic Games descended into chaos this morning after a positive Covid test for American world champion pole vaulter Sam Kendricks.
The Guardian says Australia’s track and field team has been sent into isolation on the eve of the competition at the Tokyo Olympics after American pole vaulter Sam Kendricks tested positive for Covid-19.
The i says Mallory Franklin has qualified for the final of the women’s C1 canoe slalom as Team GB seeks a 17th medal at the Olympic Games.
The Guardian says that lawyers for the Queen lobbied ministers to exempt her from a draft law, making her the only landowner not required to help facilitate the construction of pipelines.
The Times says ministers received official warnings that plans to reopen the borders to travellers carried a “clear public health risk”.
The decision to open up further to travellers from the EU and US raises hopes that holiday destinations such as Italy and France will be available.
VOA says more than a month after Turkish authorities crushed Pride-themed events in Istanbul, emotions still run raw for members of the country’s embattled LGBT community.
TRT World says Antony Blinken met the head of the WHO, in Kuwait where he pledged his support to the UN agency’s investigation in China into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.
Aljazeera says last week, Kawsar Sama and her family packed up and got on a flight to Kabul. For the 21-year-old and her family, life in the southern city of Kandahar had become dangerous.
Arab News says Yemen’s government has put health facilities and workers on high alert and demanded that people follow COVID-19 restrictions as the country braces for a third wave of the virus.