Data shows 618, 903 alerts were sent – up 17% rise from the previous week – to people using the NHS Covid app in England and Wales, forcing them to self-isolate in the week between 8 and 15 July.
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UK grinds to a halt: The Metro says supermarkets and petrol stations are being forced to close due to staff shortages caused by the NHS Test and Trace system
BBC News says Iceland has said there is no need for people to start panic buying, but warned the rising number of workers being forced to self-isolate risks shutting shops
The Daily Mirror says Iceland has confirmed plans to hire 2,000 extra store staff to cover staff absences following the so-called “pingdemic”.
The Sun says SUPERMARKET shelves at Tesco, Lidl, Asda and Sainsbury’s have been stripped bare as shoppers complain they cannot buy essential items
The Telegraph says “Vulnerable… but not fragile. Bold. Outspoken. Funny. Loved and loving. Fascinating… and a little bit scary.”
The i says In May, the tennis champion Naomi Osaka – at present ranked the number two women’s player in the world
The Times says hot summer sunshine has been in abundance over the past week or so as high pressure has parked itself across northern France and Britain
The i says Lidl shoppers could feel the effects of the country’s lorry driver shortage more than most this week because of a “boycott” by haulage firms.
The Times says a policeman who challenged ticketless fans during the Euro 2020 final at Wembley has accused senior officers of a reluctance to use force because of concerns over “brand image”
The Telegraph says a woman who shielded for nine months was killed on her first day out after being hit by a lorry while searching for a face mask in her handbag.
The Times says Britain and the European Union are at loggerheads over government demands to rewrite the Brexit deal for Northern Ireland and strip EU courts of their right to police the agreement.
The Telegraph says the European Commission has rejected the UK Government’s call to renegotiate the Northern Ireland Protocol just hours after it was proposed.
The i says the UK has demanded a “significant” renegotiation of its own Brexit deal on Northern Ireland.
The Times says a 3 per cent pay rise for NHS staff is likely to be funded from an increase in national insurance that was intended to pay for overhauling social care
The i says NHS staff will receive a 3 per cent pay rise, it has been confirmed – after a day of confusion over whether frontline staff would receive the settlement.
The Telegraph says NHS staff in England, including nurses and hospital consultants, will receive a three per cent pay rise after the Government accepted the recommendations
The Daily Mirror says: SUPERMARKETS last night warned Boris Johnson he has just 48 hours to fix the pingdemic or shoppers will face empty shelves.
The Telegraph says the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has been plunged into turmoil after the show director was fired over a joke he made about the Holocaust
The Times says the director of the opening ceremony of the Olympics was fired today over a Holocaust joke he made during a comedy show in 1998.
The i says the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has reportedly banned taking the knee from appearing on its social media channel.
VOA says the U.S. has averaged more than 26,000 new COVID-19 cases per day over the past week — more than double the number it was a month ago
TRT World says hundreds of workers have fled businesses in northern Haiti after demonstrations near the hometown of assassinated president Jovenel Moise
Aljazeera says Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday to four counts of rape and seven other sexual assault counts
Arab News says at least three people have been shot dead, one of them a police officer, in a week of rioting and protests over water shortages