France24 says piles of cars were strewn across a central Chinese city Thursday as shocked residents picked through the debris of a historic deluge
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BBC News says the show director of the Olympics opening ceremony has been dismissed, one day before the event is due to be held.
The i highlights the extent of the disruption to industries ranging from transport to the NHS, with the headline “shutdown replaces lockdown”.
The Times reports that ministers have confirmed supermarket workers are unlikely to be granted an exemption from isolation, as fears grow over pingdemic
The Telegraph leads with the “pingdemic”, as the large number of workers being told to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app continues to affect businesses.
The Daily Mirror leads on the offer of a 3% pay rise for NHS workers, describing it as an “insult” which amounts to a cut in wages in real terms.
“Shelf isolation” is the headline for the Metro, which, like many papers, shows near-empty supermarket shelves in its main front page picture.
The Sun says supermarkets have warned the prime minister he has just 48 hours to fix the crisis or shoppers will face empty shelves.
British actress Millie Bobby Brown, star of Stranger Things, and her team are planning to take action against 21-year-old TikToker Hunter Ecimovic
UK heatwave: UK soaks up the sun as temperatures soar Temperatures will continue to rise across the UK after the weekend which saw England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland recorded the hottest day of the year. The public has flocked to beaches, parks and pubs to soak up the sun – which hit highs of 31.6C recorded at Heathrow in London. It is forecast the hot weather will continue for much of the rest of…
CityAM says Netflix last night confirmed plans to move into video games after the streaming giant suffered a sharp slowdown in new subscriber growth.
Liverpool has lost its World Heritage status because of developments on the city’s waterfront including the building of the new Everton football Stadium
Marcus Rashford has defended his non-football partnerships amid claims from a, so far, unpublished article that he has profited by campaigning.
The Independent says so now he tells us! The £350m claim about the EU and the NHS on the side of the big, red Brexit bus? Wasn’t actually, you know, the whole truth
The Times says the deputy head of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee did not rule out a last-minute cancellation of the Olympics as more athletes tested positive for Covid-19
The Times says street harassment such as wolf-whistling could become a specific crime under government plans to protect women and girls.
The i says at least 100,000 more people will die from coronavirus globally before the end of the Olympic Games, the head of the World Health Organisation has warned.
The Guardian says Harvey Weinstein has been handed over for extradition from New York to Los Angeles to face more sexual assault charges, New York authorities said on Tuesday.
The Guardian says the heatwave health alert issued by Public Health England has been extended to Friday as much of the country continues to swelter under high temperatures.
The i says convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has been handed over for transfer to California to face additional sexual assault charges, after a failed bid to prevent his extradition.
The Guardian says Conservative MPs believe Boris Johnson faces a major rebellion over Covid vaccine passports but could be supported by Labour
The i says plans to impose vaccine passports on nightclubs could be defeated in the House of Commons following a backlash from Conservative MPs and Opposition parties.
The Times says most young people support compulsory vaccinations to enter nightclubs, polling suggested yesterday, despite staunch opposition from Tory MPs
The Times says Dominic Cummings has revealed that he held talks about ousting Boris Johnson within weeks of his landslide victory in the 2019 general election
Boris Johnson’s closest aides decided he was unfit to be prime minister within weeks of his 2019 election victory and began plotting to oust him, Dominic Cummings has claimed