The Pepco Group, which owns Poundland, has plans to create 13,000 new jobs across Europe over the next three years.
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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning, with heavy rain and thunderstorms potentially leading to some disruption and flooding this evening.
Kanye West held an album launch party in Atlanta for his 10th studio album – DONDA. The sold-out listening party was held at the Mercedes Benz Arena for the album named after his late mother.
Six people have been taken to hospital after a car slammed into a crowd outside a pub in South Wales, it is believed the 79-year-old driver was suffering a medical episode when he crashed
The National says a LABOUR MP has been praised by people across the political spectrum after saying that Boris Johnson has “lied to the House and the country over and over again”
The Telegraph says Dawn Butler, a prominent Jeremy Corbyn ally, denied on Saturday she was preparing to challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership, amid claims of a hard-Left plot
The Mirror says Labour MP Dawn Butler has broken her silence after being kicked out of the House of Commons for calling Boris Johnson a liar, accusing the Tories of being ‘corrupt’
The Independent says Labour MP Dawn Butler was asked to leave the Commons chamber after refusing to retract remarks in which she called Boris Johnson a liar
The Times says Boris Johnson held a rousing zoom call with four members of the British Olympic team yesterday, wishing them luck for the Games.
The Guardian says rank-and-file police officers have overwhelmingly supported a vote of no confidence in the home secretary, Priti Patel, the first such move in more than a decade.
The i says laughable it may be, but in the House of Commons, no MP may call any other MP a liar
The Times says Italy has followed France to impose compulsory vaccination as a condition for access to public spaces and events
The i says Muslims around the world are commemorating Eid al-Adha, one of the holiest occasions in the Islamic calendar.
The Times says six women have been expelled from a municipal swimming pool in Grenoble and fined for wearing “burkini” full-body bathing suits in a protest against anti-Muslim discrimination.
The Guardian says thousands of people remain trapped in areas of central China as floods continue to batter the region after record-breaking rainfall
The i says the UK Government has slashed the aid it sends to Afghanistan by more than three quarters at the same time as winding down the 20-year military mission to the country
The Times says the Taliban have massed on the outskirts of Kandahar in preparation for an all-out assault to recapture a city that was once the movement’s capital and spiritual home.
The Guardian says the Labour MP Dawn Butler has been ejected from the Commons after saying Boris Johnson had lied repeatedly to fellow parliamentarians and the country
The i says cases of coronavirus in the UK dipped slightly on Thursday compared to a week earlier, although it is too soon for a definite downward trend to be identified.
The Times says the White House and senior US health officials are debating whether to urge a return to masks, including for fully vaccinated Americans to combat Delta variant surge
The Guardian says just over a month after the Golden state dropped all its coronavirus safety restrictions, numerous parts of California are seeing a dramatic increases in Covid-19 cases
BBC News says the government has announced it will not search the private email account of former Health Secretary Matt Hancock for discussions on official business
The Guardian says New Zealand is shutting down the quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for two months, as the country grapples with a number of serious outbreaks of Covid-19
France24 says the most troubled Olympics in history finally get underway in Tokyo on Friday, struggling to emerge from Covid-19 after a postponement following a build-up marred by scandal
Arab News says the Eastern Province municipality carried out 1,314 inspection tours in one day across shopping malls, commercial centers and stores to monitor compliance with Covid rules