Aljazeera says rioting in South Africa this month has claimed 337 lives, the government said on Thursday, marking a further jump in the death toll from the 276 announced the previous day
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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…
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 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 Daily Mirror has an interview with the mother of Ben Needham, who disappeared on the Greek island of Kos 30 years ago alongside an image of how he might look now
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The Balearic Islands – including Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca – will be moved back to the amber list.
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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
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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”
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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.