The Guardian says the Bank of England risks becoming addicted to creating money and needs to come clean about how it plans to unwind its £895bn bond-buying programme
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The Guardian says LA will return to mandatory mask-wearing indoors, even for people who have been vaccinated, amid a rapid and sustained increase in Covid-19 cases.
The Daily Telegraph says women are allowed to be sacked by employers for refusing to remove their hijabs, Europe’s highest court has ruled.
The Daily Telegraph says Ministers are considering adding France to the travel red list, The Telegraph has learnt, with officials ordered to conduct a “deep dive” into data
The Daily Telegraph says a heat-health warning has been issued in England as temperatures are forecast to soar at the weekend.
The i says Britain’s capacity to process Covid-19 tests appears to be under strain amid rising infections, with intermittent shortages and longer turnaround times for tests.
The i says Belgium has almost caught up with the UK in its vaccine rollout, despite effectively starting two months later. Yet there is no question of Belgium having a “freedom day“.
The i says airlines have accused the Government of “double standards” and creating a “two-tier system” for British holidaymakers amid widespread dismay
The Guardian says up to 1.6 million people in England have been told to isolate in a single week, analysis has found as the government said the Covid app is unlikely to be changed for weeks.
The Guardian says GB News attracted zero viewers during some of its broadcasts this week, according to official television audience figures produced by rating agency Barb.
The Guardian says Labour has raised concerns about the management of a flagship levelling up scheme after it emerged that decisions about one local £24m fund.
Telegraph leads on the “chaos” being caused by the NHS Covid app, it says neighbours are having to self-isolate because the app can send alerts to people through walls
The i’s front page reports that coronavirus testing labs are “buckling” under the strain of the UK’s third wave, as almost 50,000 new infections were recorded on Thursday.
A photograph of people in Liege, Belgium, struggling through chest-high water is the focus for the Guardian, which leads on the “catastrophic” flooding across western Europe.
VOA says the Biden administration launched the biggest U.S. anti-poverty program in a half century, sending monthly payments to help most American parents care for their children.
TRT World says in one of the largest deployments of soldiers, 22,000 South African troops have begun taking up positions to help quell weeklong riots across SA.
Aljazeera says more than 60 people have died and dozens were missing as heavy flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents.
Arab News says the United States said Thursday’s resignation of Saad Hariri as Lebanon’s prime minister-designate was disappointing as the country plunges into more chaos.
France24 says outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s diplomatic swan song Thursday at the White House was overshadowed by deadly flooding back home.
BBC News says the UK is “not out of the woods yet” and people should act with caution as Covid restrictions in England end on Monday, Prof Chris Whitty has said.
Express says “chaos” caused by the NHS Covid app alerts have put ministers “under pressure” to bring forward plans for fully vaccinated Britons to be exempt from self-isolation rules.
The Metro says Professor Chris Whitty has warned that the UK could ‘get into trouble again surprisingly fast’ if Covid cases and hospitalisations continue to spiral.
“Raid of shame” is how the Sun describes searches of two homes over the leaking of CCTV footage of ex-Health Secretary Matt Hancock kissing an aid in his office.
The Metro says “thousands” of people have ditched the NHS Covid app after more than half a million isolation alerts were sent to people in England and Wales in a single week.
Lebanon’s PM-designate Saad Hariri has stepped down after nine months in the job, citing “key differences” with the president, leaving the cash-strapped country leaderless.