The Times says Boris Johnson has promised to bring back “chain gangs” as a deterrent for antisocial behaviour.
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The Guardian says police chiefs have condemned Boris Johnson’s high-profile strategy to tackle crime as “weird and gimmicky”
The Times says covid cases have fallen by a third in a week but Boris Johnson warned they would rise again if people did not remain cautious.
The Guardian says Michael Gove has given the strongest hint yet that domestic Covid passports will be needed for fans attending Premier League matches
The i says Covid-19 infections in the UK have now been dropping for a full week, prompting fresh optimism among scientists even as the Government fears a fresh spike in cases on the horizon.
The Times says Simone Biles has withdrawn from her next event at the Tokyo Olympics to raise fresh questions about whether she will compete again at the Games.
The i says how do you top individual swimming gold? Do it again with your mates.
The Guardian says Simone Biles will not make any immediate decisions about any further participation in these Olympics after she withdrew from the women’s team final mid-competition
The i carries the plans for threatened industrial action by nurses on its front page. The paper says the public will be invited to show their support if they agree the 3 per cent pay rise is not enough.
The Guardian says it would mean people vaccinated in the US and EU would be able to travel from amber list countries to the UK without quarantine, as UK citizens can.
The Times reports on ministers plan to allow fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US to avoid quarantine, the paper says the PM became concerned the EU is ahead of Britain in reopening travel.
VOA says America’s CDC now recommends vaccinated people in certain parts of the country wear masks while indoors, reversing a decision the agency made two months ago.
TRT World says four police officers have told lawmakers they were beaten, taunted with racial insults, heard threats including “kill him with his own gun” as they tried to defend the Capitol.
Aljazeera says at least six Rohingya died on Tuesday and thousands have been relocated in refugee camps in Bangladesh’s southeast after monsoon rains triggered landslides and flash floods.
Arab News says Saudi Arabia on Tuesday warned against travel to banned destinations amid the pandemic, and said anyone travelling to a red list country will face a 3 year travel ban.
France24 says while the global economy is still growing, the uneven distribution of vaccines is widening disparities as rich countries pick up speed and leave developing nations behind.
Fully vaccinated people in the US have been told to wear masks again. This advice includes those who haven’t taken the vaccine as well. But does that imply the vaccine doesn’t work? Especially, against the new delta-variant. President Joe Biden said the announcement showed that America needs to “do better” on vaccinations, adding that a vaccine mandate for the country’s more than two million federal workers was now “under consideration.” People vaccinated against Covid-19 in…
BBC News says senior cabinet ministers are to discuss allowing fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US to avoid quarantine when they arrive in England. A review of the rules is due by 31 July.
The Daily Express features a prognosis from key government pandemic adviser Prof Neil Ferguson, who suggests the “bulk of the pandemic” will be behind us by October.
The Daily Mirror focuses on the report of an inquiry into a “cover-up culture” over the abuse of children in what it calls one of Britain’s worst care home scandals.
“Too late to get the jab” is how Metro headlines the story of a vaccine sceptic from Bradford who initially refused a jab and then told doctors he wished he could “turn back time”.
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Wayne Rooney’s complaint of blackmail is being reviewed by police.
SKY NEWS says seven months ago, Tom Dean contracted COVID-19 for a second time and couldn’t walk up the stairs “without coughing and wheezing.”
The United States has confirmed US travel restrictions will not be lifted due to the growing threat of the highly contagious Delta variant.