Author: WTX News

The UK has announced zero daily Covid deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the first time since the pandemic began.

The post-mortem examination into the death of Sarah Everard, 33, reveals she died from a ‘compresson of the neck,’ police have said. Serving Met Police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, from Kent, has been charged with her kidnap and murder.

The daughter-in-law of Tory grandee Lord Ashcroft has been charged with manslaughter by negligence after a Belize police superintendent was shot in the head and killed. 

Many scientists are urging the government to delay the 21 June lockdown easing in England.

Police are hunting 29-year old Daniel Boulton after a woman and child were found dead at a property in High Holme Road, Louth.

The Guardian leads with the news scientists are urging the government to speed up second doses of vaccines and to rethink the easing of lockdown on 21 June, as fears grow over a potential third wave. 

The i leads with data that shows out of 7,837 complaints to police across the UK about racist behaviour, only 181 resulted in formal action.

The Daily Telegraph’s front page leads with calls from leading bodies that rich countries should give more vaccines to poorer nations or the world risks the emerging of new variants. 

The Daily Mirror’s front page leads with the story of baby Arthur Morgan who has a spinal disorder and became the first UK patient to have had a £1.8m drug on the NHS. 

The Times leads with the school day is to be extended by 30 mins to help children catch up. Online, the paper leads with the UK heatwave which is set to continue this week. 

The Daily Express leads with the bounceback from Covid-19. The paper says ‘more jabs, more jobs’ as Britain is expecting to beat all major rich countries this year with a record recovery. 

Americans travel again, highest single day since March 2020 as travel by air and road resumes.

Macron and Merkel demand answers from the US over allegations of spying on European allies.

Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open following her decision to boycott the media.

On Monday Peru’s Covid-19 death toll almost tripled to 180,764, according to Johns Hopkins University.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new naming system for Covid-19 variants.

A separate terminal has opened at Heathrow Airport for passengers arriving in the UK from red list countries. 

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One in four restaurants, pubs, bars and other licensed premises have not yet reopened despite the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions that stopped indoor service. 

France has announced tighter restrictions on foreign travellers in an effort to limit the spread of the variant first identified in India. 

Professor Ravi Gupta has said the June 21 end of all lockdown restrictions should be delayed by “a few weeks” while more data is gathered on the spread of coronavirus. 

At least 22 people have been injured and two killed in a shooting outside a Florida club on Sunday as police are asking for the publics help in catching the shooters. 

The Guardian reports the cladding that was banned for high rise buildings after Grenfell has been used in at least 70 schools as well as hospitals and care homes.

The Daily Mail’s front splash looks at the long-term effects of the pandemic, describing the ‘devastating toll’ of lockdown on patients needing surgery. 

The Daily Mirror’s front page features a sunny image of Bournemouth beach as millions took advantage of the heatwave this bank holiday and temps are set to hit 25C today.