A minister has said officials are doing “as much as we possibly can” to accommodate Euros 2020 after it was reported the government is to allow thousands of VIPs into England without the need to quarantine
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The Mirror says a dispersal order has been imposed in central London after cops said they expected ‘anti-social behaviour’ with thousands of football fans in the capital.
The Mirror says Farrah Abraham has hit out at Chrissy Teigen saying that she is not ready to accept her apology about past trolling as she hadn’t contacted her personally.
The Daily Express says the new spat with the EU is in response to Boris Johnson’s procurement policy for the British wind turbine industry
The Daily Express says the Chancellor announced last year his plan to create the UK Infrastructure Bank to help ministers level up the country and combat climate change
The Daily Mail says Tories were in shock today as they suffered a brutal by-election defeat with the Lib Dems overturning a 16,000 majority in Chesham & Amersham
The Daily Mail says the Greek husband of murdered Briton Caroline Crouch has confessed to killing her in front of their baby when she threatened to walk out on him
The Daily Mail says Cabinet ministers are set to bow to Uefa demands to waive quarantine restrictions for thousands of VIPs
The Guardian says the Liberal Democrats have pulled off an extraordinary victory in the Buckinghamshire constituency of Chesham and Amersham
The Guardian says British food and drink exports to the EU fell by £2bn in the first three months of 2021, with sales of dairy products plummeting by 90%, according to an analysis of HMRC data.
The Guardian says Edwin Poots has resigned as leader of the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) after colleagues rebelled over a deal to revive the Northern Ireland assembly
The Times says the Liberal Democrats have pulled off a stunning upset in the Chesham and Amersham by-election winning the seat which had been a Conservative stronghold since its creation in 1974.
The Times says the husband of a British mother has confessed to killing her at their Athens home in a fit of rage after she threatened to leave him
The Times says the Tartan Army descends on London today to meet the auld enemy amid criticism that there are no fan zones for them.
The Telegraph says Boris Johnson’s Tories suffered a humiliating by-election defeat as the Liberal Democrats scored a historic win in Chesham and Amersham
The Telegraph says Gareth Southgate and Harry Kane defended Coca-Cola’s involvement in football as they refused to join the protest
The Telegraph says two of tennis’s biggest names pulled out of Wimbledon on Wednesday, in what was a demoralising day for the tournament
The Daily Telegraph has spoken to the head of the Oxford vaccine group who has suggested suspending coronavirus testing in schools
The Times looks even further ahead to the Euros final. There are discussions within government about whether to exempt Uefa and Fifa from quarantine
The Guardian’s top story is on the apology from government ministers to rape victims as a review revealed convictions have fallen to a record low in recent years.
The Daily Mail says it has been told by a government source that lockdown could end two weeks early, on 5 July
The Daily Express calls the report “damning”, and also quotes one grieving father as saying the victims were “failed on every level” by organisations
The Daily Mirror leads with the first of three reports from the inquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing, which was released on Thursday
Euronews says Hungary is being investigated over a new law that bans the sharing of content that portrays homosexuality or sex reassignment with people under the age of 18
VOA says newly unveiled efforts to combat a growing domestic terrorism threat in the US have to find a way to overcome a major obstacle