Browsing: 7/7

(Friday, 11 July 2025) – The prime minister is ending his week with a win after getting his migrant deal with France over the line. The deal came at the end of a three-day visit from the French President.


The week has been heating up again, with a third heatwave of the summer arriving this week. Temperatures could hit 34C and the heatwave is expected to last until the end of the weekend.

The week began with tributes marking the 20th anniversary of the London bombings.


A lot of the week’s headlines have been dominated by sports, with all British players out of Wimbledon, and the Lionesses’ thumping the Dutch in the Euro 2025. England play Wales on Sunday in a match the Lionesses really need to win!

The UK headlines this Monday morning all lead with the 20th anniversary of the July 7 2005, terror attacks across London. The attacks killed 52 people and injured more than 700. The headlines ask whether Britain is really any safer now than 20 years ago, and some look at what life in the UK is like for British Muslims. Many publications speak to the survivors and the relatives of the victims.

The headlines roll out as the tributes roll in, with the prime minister and King Charles leading the tributes.

Elsewhere, a new COVID-19 variant is spreading across the UK, and there are fears of a new NHS doctors’ strike amid calls for a pay rise.

In international news, the UK media continues its coverage of the flash flooding in Texas, which has killed at least 81 people, including children. There’s ongoing coverage of the Trump-Musk spat as the world’s wealthiest man launches his own political party in the USA to take on the Democrats and Republicans.

Israel continues to attack Gaza, with at least 38 killed on Sunday. It comes amid ceasefire talks and as Israel’s Netanyahu prepares to head to the USA for a meeting with Donald Trump.

On the 20th anniversary of the 7 July terror attacks, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, King Charles III, and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper led national commemorations to remember the 52 people killed and over 770 injured in 2005 suicide bombings on London’s Underground and a bus.

‘Who wrote the opera Fidelio?’ Jenny Nicholson texted her mother Julie on July 6, 2005. It had been a day of joy for the 24-year-old.…

Sajda Mughal OBE warned that racism and intolerance is on the rise as she spoke to mark the 18th anniversary of the 7/7 attacks.