Browsing: The Times

The Times says British holidaymakers have told of the moment they discovered they would have to scramble to get home from Mexico almost immediately after touching down.

The Times says Holly Bradshaw won Britain’s first Olympic pole vault medal with a bronze in Tokyo, but if the Games handed out medals for persistence the 29-year-old might have won gold.

The Times says energy bills for 15 million households will rise by at least 12 per cent from October as the price cap is increased because of record-high gas costs.

The Times says almost 1,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in the last two days as new figures suggested this year’s surge in numbers has driven a rise in claims of modern slavery.

The Times says A-levels had a 100 per cent pass rate last year and leading universities will have to set their own entrance tests if grade inflation continues, an education expert will warn today.

The Times focuses on a campaign to boost Covid vaccinations among the under-30s in England, reporting ministers are to “employ veiled threats” to boost waning take-up rates.

The Times says Amanda Pritchard, the new NHS England chief executive, has urged young people to get vaccinated as she revealed that one in five people in hospital in England with Covid are aged between 18 and 34.

The Times says more than 90 per cent of adults in England have coronavirus antibodies as rising immunity levels help to drive cases down.

The Times says Police have charged two adults and a 13-year-old boy over the death of five-year-old Logan Mwangi, who was found dead in a river in South Wales last week.

The Times says Elon Musk told overworked staff that they had no right to complain because “I can be on my own private island with naked supermodels, drinking mai tais — but I’m not”.