Browsing: The Times

Priti Patel says the safety of everyone in our country, wherever they are, is my priority. It is a terrible thing not to feel safe on the street, on a bus, at school, at work, online or in your home

The Times, like many of the front pages, focus on the number of migrants crossing the English Channel, after at least 430 made the crossing on Monday

The Times says the Met Office has issued its first ever extreme heat warning as concerns rise for public health due to sweltering heat in parts of the country.

The Times says the Duke of Sussex is to publish a memoir next year and has promised it will be an “accurate and wholly truthful” account of his life.

The Times says Boris Johnson and senior ministers have agreed to increase national insurance to fund long-term reform of social care and reduce NHS waiting lists

The Times says JK Rowling has mocked an online troll who threatened her with a pipe bomb over her views on gender.

The Times says NHS staff will be given a 3 per cent pay rise by the government in coming days but the increase is still likely to be opposed by unions.

The Times says the move has prompted a “revolt” from cabinet ministers and Conservative MPs, amid warnings it will create a “two-tier society”.

The Times says Priti Patel’s proposal to penalise all asylum seekers trying to cross the Channel in small boats would cost taxpayers up to £412 million a year, new research has found.

The Times says England won this most unusual of matches by a distance to level their Twenty20 series with Pakistan at 1-1 before what will now be the decider at Emirates Old Trafford

The Times says ministers have called for independent oversight of a Football Association review of security failings at Wembley after violence and disorder at the Euro 2020 final.

The Times says people flocked to beaches up and down the country on the hottest day of the year but health officials warned of the danger from extreme heat.

The Times says fewer than a third of adults would be comfortable going to a party with a lot of people, despite the lifting of most Covid lockdown restrictions today.

Daily cases could reach 200,000 by mid-August, the Times reports. Prof Neil Ferguson has warned that 500,000 more people could develop long Covid.

The Times says while things were moving frantically on the international front in the summer of 2020, with hopes building for several successful vaccines

The Times says France has been placed in a new “amber plus” category — halfway between amber and red — under the traffic light system

The Times says the first signs of catastrophe were detected nine days ago by a satellite orbiting 500 miles above the tranquil hills

The Times says young people are using social media platforms such as Twitter and Reddit to find vaccine sites that offer early second jabs.

The Times says Mike Ashley has taken his long-running battle with Debenhams to the High Court as the Sports Direct billionaire aims to kickstart investigations

“Mayhem” is the situation facing the prime minister’s 19 June plans, reports the Sunday Times, with Britain facing disruption to food supplies, transport networks and industry.

The Times says Britney Spears won the right last night to choose her own lawyer to help to end the 13-year-long conservatorship that controls her personal and business affairs.

The Times says athletes bowing before a dignitary to have a ribbon placed around their necks will be replaced at the Tokyo Olympics by a self-service buffet of gold, silver and bronze.

The Times says salt and sugar taxes should be introduced to drive a revolution in Britain’s diet, a government-ordered review has concluded.

The Times says the head of the Met Police has defended her officers over the chaos at the Euro 2020 final as the force said it had prevented the match being abandoned

The Times says the number of people dying of a drug overdose in the US rose to a record high during the pandemic, researchers say.