The pingdemic has resulted in airport travellers having to queue for hours because of a shortage of staff.
Browsing: UK Papers
Every day, we break down the UK papers to give you the front page news, top stories and the angle the newspaper is reporting from. We cover right and left papers, the tabloids and broadsheets, the back pages, the Sunday papers and the business pages.
The Sunday Express says every crime victim will be given a police officer they can contact about their case as part of a new plan.
The Sunday Mirror says fans are set to be banned from football stadiums unless they have received both vaccine doses.
The Guardian focuses on the fallout from the announcement that NHS staff will get a 3% pay rise, reporting that ministers will force the health service to cover part of the cost
The Times says workers in 2,000 warehouses and supermarket distribution centres who are identified as contacts of people with Covid will be covered by the testing scheme
The i focuses on the changes to self-isolation rules, saying that supermarket delivery drivers will be among those exempt from isolating if they test negative for Covid every day
The Daily Mail carries calls from business leaders to exempt more employees from isolating if they are fully vaccinated. The front page features a picture of Olympic sprinter Dina Asher-Smith
The Metro offers yet another bit of rhyming wordplay based around the verb-of-the-moment with the headline “Ping in the Army”. It says one MP has called for armed forces to be deployed
The Daily Mirror has an interview with the mother of Ben Needham, who disappeared on the Greek island of Kos 30 years ago alongside an image of how he might look now
The i highlights the extent of the disruption to industries ranging from transport to the NHS, with the headline “shutdown replaces lockdown”.
The Times reports that ministers have confirmed supermarket workers are unlikely to be granted an exemption from isolation, as fears grow over pingdemic
The Telegraph leads with the “pingdemic”, as the large number of workers being told to self-isolate by the NHS Covid app continues to affect businesses.
The Daily Mirror leads on the offer of a 3% pay rise for NHS workers, describing it as an “insult” which amounts to a cut in wages in real terms.
“Shelf isolation” is the headline for the Metro, which, like many papers, shows near-empty supermarket shelves in its main front page picture.
The Sun says supermarkets have warned the prime minister he has just 48 hours to fix the crisis or shoppers will face empty shelves.
The Guardian leads with more revelations from its investigation into Pegasus – a spying tool developed by the company NSO, saying the leaked data list includes world leaders
The i reports that the prime minister has been warned he should be prepared to act in the first week of August if easing restrictions in England backfires
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 Daily Express focuses on Home Secretary Priti Patel having agreed to give France another £54m to prevent crossings being attempted
The Daily Mirror focuses on the impact of self-isolation rules on school children, reporting that more than one million pupils missed school last week.
“Gunboat diplomacy” is the headline for the Metro. The paper says France provoked “fury” when one of its warships escorted an overcrowded dinghy into British waters
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 i says music gigs and sports grounds are also likely to require compulsory vaccine passports and the scheme could be extended to pubs
The Guardian leads with a follow-up to its investigation into the use of spying tools sold to governments by the company NSO Group.
The Sun has a story about the Duke of Sussex, who it says has “blindsided senior royals by secretly writing a memoir”.