Browsing: UK Papers

The Times says 49% of A-level results will be A* or A on Tuesday morning. The paper says it has learnt almost half of all results will be the two highest grades – higher than last year.

The climate crisis is “inevitable, unprecedented and irreversible” in the words of the Guardian. “The verdict is clear,” its leader column says. ‘There is no more room for delay’.

The i leads with bright red flames contrasted against its headline. The paper says that the UN has found global warming is set to breach the 1.5C limit 10 years earlier than predicted.

“Pedal of honour” is the Sun’s headline as it reports that Olympic couple Jason and Laura Kenny will become a knight and a dame following their success at the Tokyo Games.

The Daily Mail leads with a report on the cost of coronavirus testing for foreign travel, which it says now amounts to five times the cost of cheap European flights.

The Metro leads with a dramatic photograph showing desperate attempts to fight wildfires on the Greek island of Evia leads under the heading “code red for humanity”.

The Guardian looks ahead to the publication of a major report into climate change science. It quotes scientists who warn that “urgent climate action was needed decades ago”.

The i newspaper reports that the government is in talks with private healthcare operators in a bid to agree deals that would create 7,000 extra NHS beds beds in private hospitals.

The Times says there is a plan for a “big push” to get civil servants back in the office. One government department is likely to order staff to work from the office at least three days a week.

The Daily Mirror reports that nearly £100,000 was spent on two artworks for the walls of No 10. There is “fury” at the purchases, which were bought through the Government Art Collection fund.