The Daily Mail – ‘Taliban slam the door shut’
Summary of Today's Paper
The Daily Mail – ‘Taliban slam the door shut’
The Daily Mail reports Joe Biden’s decision – but its story also points out that the Taliban rejected a deadline extension. “Taliban slam the door shut”, reads the Mail’s headline.
Today's Headlines
‘Happy-go-lucky’ girl, 10, killed in mudslide
Leah Harrison, 10, was caught up in the disaster near Carlton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire, while on the trip to Carlton Adventure after a morning of persistent rain.
Mr Johnson is entering one of the most critical weeks !
Johnson faces vote of no confidence: Senior Tories wage war on PM ahead of critical week
Global war of words over China
The Daily Mail: A war of words has broken out over a new nuclear submarine pact between the UK, US and Australia aimed at combatting China – with Beijing denouncing their ‘Cold War mentality’, France fuming after its $90bn sub contract with Canberra was torn up, and New Zealand and Canada side-lined from the deal.
Daily Mail – ‘At last Boris wields the axe’
The Daily Mail says PM Boris Johnson “stamped his authority” on the cabinet with a “brutal” reshuffle, which the paper says was designed to get him a second term in power.
Daily Mail – ‘Suprise! It’s back to panic stations’
The prime minister has paved the way for new coronavirus restrictions this winter, according to the Daily Mail.
Met Police sergeant’s son, 20, who escaped prosecution for killing two men
Met Police sergeant’s son, 20, who escaped prosecution for killing two men while drug-driving in his father’s Audi is being sued by one of their families in a £200,000 private lawsuit A police officer’s son who killed two men while drug-driving is being sued for more than £200,000 by one of their families. Max Coopey, then 17, was at the wheel of his Met Police sergeant father’s sports car on August 2, 2018, when he
The Daily Mail – ‘Taliban slam the door shut’
Summary of Today's Paper
The Guardian leads with new data that suggests the Delta variant is more likely to cause serious illness, as the government tightens the border and travel rules.
No 10 tightens borders and travel rules as variants spark alarm
The Guardian says the new rules come as new data suggests the Delta variant, first identified in India and now dominant in the UK, is much more likely to cause serious illness. The variant also appears to be circulating more rapidly within schools but Public Health England stressed more data was needed, the paper adds.
Today's Headlines
‘Reward for terrorism’
Netanyahu’s office described the warrants as “an antisemitic decision … equivalent to the modern Dreyfus trial”, referring to the 1894 trial of a French artillery captain of Jewish descent that has become one of the most prominent examples of antisemitism.
Nigel Farage and his ‘historic mission’: on the ground with Reform UK – podcast
Nigel Farage and his ‘historic mission’: on the ground with Reform UK – podcast Today in Focus presenter Helen Pidd goes out on the road – to Birmingham, Stalybridge and Clacton – to chart Nigel Farage’s bid to transform Reform UK into a modern, professional political party At the Reform UK party conference in September, its leader, Nigel Farage, announced a “historic mission” for his party: to professionalise, to modernise and mobilise a “people’s army”
John Prescott, Labour deputy prime minister under Tony Blair, dies aged 86 – UK politics live
John Prescott, Labour deputy prime minister under Tony Blair, dies aged 86 – UK politics live Former trade union activist and key figure of Tony Blair’s New Labour project has died at care home surrounded by family When Labour won the election in 2007 with Blair as PM, Prescott, in addition to being made deputy PM, he was put in charge of a new “super ministry” covering the environment, transport and the regions. In that
Captain Tom’s family personally benefited from charity they founded
Disgraced: Captain Tom’s family personally benefited from charity they founded Watchdog’s highly critical inquiry finds Hannah and Colin Ingram-Moore culpable of ‘serious and repeated’ misconduct Captain Tom Foundation inquiry: three key failings The family of the NHS charities fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore personally benefited from the charity set up in his name through a series of lucrative deals worth more than £1m, the charities watchdog has ruled in a highly critical report. A Charity
HSBC to open London ‘wealth centre’ in effort to draw in premier clients
HSBC to open London ‘wealth centre’ in effort to draw in premier clients Aimed at those with £100,000 to £2m, service in Mayfair will offer personalised banking and exclusive events HSBC is to launch its first UK “wealth centre” in London’s upmarket Mayfair district, offering more personalised banking services and exclusive events such as wine tastings as part of a drive to win more rich customers. The lender will take up two floors of the
Starling Bank staff resign after new chief executive calls for more time in-office
Starling Bank staff resign after new chief executive calls for more time in-office Exclusive: Staff complain Raman Bhatia is creating ‘grey corporate hellscape’ and offices already lack desk space. Staff have resigned at Starling Bank after its new chief executive demanded thousands of workers attend its offices more regularly, despite lacking enough space to host them. In his first major policy change since taking over from the UK digital bank’s founder, Anne Boden, in March,
