The Daily Mail – ‘Taliban slam the door shut’
Summary of Today's Paper
The Daily Mail – ‘Taliban slam the door shut’Â
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.Â
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
Let China build electric cars in UK
Despite ‘spy’ scandal, Philip Hammond says Britain should now adopt a ‘pragmatic approach to Beijing’ ahead of trade trip. Let China build electric cars in UK, Tory ex-chancellor tells Rachel Reeves ahead of trade trip China should be encouraged to build electric cars and renewable energy technology in the UK as part of a new pragmatic trading relationship that would benefit both countries, a former Tory chancellor has said ahead of a landmark visit by
HS2 boss defends spending £100m on ‘bat shed’ that Starmer described as ‘absurd’ – UK politics live
HS2 boss defends spending £100m on ‘bat shed’ that Starmer described as ‘absurd’ – UK politics live Mark Wild also admitted that HS2 had been rushed and ‘construction started way too early’ In her response to the statement from Karin Smyth, Caroline Johnson, the shadow health minister, suggested the extra money for hospices would not fully compensate the extra costs the sector is facing because of the national insurance increase and the rise in the
Can a steel town survive if its furnaces are turned off?
Can a steel town survive if its furnaces are turned off? – podcast Port Talbot in Wales is defined by its huge steelworks. But in January Tata Steel announced it was ending primary steelmaking there. George McDonagh charts a year that could change the town for ever In January, Tata Steel announced it was ending primary steelmaking in Port Talbot. The town is known for two huge blast furnaces and its massive steelworks that has
Toadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024
Toadstool with teeth and ghostly palm among plant and fungus finds of 2024 Scientists race to discover new species before destruction of natural world drives them to extinction From a toadstool with teeth to a vine smelling of marzipan and a flower that has cheated its way out of having to photosynthesise, a weird and wonderful host of new plant and fungus species have been discovered in 2024. Other plants given scientific names for the
Police missed clues about dangers of far right before summer riots in England
Police missed clues about dangers of far right before summer riots in England Intelligence gaps, especially around social media analysis, led to failures, report finds Police intelligence missed clues about the dangers posed by the far right before the summer riots across England, a police chief has said. Andy Cooke, the chief inspector of constabulary, also said police were too slow to mobilise after disorder broke out, meaning some violence wasworse than it would otherwise
