The Metro – Freedom Day: Pinging It
Summary of Today's Paper
The Metro – Freedom Day: Pinging It
“Pinging it”‘ is how the Metro sums up the news that “thousands” of people have ditched the NHS Covid app after more than half a million isolation alerts were sent to people in England and Wales in a single week. The paper says that as “Freedom Day” approaches on 19 July – when almost all legal restrictions on social contact will be removed – ministers are “begging” the public not to delete the app as “less data would affect the government’s ability to check the effect” of the lifting of rules.
Today's Headlines
Former takeaway worker jailed for role in £5,000,000,000 Bitcoin ring | UK News
Former takeaway worker jailed for role in £5,000,000,000 Bitcoin ring | UK News There is no bias in the original title provided. Jian Wen was jailed for six years for money laundering while involved in a major Bitcoin ring (Pictures: Metropolitan Police) A former Chinese takeaway worker found guilty of money laundering after police discovered more than £5 billion worth of Bitcoin has been jailed. Jian Wen, 42, had tried to buy some of london’s
London water tested for parasites after families suffer diarrhoea and vomiting
London water tested for parasites after families suffer diarrhoea and vomiting | UK News A London water supply has been sent for testing after residents as young as four-years-old have reported suffering with severe diarrhoea and vomiting. Families living in Beckenham, south east London have said they have been struck by stomach bug lasting for days at a time. One woman was so unwell she went to hospital with stomach pain, vomiting and dehydration. A
Child dies after falling from upper-floor flat in south London | UK News
Child dies after falling from upper-floor flat in south london | UK News There is no bias in the title provided. The child fell from an upper floor in Brixton (Picture: UKNIP) A child has died after falling from a high rise flat in south London earlier this afternoon. Metropolitan Police are reportedly not treating the death as suspicious, but are investigating the incident on Hotspur Street, Brixton. Paramedics and officers were unable to save the
Urgent measles warning to people on board Ryanair flight from London | UK News
Urgent measles warning to people on board Ryanair flight from London | UK News People on a Ryanair flight from London to Dublin may have been exposed to measles. Fears are rising that passengers and crew on Flight FR123 could have contracted the contagious disease. This is the latest warning from the Health Service Executive (HSE) after more than 74 cases were detected in London alone in April. But infections have been on the rise
Man who died on Singapore Airlines flight was on ‘last big holiday’ | UK News
Man who died on Singapore Airlines flight was on ‘last big holiday’ | UK News A 73-year-old British man who was killed on a flight from london to Singapore was on his ‘last big holiday’ with his wife who remains in hospital. Grandfather Geoffrey Kitchen is believed to have suffered a heart attack when the Singapore Airlines flight plunged 7,000ft in just six minutes after hitting severe turbulence. The aircraft, which was carrying 229 people,
Ex-Marine charged with spying for China found dead in park
Ex-Marine charged with spying for China found dead in park | UK News A former Royal Marine accused of spying on Hong Kong activists in Britain has died in unexplained circumstances in a park. Matthew Trickett was among three men charged under the National Security Act with surveillance for the Hong Kong intelligence service and foreign interference. The defendant had been released on bail and was due to appear at the Old Bailey in London