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People stranded as UK flight disruption ‘set to last days’ Air travel disruption has hit the UK, causing travel chaos which is set to last for several days. Despite Monday’s technical issue with air traffic services being fixed within hours, aircraft and crew are now out of place. Transport Secretary Mark Harper has warned that the disruption will last for some time. “Lots of flights were cancelled and it is going to take some days to get people back to where they should be,” Harper told the BBC. According to figures released by analytics company Cirium, more than a quarter…

Notting Hill Carnival: Eight injured in stabbings Notting Hill Carnival has seen eight men stabbed in separate incidents on Monday. One of the men – aged 29 – is in critical condition after being attacked in Warfield Road shortly after 21:00 BST, the Met Police said.  Another man, 19, is also in a serious but stable condition after being stabbed in Ladbroke Grove at about 20:00 BST. Six other men – aged 18, 19, 20, 25, 28 and 40 – were left with non-life-threatening injuries in separate stabbings throughout Monday evening. The two-day carnival saw 275 arrests – with 165…

Sara Sharif: Pakistan police widen search for family Police in Pakistan are widening the search for the family of Sara Sharif – the 10-year-old found dead at her Surrey home. Police had launched an international manhunt after Sharif’s body was discovered by police at an address in Hammond Road, Woking on 10 August.  Sara’s father Urfan, his partner and his brother travelled to Pakistan the previous day.  An inquest into Sara’s death is set to open on Tuesday. Speaking to the BBC, the police in Pakistan say they had expanded the search to two more areas around the city of…

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Camera attacks and conspiracy theories: How Ulez became a vigilante battleground The Independent says For Londoners living on the outskirts of the capital, Sadiq Khan’s Ulez policy is due to take effect on Tuesday despite fierce backlash. First announced by former mayor Boris Johnson in July 2014 and expanded to all 32 of London’s boroughs by Mr Khan, the scheme aims to reduce air pollution by charging non-compliant vehicles £12.50 a day to drive within an ultra-low-emission zone. But the zone’s growth has triggered city-wide protests, a shock by-election result, and the rise of a vigilante group vandalising Ulez cameras.…

This is how many ULEZ cameras there are in London as expansion comes into effect today The Metro says London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is set to be expanded across all London boroughs from today – August 29 – affecting hundreds of thousands of drivers. The ULEZ area comes with a daily charge for driving vehicles that do not meet emission standards in a bid to create a greener city. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan described the ULEZ as ‘transformational’ and claimed extending it will mean ‘five million more people will be able to breathe cleaner air and live…

VEHICLE CHECK Is my car ULEZ compliant? How to check The Sun says THE expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone has received strong backlash from drivers who are now at risk of having to pay a daily charge to drive their normal routes. The environmental policy originally started in the very centre of London but now covers all Greater London boroughs. The ULEZ policy was introduced in 2019 in a bid to cut pollution in the city of London. ULEZ fines drivers of motors that do not meet certain emissions standards, encouraging drivers to use vehicles that meet the…

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Most of Tuesday’s front pages report on the UK air traffic fault that has left thousands of passengers suffering long delays and cancellations at the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Several of the papers say the air traffic fallout could last for days. Several papers feature images from Notting Hill Carnival and the ongoing Spanish Football scandal continues to dominate. Flight fiasco The Daily Mail reports that the “flight fiasco” could go on for days. The paper predicts that thousands of people from the UK will be “stranded around the globe” as a…

Massive piles of takeaway boxes, mountains of rubbish and drink cans were seen scattered along the streets.

‘Police initiated several raids but got no breakthrough yet. This case is a challenge for us and we want to unburden ourselves by arresting them soon.’

He says his work has ‘never checked for proof’.

Karen Wilkinson insists managers ‘tried everything’ to stop the business from falling into administration, putting 12,000 jobs at risk.

‘I thought she was taking a real interest in his life, so I thought, why not include her in his life?’

Home secretary Suella Braverman said she was looking at a ‘range of options’.

Drivers in outer London are rushing to check if their car will be liable for the charge from Tuesday.

Nadine Dorries won’t confirm she will vote Conservative at next general election as by-election campaigning kicks off Sky News says Nadine Dorries has refused to say whether she will vote Conservative at the next general election after finally resigning as an MP. Labour and the Liberal Democrats hit the campaign trail in Mid Bedfordshire hours after the former Tory culture secretary stood down on Saturday, triggering another headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the form of a by-election. In a fiery resignation letter, Ms Dorries accused the prime minister of “demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip…

Nadine Dorries is vindicating Sunak’s refusal to ennoble her The Spectator says After waiting for months, Nadine Dorries has today served her resignation – as several MPs have done recently. But, enraged by Rishi Sunak’s refusal to put her in the House of Lords, she is also triggering a by-election which the Tories are highly likely to lose. In her letter, released in time for the Sunday newspapers, she makes some fair criticisms of Sunak. But the crux of it borders on delusional: a claim that Boris Johnson was forced out of office, even “assassinated“, by a small cabal of…

Tories turn on ‘useless’ Nadine Dorries after attack on Sunak The Independent says Rishi Sunak allies have fired back at “bitter” Nadine Dorries after she accused the PM of putting her personal safety at risk by whipping up “a public frenzy” against her. The Boris Johnson loyalist launched a scathing attack on Mr Sunak as she finally formally resigned her seat, 11 weeks after promising to go – telling him: “History will not judge you kindly.” But senior Tory Bob Neill – a loyal Sunak supporter – accused Ms Dorries of presiding over a “theatre of the absurd” with her…

Liverpool flood deaths: 2 dead after driving car into floodwater Two people in Liverpool have died after becoming trapped in their car in a flooded road. Police were called to Queens Drive in the Mossley Hill area at 21:00 BST on Saturday night. Passers-by desperately attempted to save the two people – a man and a woman – who were stuck inside a black Mercedes in deep floodwater. They were taken to hospital but both were pronounced dead. Met Office data shows heavy rainfall at over 32mm an hour near where the incident happened. Flood alerts and warnings remain in…

Suella Braverman does not rule out GPS tagging of Channel migrants Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she was considering “all options” to “exert some control” over migrants arriving in small boats, including tagging some migrants with electronic devices. The Times newspaper has reported the Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers with GPS tags. The paper says this was part of efforts to stop migrants who cannot be housed in detention centres from disappearing. Braverman said the government’s Illegal Migration Act will “empower us to detain and remove illegal migrants more swiftly.” She said: “We’re considering a range of options…

‘I don’t really care about the money – it’s the customer service that’s really pushed me.’

Those meal deal sandwiches raise your risk of heart attacks and strokes.

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Monday’s headlines report on a variety of stories. ‘Food scandal’ The Daily Mirror, the Daily Express and the Guardian all report that ultra-processed foods significantly raise the risk of problems such as heart attacks and strokes. The newspapers report on two extensive studies into the foods they say are often sold as healthy and nutritious. NHS changes The NHS ombudsman has told the Guardian that more babies will be harmed unless there are rapid and systemic changes to the health service in England. Nadine Dorries quits Several of the papers continue their coverage of…

Does today mark another long weekend?

‘You may feel put upon, but if you don’t want to do something, then don’t.’