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The Express says Mr Javid was appointed the new Health Secretary after Matt Hancock resigned from the Cabinet on Saturday

Sky News says Sajid Javid managed to set expectations sky high within hours of his appointment as health secretary with his first public words

Morning Star says Sajid Javid’s appointment as Health Secretary following Matt Hancock’s disgraced resignation was slammed

The Times says Jack Draper’s old schoolfriends don’t know much about tennis. However, they do know that today the 19-year-old faces the world’s best player.

The Times says fewer than one in a thousand Covid-19 infections are now resulting in death, according to calculations by statisticians in Cambridge.

The Times says armed police stormed a flat in Milton Keynes at the weekend and killed a man after being called there to find another man dead and a child covered in blood.

The Times says a total of 23 people were arrested during protests by Extinction Rebellion in central London which began with manure being dumped outside the Daily Mail offices.

The Times says officials in Mallorca are investigating how 850 students on holiday to celebrate the end of exams caught Covid-19 at beach parties and a concert.

The i says British holidaymakers were warned of travel disruption for the rest of the year as European Union leaders failed to agree a plan for visiting UK tourists.

The i says it’s a tale of two halves for UK weather today, with northern areas enjoying dry, warm sunshine while the south prepares for thunderstorms.

The i says Matt Hancock’s alleged affair with an aide has sparked concerns over how she was appointed to her role in which she supposedly was holding Hancock to account.

The i says half of all eligible under 30s in England have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in just three weeks, the NHS has confirmed.

The i says the Australian city of Sydney has entered a two-week lockdown after a rise in coronavirus infection rates.

The Guardian says Sajid Javid is set to announce on Monday that England will wait another three weeks until the final easing of Covid restrictions.

The Guardian says Matt Hancock’s use of private emails that bypassed disclosure rules when doing government business came under scrutiny this weekend

The Guardian says New York prosecutors have given lawyers for Donald Trump 24 hours to respond with any last arguments as to why criminal charges should not be filed against his family business.

Author Ian Lloyd thinks Prince Charles, who reportedly wishes to slim down the cost of the monarchy to taxpayers, will have a much smaller coronation than the Queen

New South Wales police have fined two men for breaching coronavirus restrictions after they were startled by a deer while sunbaking naked on a beach.

The Guardian says deep-rooted structural inequalities and patriarchal values are to blame for India’s worrying Covid vaccine gender gap.

LADY LOUISE WINDSOR was out practising her carriage driving skills in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Saturday.

CANADA recorded its hottest ever day on Sunday, with meteorologists warning that the worse is yet to come.

Angela Merkel, Germany’s Chancellor, is planning the divisive move to designate Britain as a ‘country of concern’ because the high number of Delta variant cases, meaning British travellers travelling to the EU will have to quarantine regardless of whether or not they have had a Covid-19 vaccine

The Guardian reports Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson still has “huge questions to answer” over Matt Hancock.

The i leads with the Dept of Health will look at how footage of Hancock embracing his aide came to be leaked.

The Times reports that Priti Patel will introduce new laws to create an off-shore immigration hub for asylum seekers.