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Many of Thursday’s papers are dominated by the grilling Foreign Secretary Dominic Rabb faced by MPs over Afghanistan.
Sharing the front splashes, on many of this morning’s papers, is the decision to offer a third coronavirus vaccine dose to people with seriously weakened immune systems.
Other news featured on the front pages includes Ofcom’s clearing of Piers Morgan’s comments over the Duchess of Sussex and plans to make people in England aged between 60 and 65 pay NHS prescription charges.
GQ says the 24th British GQ Men Of The Year Awards, took place at the Tate Modern last night and surprising the final award-winners.
BBC News says Sarah Storey won her 17th Paralympic gold to become Great Britain’s most successful Paralympian of all time.
BBC News says the UK is in talks with the Taliban to secure safe passage out of Afghanistan for a number of British nationals and Afghans who remain there.
The Guardian says Dominic Raab faces a grilling from MPs over what has been described as “the biggest failure of foreign policy in a generation” on Wednesday.
Princess Diana – The People’s Princess – has been remembered by her family and the British public, 24-years on from her tragic death.
The Sun says BRITS face rain and thunderstorms this weekend as Hurricane Ida lashes the US and the summer ends in a wash-out.
The Daily Mail says Geronimo the alpaca has been euthanised today after being seized from his Gloucestershire farm by a Government team
Dominic Raab has said it will be a “challenge” for British nationals left in Afghanistan to find a route back home to the UK.
A group of 17 people have been rescued after they were swept out to sea in a rip current off the Dorset coast.
The Guardian says UK business confidence has hit a four-year high, thanks to growing optimism about the post-Covid recovery
Maddie Durdant-Hollamby has been named as the woman found dead at a property in Kettering.
Canada and Denmark have been added to the UK’s green list – meaning they will not need to self-isolate upon arrival in the UK.
BBC News says the UK is seeking international agreement to ensure the Taliban sticks to its commitment to allow safe passage for Afghans and foreign nationals who want to leave.
The Guardian says two weeks ago, Ranjith “Roy” Kankanamalage, 50, was discovered with a fatal head injury in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, east London.
A man has been arrested after 2 boys were shot with an air rifle while playing football near a West Sussex primary school.
Friday’s front pages report on the twin bomb attacks at Kabul airport, which targeted people trying to flee the country after the Taliban takeover. A picture of two distraught women injured in one of the explosions featured as the main image on most front pages.
The i says with just hours left to evacuate British and Afghan civilians out of Kabul airport, the UK is already gearing up for what it says is phase 2 of the rescue mission.
BBC News says the UK will continue its operation to evacuate people from Afghanistan despite the “despicable” attack at the capital’s airport, Boris Johnson says.
The Guardian says health officials are braced for a bank holiday surge of Covid cases as about 500,000 people head to music festivals and millions more venture to the tourism hotspots.
Thursday’s front pages focus on the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan. The papers report on comments from Defence Secretary Ben Wallace’s briefing to MPs in which he said it may be “safer” for Afghans to try to escape from the country overland. There are over 10,000 people gathered at Kabul airport.
Another story picked up by the papers is the “race” to rollout booster jabs as deaths and infections rise. The race to roll out the booster jab stems from fears that vaccine protection among the elderly could drop 50 per cent.
Heathrow Airport has urged the US to lift its restrictions on UK travellers. The airport has also reported an improvement in passenger numbers last month.
BBC Radio Newcastle presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, a coroner has ruled.
The Guardian says a new government campaign urging students in England to have twice-weekly Covid tests for “a more normal year” at school and college has been labelled as naive
