Browsing: UK News

The Guardian says the government’s planned £20-a-week cut to universal credit cut could drive 2.3 million people into debt including almost half of claimants in “red wall” battleground constituencies.

Sky News says police have found a man wanted in connection with two murders in Westminster after nearly a week-long search.

The i says how long immunity from Covid-19 lasts following a vaccine has been one of the main questions everyone wants answered, yet finding a definite answer is difficult.

The body of a woman has been discovered by the side of a busy road near the A3 slip road out of Gillford, Surrey. The remains were found on Monday at around 3 pm.

The i says it is too early to tell if the Afghanistan crisis will lead to more asylum seekers trying to reach UK shores, the UN’s refugee agency has said.

The Guardian says Official statistics show Covid is claiming 100 lives a day on average across the UK.

Amazon is offering new warehouse employees a £1,000 joining bonus amid a mounting staff hiring crisis. 

It’s “unlikely” the August deadline to remove troops from Afghanistan will be extended, according to Ben Wallace.

The Guardian says three people have died and two drivers have been arrested after a serious collision involving a lorry, a minibus and a car on the M25 in Essex. A fourth person is in hospital.

Sky News says a person from Afghanistan on the UK’s no-fly list has been flown into Birmingham as part of the British evacuation operation in a potential security breach.

Experts have predicted a number of Caribbean islands are at risk of being added to the UK’s travel red list in the next travel update.

Britain is set for a 12-day heatwave with temperatures expected to hit 27C making the UK hotter than the Algarve. 

The Metro says Boris Johnson has been spotted getting his own shopping in at a supermarket – without wearing a mask.

The i says Dominic Raab will be “bitterly regretting” staying on holiday in Crete as Kabul fell to the Taliban, a former army chief has said.

The Guardian says young patients experiencing the debilitating effects of long Covid have urged people to get their vaccine in an NHS video.

The i says UK ministers are unable to publicly state in the strongest terms what they think about President Biden’s decision to cut and run from Afghanistan.

The Guardian says Afghan asylum seekers arriving in Britain could experience problems securing suitable housing.

The Metro says the SAS had to launch a daring raid in Taliban territory after 20 of its troops found themselves stranded, hundreds of miles from safety.

BBC News says Boris Johnson is expected to ask Joe Biden to keep American forces in Afghanistan beyond 31 August in order to allow evacuation flights to continue.

The Times says The Queen has “let it be known” that she wants Prince Andrew to remain as colonel of the Grenadier Guards, despite little prospect of him returning to public duties.

The Mirror says By tomorrow, the government claims, everyone in England aged 16 or over will have been offered the first dose of a Covid vaccine.

The Sun says THE MYSTERY surrounding the deaths of a British family including their baby and pet dog deepened after their autopsies failed to reveal how they died.

BBC News says efforts to evacuate Britons and eligible Afghans from Kabul are improving, with more than 1,700 people airlifted out in the past 24 hours.

The UK has approved an antibody treatment developed by Regeneron and Roche to prevent and treat COVID-19.

Plymouth Mass Shooting: Police have said a three-year-old was among those shot dead by gunman Jake Davison, 22 in Plymouth before he turned the gun on himself.