Families made a last-minute dash across the Channel last night ahead of the 4am cut-off this morning when France was added to the UK’s quarantine list. Via: Britons flooded back from France in a bid to beat the quarantine deadline
The struggling British department store chain has appointed Hilco Capital to draw up contingency plans should an attempt to sell the business end in failure, according to Sky News. Via: Debenhams's entire 14,000 workforce brace for bad news as retailer calls in liquidation experts
Nina Bunting-Mitchem, from Peterborough challenged Nick Gibb on Radio 4’s Any Questions after she didn’t get the grades she expected and didn’t get into any chosen veterinary schools. Via: Furious A-level student confronts schools minister after she was downgraded THREE grades
Australian death toll stands at 379; France removed from UK travel corridor; Greece and Croatia impose midnight curfew on bars and restaurants Theatres, casinos and bowling alleys reopen in England France could add British visitors to quarantine list after UK measuresUK adds France to Covid-19 14-day quarantine list‘Critical moment’: cases Read more
Rail union praises ‘brave actions’ of Dominica-born Asquith Xavier, who overturned 1960s colour barUnion leaders have praised the “brave actions” of a railway worker who overturned a racist recruitment policy in the 1960s.The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) marked the 54th anniversary of the breaking of the colour bar Read more
Warnings that changes to USPS could disenfranchise votersFrom Oakland to the White House? The rise of Kamala HarrisFlu and Covid: winter could bring ‘double-barrel’ outbreak to USSign up to our First Thing newsletter 2.55pm BST My colleague Sam Levine has taken a deeper look at why the United States Postal Read more
Five-month absence due to end with trial this weekBookie Joe Huddlestone: ‘It’s a bit of a buzz out of the blue’Bookmakers will return to British racecourses this week for the first time since March in a two-week trial intended to establish whether they can trade safely under Covid-19 restrictions. Limited Read more
Day three updates from the second Test in SouthamptonCounty cricket – live! Get the latest from Tanya AldredAnd feel free to email Rob 2.50pm BST Thanks Adam, afternoon folks. This is all a bit 1987, but with luck we might get some play after tea. To wit, there will be Read more
Ferry arrives in Newhaven just minutes before 4am deadline Via: Coronavirus news – live: Holidaymakers beat France quarantine deadline with minutes to spare amid cover-up fears over NHS staff deaths as reviews to be kept secret
75th anniversary commemorated. Via: VJ Day: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and other leaders hail wartime generation in video messages