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PA Media The UK is already undergoing disruptive climate change with increased rainfall, sunshine and temperatures, according to scientists. The year 2020 was the third warmest, fifth wettest and eight sunniest on record, scientists said in the latest UK State of the Climate report. No other year is in the top 10 on all three

Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Charlotte Dujardin won dressage bronze to become the most decorated British female

Getty Images Senior cabinet ministers are to discuss allowing fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US to avoid quarantine when they arrive in England. A review of the rules is due by 31 July – the second date in the Department for Transport’s plan for a safe return to international travel. Sources said the

Staff and councillors in Lambeth presided over a “culture of cover-up” that led to more than 700 children in care homes suffering cruelty and sexual abuse, an inquiry has found. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse strongly criticised the south London council for allowing decades of abuse in five homes. It said abusers were

Waris Ali A man whose wife and nine-year-old son died in Loch Lomond at the weekend has told how he desperately tried to save them, despite being unable to swim. Waris Ali’s wife, Edina Olahova, 29, their son, Rana Haris Ali, and family friend, 39-year-old Muhammad Asim Riaz all died in the incident at Ardlui

Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. Tom Daley ended his long wait for an Olympic gold medal with

PA Media The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 has continued to fall in the UK, the latest daily figures show. The UK recorded 29,173 new cases on Sunday – down from 48,161 logged a week earlier on 18 July. The number of new infections by date reported has fallen for five days in

Hollie Adams / Getty images Taxpayers will bear the costs of Covid “for decades” – and an inquiry will not come soon enough to learn lessons from the pandemic, MPs have said. In two new reports, the Public Accounts Committee said No 10’s response to the crisis has exposed UK taxpayers to “significant financial risks”.

Getty Images More workers will be able to avoid self-isolation if they are a contact of a Covid case as the government expands workplace testing in England. Police, firefighters, Border Force staff, transport and freight workers were already eligible for exemption from self-isolation in some cases. But their employers needed to specify the workers’ names,

Getty Images Covid infections have continued to rise around much of the UK, say experts from the Office for National Statistics. Swab tests in the community suggests 1.3% of the population – or one in 80 people – has the virus, up from one in 100 the week before. The more infectious Delta variant accounts

Getty Images Key parts of the food industry will be allowed to do daily Covid testing from Friday instead of asking staff to self-isolate. The government said daily testing would be implemented at key sites, such as supermarket depots and food manufacturers. Close to 10,000 staff at 500 sites in the UK will eventually be

Getty Images More than 600,000 people using the NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales were sent self-isolation alerts in the week between 8 and 15 July. Data shows 618,903 alerts were sent – a 17% rise from the previous week. There are complaints from businesses that the alerts are causing serious staff shortages and

Getty Images Shops are facing increasing pressure as they try to keep shelves stocked, with rising numbers of staff self-isolating, the British Retail Consortium has said. It said ministers needed to “act fast” and allow fully vaccinated retail workers or those who had tested negative for Covid to go to work. Meanwhile, Iceland is recruiting

Getty Images Liverpool has been stripped of its World Heritage status after a UN committee found developments threatened the value of the city’s waterfront. The decision was made following a secret ballot by the Unesco committee at a meeting in China. Unesco had said that the developments, including the planned new Everton FC stadium, had

Getty Images A top police officer will be put in charge of tackling violence against women and girls in England and Wales, the home secretary will announce. The creation of the role was recommended in a report after 33-year-old Sarah Everard was murdered in March. Her death sparked a public debate about women’s safety. The

Christopher Furlong Downing Street has insisted it is “crucial” to self-isolate when sent an alert by the Covid app – and businesses should help employees to do so. It comes after business minister Paul Scully said he would encourage people who are “pinged” to self-isolate but they can make an “informed decision”. The app has