The Metro leads with the story ‘Now Boris Rewrites History’, which details the criticism of Boris Johnson’s apparent attempt to claim that he fired Matt Hancock.
Footage of Mr. Hancock kissing his aide Gina Coladeangelo surfaced on Friday, a contravening of lockdown rules.
The Prime Minister said yesterday that he “read the story on Friday and we’ve got a new health secretary in post on Saturday”.
Moments later however, he was contradicted by his own spokesman, who confirmed that Matt Hancock did indeed resign.
The Sun
England and Tottenham striker Harry Kane looks out from the front of the Sun, with the headline: ‘Come on Harry… even Hancock scored!’.
This is in reference to the looming England vs Germany matchup at 17:00 GMT, and the Matt Hancock and Gina Coladeangelo affair.
The Sun follows up with a further exclusive on page 6, where they claim that Mrs. Coladeangelo has left her husband (Oliver Tress, founder of retailer Oliver Bonas).
The paper cites her friends, saying Mr. Hancock and Mrs. Coladeangelo are “giving it [a relationship] a proper go”.
The Guardian
The Guardian leads with ‘Ministers to end isolation for pupils in England’.
Thousands of pupils will no longer have to automatically isolate after contact with a positive coronavirus case when schools return in September, ministers are expected to announce.
It comes as the new health secretary Sajid Javid spoke to the commons for the first time yesterday where he said that Covid restrictions “must come to an end” on 19 July.
The Times
The Times has similarly put Sajid Javid’s quotes about lockdown ending on the front page, but the top story is ‘Pupils face total ban on mobile hone use’.
It follows quotes from education secretary Gavin Williamson describing mobile phones as “distracting” and that overuse of them can have a “damaging effect”.
The story cites a 2013 study which found that banning phones was the equivalent to increasing the school year by five days.
The i
The i leads with Sajid Javid’s first address to the House of Commons.
It also details the latest modelling which suggests that the vaccination programme has prevented 7.2 million coronavirus cases and 27,000 deaths.
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Metro
The Metro leads with the story ‘Now Boris Rewrites History’, which details the criticism of Boris Johnson’s apparent attempt to claim that he fired Matt Hancock.
Footage of Mr. Hancock kissing his aide Gina Coladeangelo surfaced on Friday, a contravening of lockdown rules.
The Prime Minister said yesterday that he “read the story on Friday and we’ve got a new health secretary in post on Saturday”.
Moments later however, he was contradicted by his own spokesman, who confirmed that Matt Hancock did indeed resign.
The Sun
England and Tottenham striker Harry Kane looks out from the front of the Sun, with the headline: ‘Come on Harry… even Hancock scored!’.
This is in reference to the looming England vs Germany matchup at 17:00 GMT, and the Matt Hancock and Gina Coladeangelo affair.
The Sun follows up with a further exclusive on page 6, where they claim that Mrs. Coladeangelo has left her husband (Oliver Tress, founder of retailer Oliver Bonas).
The paper cites her friends, saying Mr. Hancock and Mrs. Coladeangelo are “giving it [a relationship] a proper go”.
The Guardian
The Guardian leads with ‘Ministers to end isolation for pupils in England’.
Thousands of pupils will no longer have to automatically isolate after contact with a positive coronavirus case when schools return in September, ministers are expected to announce.
It comes as the new health secretary Sajid Javid spoke to the commons for the first time yesterday where he said that Covid restrictions “must come to an end” on 19 July.
The Times
The Times has similarly put Sajid Javid’s quotes about lockdown ending on the front page, but the top story is ‘Pupils face total ban on mobile hone use’.
It follows quotes from education secretary Gavin Williamson describing mobile phones as “distracting” and that overuse of them can have a “damaging effect”.
The story cites a 2013 study which found that banning phones was the equivalent to increasing the school year by five days.
The i
The i leads with Sajid Javid’s first address to the House of Commons.
It also details the latest modelling which suggests that the vaccination programme has prevented 7.2 million coronavirus cases and 27,000 deaths.
A 2024 Freedom of Information request showed Bromley Council had £4.5 million invested in arms companies that year with £1.5 million reportedly linked to Israel.
Undercover officers raided three linked shops in Barking town centre, revealing how illicit tobacco is being hidden in walls, ceilings and nearby locations to evade detection.
More than 330,000 people across the UK sought support from the Stop It Now helpline in 2025 over concerns about their own or someone else’s online sexual behaviour towards children, according to new charity data. The anonymous service says contacts by phone, email and webchat rose significantly over the year.
