The Independent - 2020-08-10

• The schools debate is the latest frontier of Britain’s new cultural war
• Risks of violent homicides heightened by fragmented mental health services
• Surgeons told not to discuss lack of PPE during crisis
• Schools safe to fully reopen in September, says expert
• Obese people may be told to shield in second wave
• Daily cases tops 1,000 for first time in over a month
• Investment for thousands more nurse apprentice­ships
• Labour MP accuses Met Police of racial profiling
• Chance of lucrative trade deals slim, No 10 warned
• How did Labour come to renounce Corbyn so soon?
• Chaos as Britons flock to coast – with some camping overnight for spot on beach
• Hundreds deported during lockdown at cost of £1m
• Covid-19 crisis is no brake on Home Office’s cruelty
• BBC boss apologises for racial slur in news report
• ‘Toxic transgende­r rights debate holding UK back’
• Mystery syndrome where people see visions of horror to be researched at Oxford
• Edward Enninful, fashion’s fearless voice for change
• Simon Cowell breaks back after falling off electric bike
• Home news in brief
• World leaders promise aid as Beirut protests continue
• Protests as Belarus leader projected to win elections
• At least 43 people dead in southern India landslide
• Epstein’s tangled web continues to unravel
• World news in brief
• Hezbollah did not invent Lebanon’s corruption – but it is the big barrier to reform
• Nuclear disarmamen­t is still a distant dream 75 years after the bomb was dropped
• It’ll take more than Brexit for me to leave the country I love
• Labour’s biggest donor is fighting its own civil war
• Bill Gates is wrong about the virus having the impact of a world war on the economy
• Young Indians deserve more than what Modi is offering
• Johnson cannot afford to bungle schools reopening
• Healthcare workers should be paid more than MPs
• Priest and ex-stockbroke­r dedicated to public service
• Who’s afraid of the big bad ‘wolf warrior diplomacy’?
• Trouble selling? How to heal the spirit of your home
• A brief history of Karen
• The pioneer who changed how we see the ocean floor
• ‘We need to accept people who do or say toxic things because of mental illness’
• Brexit-backing firm that donated to Tories to save £73m from trade change
• More grim jobs data shows the challenge facing Sunak
• Heir guitar: Fender’s CEO on bagging his dream job
• Verstappen stuns Hamilton and Bottas at Silverston­e
• Verstappen delights in ‘unexpected’ victory
• Stokes to miss rest of Test series for family reasons
• Europa League still vital for Solskjaer’s Man United
• Willian confirms end to sevenyear stay at Chelsea
• Da Costa claims Formula E title after Berlin E-Prix
• Sport news in brief

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