The Independent - 2020-08-11

• If Johnson wants to stop the Channel crossings, he has to work with Macron
• Universiti­es urged to be flexible with admissions
• Pubs may be closed to keep schools open, No 10 says
• These plans must make the grade for worried parents
• Patel warned nine months ago policies were pushing migrants to cross Channel
• Why there isn’t really a ‘surge’ in asylum seekers
• Overhaul for ‘world beating’ NHS test and trace system as 6,000 contact staff cut
• £300m boost for A&Es ahead of feared virus spike
• Severe thundersto­rms to hit UK as southeast swelters
• Johnson denies Met Police is ‘institutio­nally racist’
• Officer who placed ‘knee on neck’ under investigat­ion
• Police injured breaking up fight near cookout on beach
• Register religious marriages to protect women from abuse, campaigner­s urge
• Home news in brief
• Lebanese government quits over ‘endemic corruption’
• Beirut firefighte­rs were left to tackle explosions blind
• Opposition candidate in Belarus rejects president’s claim to landslide victory
• Belarus’s strongman is still in charge but for how long?
• President takes break from briefing after shooting scare
• Trump thinks his executive orders are key to re-election – but they may backfire yet
• Hong Kong media tycoon accused of foreign collusion
• World news in brief
• Dawn Butler’s case shows how urgently the Met must tackle institutio­nal racism
• The media is the latest target under attack in Hong Kong
• Belarus needs action from the EU, not empty rhetoric
• We need strong leadership – not a Tory press machine
• At least if you wear a mask no one can see you scream
• Circuit staff are the driving force behind elite motorsport
• Why is No 10’s virus strategy targeting the obese? It’s the young causing the problems
• Director of Bugsy Malone and The Commitment­s
• Is Cummings’s ‘bonfire of the planners’ too radical?
• ROOT OF THE MATTER
• Why the new obesity plan won’t work for everyone
• FELINE AFFLICTION
• A PLACE IN THE SUN
• CHANGE OF TUNE
• A third of UK firms say job cuts expected in autumn
• McDonald’s sues fired CEO who is accused of covering up employee relationsh­ips
• Class of 2020 faces an uphill struggle to get jobs
• Business news in brief
• Fernandes guides United past gritty Copenhagen
• Liverpool land Greek defender Tsimikas
• Jesus offers glimpse of what City always wanted
• Anderson, realism and how we ‘allow’ athletes to retire
• Verstappen helps Red Bull expose Mercedes weakness
• Who tops F1’s driver rankings after Silverston­e?
• Morikawa comfortabl­e as golf’s newest star
• Sport news in brief

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