The Independent - 2021-08-03

• Johnson is about to find out what happens when a party turns on its leader
• NHS Covid app made less sensitive to halt ‘pingdemic’
• Whitehall U-turns on travel watchlist plan after backlash
• Summer of discontent for PM as Tories turn on leader
• Would you credit it – Tories protesting against poverty
• Three arrested as tributes paid to boy found in river
• Terrorist had ‘not finished with unbeliever­s’ before he was shot on stabbing spree
• Bullingdon Club ‘chum’ of PM beat 171 candidates to take job at sleaze watchdog
• Are MPs being lobbied via cross-party interest groups?
• Get back into the office, Sunak urges young people
• Minister calls for nursery to be investigat­ed for ‘racism’
• Dementia risk in footballer­s linked to team position and career length, study reveals
• Paramedics left in tears over ‘unsustaina­ble demand’
• UK criticised for objecting to vaccine-sharing initiative
• Short-sightednes­s among children linked to pandemic
• Iranian ambassador hauled in over deadly drone attack
• Scientists reveal CO2’s role in ancient climate change
• Can cannabis drug extend the life of cancer patients?
• Home news in brief
• Thousands flee as wildfires devastate Turkish coast
• Belarus runner seeks Polish protection in Olympics row
• Afghan president: Rise up against destructiv­e Taliban
• Militant groups swoop in to secure stake in Afghanista­n
• Sheikh Jarrah residents offered ‘protected tenant’ status in compromise deal
• World news in brief
• Tsimanousk­aya shows what a pariah state Belarus is
• There’s confusion over masks on the 10.10 up to Glasgow
• Biles is the role model that I needed as a young gymnast
• Education should not just be a prelude to dull employment
• The human stories are what make an Olympic Games
• Ditching first past the post can reignite our democracy
• Boat designer whose Laser dinghy transforme­d sailing
• Welcome to Gangsterda­m
• STRAIT AND NARROW
• Should we risk taking a trip to France this week?
• SICK SEASIDE TOWNS
• Beekeepers can teach us all how to live alongside nature
• ACTIVE COMFORTS
• MYSTERY ATTRACTION
• Banks warned that fraud victims ‘left in the lurch’
• Profits are up – but HSBC is wise to remain prudent
• Collett caps comeback as Team GB secure eventing gold before McEwen’s silver
• Weightlift­ing silver for Campbell is a GB first
• Sport must face gender debate after Hubbard’s moment in the spotlight
• One down, two to go... Hassan takes 5,000m gold
• Camacho-Quinn’s 100m hurdles victory creates history for Puerto Rico
• ‘I’m at peace with myself’ – Johnson-Thompson content as she seeks fairytale ending
• ‘I don’t know who he is’
• Kane mutiny: Harry fails to report to Spurs training in bid to force Man City move
• Sport news in brief

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