The Independent - 2021-08-05

• Revealed: Britain's 'lost' plan to fight coronaviru­s
• Sturgeon is in Starmer’s pocket
• Cinema’s obsession with Amanda Knox
• Why the Olympics are so inspiratio­nal
• Green list growth is too little, too late
• The government needs to get its contingenc­y planning in order
• Covid crisis management
• How ‘hubris’ led to the loss of many lives to coronaviru­s
• Ministers relax rules in a bid to boost overseas travel
• Sturgeon left perplexed as Johnson snubs trip invite
• The battle to save the union is just starting to warm up
• Patel visits ‘inhumane’ Greek asylum centre
• Home Office criticised for asylum delays by Labour
• Children aged 16 and 17 to be offered jab within weeks
• Father in his forties dies of Covid after refusing vaccine
• NHS loses crown as world’s foremost healthcare system
• Scientists unlock genetic secrets of the menopause
• Starmer: Johnson’s climate inaction is letting down UK
• PM’s personal ratings suffer slump as Tory voters rebel
• Firms named and shamed for minimum wage breaches
• Ex-aide says he might have been made Lord Cummings
• Rashford urges NHS staff to boost food voucher scheme
• PM urged to offer sanctuary to Afghan journalist­s at risk of reprisals from the Taliban
• Why are some refugees more equal than others?
• Home news in brief
• Protesters fill Beirut streets on anniversar­y of explosion
• Thousands evacuated from Athens suburb as fires rage
• Death toll from Taliban car bomb in Kabul rises to 13
• Defiant Belarusian protest leader dances in the dock
• World news in brief
• I never thought Barbie was for me but Oxford’s vaccine professor proved me wrong
• The national effort to quit smoking ignored poverty
• Want a working class PM? Teach Latin to all students
• Obama’s birthday backlash
• An open letter from the UK’s media to the PM and foreign secretary about Afghanista­n
• Eccentric yet elegant author
• Saving Cornwall from modern-day privateers
• SPLASH THE CASH
• What are the PCR rules for going to and from Spain?
• Why salt makes you thirsty
• IT’S UNBELEAFAB­LE
• Tears from heaven mark day St Lawrence was martyred
• REIGN OF DRYER
• It’s party time for builders as the bubble keeps growing
• Flying force who’s behind Here East innovation centre
• Sky high: skateboard­er’s final flourish creates history with bronze medal aged 13
• Brit Hannah rules the waves
• Johnson-Thompson’s medal dream shattered by injury
• Pride and groom: early wedding present as Maher takes showjumpin­g gold
• Whittaker and Clarke lick wounds as Team GB boxers clinch marvellous legacy
• England collapse as India take control of first Test
• Sport news in brief

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