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55,000 passport applications delayed beyond 10-week deadline

‘We don’t see our staff very much these days because they’re sitting in queues in the passport unit,’ says Tory MP

The Independent UK

More than 50,000 passport applications past 10-week wait, MPs told

Director apologises for delays and says 550,000 applications were in the system at end of June

The Guardian - UK

Scale of Passport Office 'miserable' backlog exposed as 50,000 Brits wait over 10 weeks

Despite a surge in applications being predicted a year ago as the UK came out of the pandemic, MPs heard there were around 550,000 applications being processed at the end of last month

Daily Mirror

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Boris Johnson calls for ‘greater protections for airline passengers’

‘The experience of the public has been pretty wretched and they need to do much, much better,’ says Prime Minister

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson admits he met ex-KGB officer without officials present

BORIS Johnson met Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev without officials present while foreign secretary, he has told MPs.

The National (Scotland)

Boris Johnson admits he met former KGB officer Lebedev without officials present

The meeting occurred while Mr Johnson was foreign secretary.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson finally admits he met ex-KGB agent on secretive jolly to Italy

The Prime Minister was quizzed about the 2018 meeting when he appeared at the Commons Liaison Committee as his premiership hangs by a thread

Daily Mirror

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Glasgow police launch urgent search to trace heavily pregnant woman reported missing from west end

UPDATE: Diana Johnson has been traced safe and well.

Glasgow Live

Frantic search launched for heavily pregnant woman with German accent last seen at Glasgow hotel

Diana Johnson had been staying over at the premises on Albert Terrace, off Great Western Road in Glasgow's West End, before she vanished on Monday, June 13.

Daily Record

Ukraine refugees who enter UK via Ireland may be sent to Rwanda, MPs told

Minister also refuses to say whether Ukrainians who cross Channel in small boats could be sent to Africa

The Guardian - UK

Venues with bad track record on spiking ‘must improve to have licence renewed’

Spiking will remain an ‘invisible crime’ unless action is taken to improve awareness, the Home Affairs Committee has warned in a new report.

The Independent UK

Paid Texas landlords evicted tenants

“They were very well informed that that money was there and it was coming to them, yet they still pushed us out"

Salon

Vladimir Putin 'being misled about Russian war by his advisors' claims GCHQ chief

Sir Jeremy Fleming, head of GCHQ, said Russian leader Vladimir Putin underestimated how strong the international reaction would be in response to his decision to invade Ukraine

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin’s advisers scared to tell him the truth, says British spy chief

The head of Britain’s GCHQ spy agency said Russian troops were short of weapons and low on morale.

The Independent UK

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Government changed its mind on Infected Blood Inquiry 'because of pressure from campaigners'

Documents released to a Jesmond campaigner show why the Infected Blood Inquiry was announced on July 11 2017 - and explain the reasons which saw the Government change its mind

The Independent UK

Do not let refugee scheme become Tinder for sex traffickers, PM is warned

Boris Johnson told a committee of MPs that it was key to have checks both on Ukrainian refugees, and on those offering to house them.

The Guardian - UK

At-home abortions made women safer. Ending them in England would be disastrous

In the US, women’s access to abortion is being chipped away - we cannot allow the same creep in Westminster, says MP Diana Johnson

The Guardian - UK

Kwasi Kwarteng tones down anti-fracking rhetoric after No 10 hints at U-turn – as it happened

No 10 has not ruled out lifting the government’s moratorium on fracking, saying ‘all options’ would be considered

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The Guardian - UK

Volodymyr Zelenskiy tells UK MPs Ukraine will fight ‘in the forests, in the fields, in the streets’ – as it happened

Ukrainian president summons spirit of Winston Churchill and tells MPs his country ‘will fight to the end in the sea, in the air, whatever the costs’

Birmingham Post

Dame Diana Johnson pleads for the Humber's chance to level up UK Plc

Impassioned speech to business leaders lapped up by Chamber audience

Birmingham Post

Ukraine at the fore as Dame Diana Johnson addresses Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce

Latest guidance from British Chambers of Commerce also distriuted to businesses

Daily Mirror

Tory MP Christian Wakeford defects to Labour saying Boris Johnson 'incapable of leadership'

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford, who was only elected to the 'Red Wall' seat in 2019, has abandoned the Tories for Labour in a seismic move as the Prime Minister faces a possible vote of no confidence

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid: end to England’s plan B measures next week ‘a milestone, not a finish line’, says Sajid Javid – as it happened

Health secretary confirms face mask mandate and working from home guidance will end in England

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