Post Office: Government officials weighed up sacking Vennells in 2014 (www.bbc.com)
E. coli advice issued amid rise in cases (lemmy.studio)
Campaign launched to save ‘boringly ugly’ 1980s BT phone boxes (www.theguardian.com)
Reform UK pulls to within two points of Tories in latest YouGov poll (news.sky.com)
‘I could bench-press 100kg. Now, I can’t walk’: Lucy’s life with long Covid (www.theguardian.com)
I was incredibly strong and fit,” says Lucy Keighley. And she looks it, in the photo she is showing me, taken a few years ago. She is with her best friend, Lorna; they have just completed a 15-mile race on the North York Moors. “It was a brutal race,” she says. “But it was great. I was happy.” Today, although it’s...
UK clothing sales to EU plummet as Brexit red tape deters exporters (www.theguardian.com)
Tribunal cases to rise as UK firms push back on remote working, experts say (www.theguardian.com)
Women in England and Wales denied ‘exciting’ drug that can stop breast cancer spreading (www.theguardian.com)
Latest study shows Enhertu, rejected by Nice, can stall growth of tumours by a year, longer than standard chemotherapy....
Extend success of UK sugar tax to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, experts urge (www.theguardian.com)
The sugar tax has been so successful in improving people’s diets that it should be extended to cakes, biscuits and chocolate, health experts say....
Please spread the word, help if you can. (www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org)
Battle of Britain planes will not take part in D-Day events (www.bbc.co.uk)
Thames Water urgent 'do not drink' warning to hundreds of Surrey homes (www.standard.co.uk)
What will Royal Mail’s takeover mean for customers and postal workers? (www.theguardian.com)
Hackney shooting: Girl, 9, critical after four shot in Dalston (www.bbc.co.uk)
UK retailers call for business rates and planning reform after fall in shoppers (www.theguardian.com)
Plans dropped to replace community school with CofE school (humanists.uk)
Plans to close the only school of no religious character in its area and replace it with a Church of England school have been scrapped. The move has been welcomed by Humanists UK, who has been working with teachers, parents, and the National Education Union (NEU) to stop the proposal
Loaded magazine returns to reassure men they can ‘ogle beautiful women’ (www.thetimes.com)
Heard the editor being interviewed on Radio4 Today Programme this morning. This 90s throwback is bizarre. Do people really think there will be demand from this after the initial novelty?...
UK government bans private puberty blocker prescriptions for trans youth (www.thepinknews.com)
Rushed through last minute before parliament is dissolved using emergency powers....
Ofwat plan to cut sewage fines 'sends dangerous message to water firms' (inews.co.uk)
Insulation scandal: ‘I have to scrape mould off the walls every two weeks' (www.bbc.co.uk)
Revealed: how touts drew up secret plans to sabotage Labour’s ticket reforms (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Footage shows private event, attended by representatives of firms including StubHub and Viagogo, where £73,000 was raised for political lobbying
Concerns over council ties with Saudi-backed football club (www.bbc.com)
The close relationship between a Saudi-backed football club and a local authority has been criticised by human rights campaigners....