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Last modified on Thu 29 Jul 2021 01.39 EDT Top story: Potential for more Delta disruption Hello, I’m Warren Murray, and I got in early to have this waiting for you. Britain’s recovery from the pandemic slowed in June as shortages of goods supplied to factories, building sites and shops began to take their toll and the “pingdemic” forced workers to isolate, according to the Guardian’s monthly economic snapshot of economic developments. The slowdown could drag on if the Delta variant continues to hamper business activity. Construction companies reported a second month o...

UK government accused of hypocrisy as health minister quits By SYLVIA HUIJune 27, 2021 GMT LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary has resigned after a tabloid splashed photos and videos of him kissing an aide in his office — breaking the same coronavirus social distancing rules he imposed on the nation. While Matt Hancock was swiftly replaced, the scandal was another blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative government, which has repeatedly come under criticism for incompetence and hypocrisy in its handling of the pandemic over the past year. “People have made huge s...

Verdict: A welcome return Rating: Like a nervous Grandma, the RSC will have you over again, but insists you stay in the garden. Specifically, in its Covid-friendly Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Garden Theatre: an intimate outdoor amphitheatre named after the billionaires who forked out for it. On a sultry July evening — can of cold wine clutched in my fist, the splash of Avon rowers keeping a beat in the background — this production finally made it in front of a live audience, a mere year-and-a-bit later than planned. 'It has been so, so hard,' the RSC's artistic director Gregory Doran told me b...

Yes, 69% of UK adults have now received both vaccinations. This provides a level of protection that for many was unthinkable last summer – but it is not a freedom pass. It is perfectly possible to be double-jabbed and still catch the virus – just as Sajid Javid did this weekend – and, importantly, pass it on. This new phase of the pandemic comes as the UK is recording more daily Covid cases than almost anywhere in the world. It reported 54,674 new cases on Saturday, a higher rate per million people than anywhere except Cyprus, Fiji, Seychelles and Botswana, according to the Uni...

SO Boris Johnson says no one defends booing the England side. But his Home Secretary refused to condemn it, despite being handed what I believe in football parlance is the chance of an open goal. Asked whether she would boo the England squad while they took the knee pre-match, Priti Patel, in a show of obstinance or maybe a stunning lack of imagination, said she doesn’t attend the football. When asked if she would condemn such booing, she said it was the right of football supporters to boo the anti-racism gesture if they like. It’s their party and they can boo if they choose.