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How to save your holiday and avoid airport chaos - but arriving too early is bad

British holidaymakers will face a summer of discontent, but experts are showing us how to fight back in Channel 5 documentary Britain's Travel Chaos: How to Save Your Summer

Daily Mirror

Factbox-Views of frontrunners to succeed UK's Boris Johnson

The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with 11 candidates so far putting themselves forward for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around 200,000 Conservative Party members.

Reuters

The Standard View: The Tories are in a hurry to find a new leader – but the big issues still need debating

The rules to elect the new leader of the Conservative Party, and therefore Britain’s next prime minister, have been announced. The accelerated timetable heaps pressure on all contenders and limits the chance for an outsider to catch the eye.

Evening Standard

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Who is Nadhim Zahawi? All you need to know about new chancellor replacing Rishi Sunak

Iraqi refugee who arrived in Britain aged nine with no English rises to No 11 Downing Street, propping up Boris Johnson’s ailing, scandal-ridden premiership as slew of resignations threaten to sink it

The Independent UK

Factbox-Now UK's Boris Johnson has quit, who might replace him?

Five candidates are left in the contest to replace Boris Johnson as British prime minister.

Reuters

Mark Rowley’s Met Police will offer ‘more of the same’ on race, campaigners fear

New Met Commissioner ‘has never shown himself as being out to understand racism’, former police superintendent says.

The Independent UK

Mo Farah wins praise after ‘heart-breaking’ child trafficking tale

The true account of the Olympian’s journey to Britain is revealed in new documentary, The Real Mo Farah

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UK's Rishi Sunak endorsed by deputy PM Raab and rival Shapps

Rishi Sunak's campaign to be Britain's next prime minister was endorsed on Tuesday by Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab and transport minister Grant Shapps, who ditched his own leadership bid to back him.

Reuters

Heatwave tricks to keep cool on a budget - including curtain tip and ice water fan

Following news that Britain could record its hottest day ever next week, many of us are looking for ways to keep cool. Thankfully, there are plenty of tips to help you beat the heat without spending a fortune

Daily Mirror

Eight candidates make cut in race to succeed UK PM Johnson

Eight Conservatives will fight it out to succeed Boris Johnson as party leader and British prime minister after winning enough nominations from their colleagues to go through to the first round of voting on Wednesday.

Reuters

Inside pre-fab homes meant to last two decades but still being lived in 70 years later

More than 150,000 temporary homes made of prefabricated steel were erected at the end of the Second World War as Britain faced a housing crisis, with dozens still standing

Daily Mirror

Mo Farah Says He Was Victim of Child Trafficking

Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah was brought to Britain from Djibouti at the age of nine and was forced to do housework and childcare in exchange for food, he told the BBC. The 39-year-old Briton, who was born in Somalia, added his name had been changed to Mohamed…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘A job to run away from’: Dilemmas await successor to UK's Johnson

Nominations for the 11 Tory leadership contenders are expected to open on Tuesday, with MPs voting in the first round later in the week. Analysts anticipate that Boris Johnson’s successor in Downing Street will inherit a poisoned chalice. Topping the list of problems, the cost of living crisis vexing the…

France 24

Britain's Labour to put forward no confidence motion on Tuesday -source

Britain's main opposition Labour Party will put forward a motion for a no confidence vote in Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government on Tuesday, with the vote expected to take place on Wednesday, a source in the party said.

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Olympic great Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to UK at age 9, forced to be child servant

Olympic great Mo Farah was illegally trafficked to Britain at the age of nine from Djibouti and forced to work as a child servant, he has revealed, saying his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin.

ABC News

Boris Johnson's successor is set to be announced on September 5. So what happens until then?

Britain's new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes coming this week to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded contest to replace Boris Johnson.

The Independent UK

Mo Farah says he was taken to UK using another child's name

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child

The Independent UK

Sir Mo Farah ‘really proud’ of new revelatory documentary about his past

The four-time Olympic champion said the film, titled The Real Mo Farah, enabled him to ‘address and learn more’ about his journey to Britain.

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Sir Mo Farah reveals he was illegally trafficked to the UK as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant

Britain's most successful track athlete said he was flown to the United Kingdom from Djibouti, aged nine, and given a new name by a woman he had never met.

The Hindu

Former Olympic champion Mo Farah reveals real identity

The 39-year-old, whose father was killed in Somalia when he was four, said his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and claimed he was made to look after another family’s children in Britain

Reuters

Ex-finance minister Sunak vows to tackle inflation in pitch to be UK PM

Former finance minister Rishi Sunak will set out his stall to be Britain's next prime minister on Tuesday, vowing to tackle soaring inflation before joining his Conservative Party rivals in promising tax cuts.

Daily Mirror

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was illegally trafficked to UK aged nine and has different name

Sir Mo Farah is ready to tell his real story - 'whatever the cost'. The Olympic hero has bravely confessed he arrived in Britain as an illegal immigrant, after being smuggled into the country by traffickers as a young child

Tribune News Service

Tories plan to narrow race with tougher rules for prime minister candidates

LONDON — The UK Conservative Party is planning to narrow down a wide field of contenders to be Britain’s next prime minister by requiring candidates to have the initial support of 20 Tory MPs.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UK Watchdog Seeks Review into Government Use of WhatsApp, Messaging Apps

Britain should review the use of WhatsApp, private emails and other messaging apps by ministers and government officials after an investigation found "inadequate data security" during the COVID-19 pandemic, its data protection watchdog said on Monday. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the review should examine the "systemic risks" around…

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Britain's post-Boris blues

Johnson's successor will have a long list of debt, recession, inflation, and skilled-labour shortages to manage as they face the next turbulent phase of Britain’s post-Brexit adaptation.

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