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NewsReutersOlympics-Organisers show off Olympic village a month before Games begin
TOKYO (Reuters) -Organisers of the Tokyo Olympics opened the athletes' village to the media on Sunday, showing off apartments and a timber-laced shopping plaza where 11,000 athletes would stay and mingle during the sporting extravaganza. The once-delayed Games are due to start on July 23 amid concern that the influx of thousands of people from around the world would contribute to the spread of the novel coronavirus. Japan has avoided the kind of explosive outbreaks that crippled many other countries.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsFamilies and community leaders to join memorial to Reading terror victims
James Furlong, 36, scientist Dr David Wails, 49, and Joseph Ritchie-Bennett, 39, were murdered by Khairi Saadallah on June 20 last year.
CelebrityPA Media: UK NewsWhat the papers say – June 20
A wide range of stories feature across Sunday’s front pages.
NewsReutersAirlines, holiday companies ramp up pressure on Britain to ease travel rules
Britain's airlines and holiday companies are planning a "day of action" on Wednesday to ramp up pressure on the government to ease travel restrictions, with just weeks to go before the start of the peak summer season. Travel companies, whose finances have been stretched to breaking point during the pandemic, are desperate to avoid another summer lost to COVID-19. As the clock ticks down to July, Europe's biggest airline Ryanair and Manchester Airports Group on Thursday launched legal action to try to get the government to ease the rules before the industry's most profitable season starts.
BusinessPA Media: UK NewsRising inflation could cut average household incomes by £700, study suggests
Resolution Foundation urges Chancellor to cancel planned cut to Universal Credit this Autumn.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsPilots issue mayday as data suggests UK aviation ‘worst hit by travel rules’
Balpa said the number of flights into and out of the UK has fallen by three-quarters compared to 2019.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsTwo in five disadvantaged pupils believe they will receive unfair grades – poll
A majority of students fear they will not be able to successfully appeal against grades they think are not reflective of ability, a survey suggests.
TechnologyPA Media: UK NewsMinisters eye technology to save thousands of NHS staffing hours
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the changes were being made after the coronavirus pandemic demonstrated the need for more effective use of data.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsMore than 700,000 jabs booked on day vaccine programme opened to over-18s
Eight appointments were made every second.
NewsThe GuardianJohn Bercow defects to Labour with withering attack on Johnson
John Bercow defects to Labour with withering attack on Johnson. Former Speaker says party has become reactionary and xenophobic under its current leadership . The blue wall: what next for the Tories after shock defeat?
NewsPA Media: UK NewsMinister must resign if he fails to tackle rape figures within a year – Labour
Shadow justice secretary David Lammy accused Mr Buckland of shedding ‘crocodile tears’.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsOutdoor civil wedding and partnership ceremonies to be legalised
The whole event will be allowed to take place outside under the move to permit outdoor civil ceremonies.
SciencePA Media: UK NewsActivists ‘threatened with arrest’ for anti-Shell demo at Science Museum
Protesters from the UK Student Climate Network staged an ‘occupation’ of the London attraction on Saturday over its links with the fossil fuel giant.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsRemoval of advertising from GB News ‘shows democracy being undermined’
Oliver Dowden has warned that basic democratic values can no longer be taken for granted.
NewsReutersFormer British parliament speaker Bercow joins opposition Labour Party
John Bercow, the former speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament, said on Saturday that he had joined the opposition Labour Party after spending most of his political career as a Conservative legislator. Bercow, who clashed with Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Theresa May over their approach to Brexit and treatment of parliament, told the Observer newspaper that he now believed the Conservative Party was "reactionary, populist, nationalistic and sometimes even xenophobic".
NewsPA Media: UK NewsEx-Speaker John Bercow defects to Labour, criticising ‘xenophobic’ Tories
He stepped down as Speaker in 2019.
SportPA Media: UK NewsQueen leaves Royal Ascot delighted after first return to racecourse since 2019
The monarch could be seen with a wide smile on her face throughout the day.
NewsThe Guardian‘Punished for doing nothing wrong’: Queensland judge’s ‘dismaying’ decisions highlight crisis in family law courts
‘Punished for doing nothing wrong’: Queensland judge’s ‘dismaying’ decisions highlight crisis in family law courts. Gregory Egan’s decision to give a father custody of children while the mother was in hospital was just one of half a dozen that would be overturned
NewsPA Media: UK NewsJohn Bercow: From Tory MP and Commons Speaker to joining the Labour Party
His bellowing shouts of “order” and “division, clear the lobby” were a feature of the Brexit crisis.
NewsThe GuardianOne third of convicted sex offenders across England and Wales avoid prison
One third of convicted sex offenders across England and Wales avoid prison. Adults convicted of sexually assaulting children under 13 are among those who have not been jailed
NewsThe GuardianThe ‘human rights’ sex trade case that will harm women
The ‘human rights’ sex trade case that will harm women. A European court judgment this week could reverse laws that protect the vulnerable and abused
NewsPA Media: UK NewsJulian Assange’s partner brands his incarceration ‘intolerable and grotesque’
The WikiLeaks founder remains in Belmarsh prison pending an appeal after he won his extradition battle.
NewsPA Media: UK NewsWeekend washout to continue into next week, forecasters warn
Up to 30mm of rain could fall in parts of south-east England on Saturday night, with no sign or clearer skies on the horizon.
SportPA Media: UK NewsLondon stadiums transformed into giant Covid jab clinics on ‘super Saturday’
Smaller events are also taking place in local community venues.
BusinessPA Media: UK NewsMorrisons rejects conditional £5.5 billion takeover proposal
Morrisons said it rejected a conditional cash offer from CD&R of 230 pence per share.