Daily Telegraph

The UK’s growing R number and associated warnings make The Daily Telegraph’s lead story.

The Daily Telegraph’s front page story suggests hospital COVID-19 admissions were over-reported at the peak of the pandemic.

Universities are asking for extra money help them cope with extra demand after the government’s U-turn on A-level results, according to The Daily Telegraph.

“Williamson shifts blame on to exam watchdog” is the Daily Telegraph’s take on the story. It says he faces calls to resign after apologising to students. But it says he has blamed Ofqual, and quotes him saying he had been “constantly reassured” by senior officials at the regulator that the system was fair.

The Daily Telegraph says there is division between the exams regulator Ofqual and Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, over the controversial algorithm used to set the grades of thousands of A-level students last week.

The government has been told holidaymakers returning home from “red list” countries should be tested to end the “quarantine roulette” that has dogged the summer, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The Daily Telegraph has the exam regulator accusing teachers of giving students “implausibly high” predicted grades as the row continues over A-level results.

The education secretary has warned that inflating the grades of the COVID-19 generation risks devaluing their exam results and harming their future career prospects, The Daily Telegraph writes.

The Daily Telegraph reports that ministers are under increasing pressure to scrap exam result downgrades and make sure all students receive the grades predicted for them by teachers.