Independent

Is this really a “massive success”, prime minister? The Independent leads with a question for Boris Johnson after figures show the UK had Europe’s highest increase in death rates during the first half of this year.

The government is not doing everything it should to stop a second wave of coronavirus, the British Medical Association’s top doctor has warned, according to The Independent. 

A cross-party group of MPs has found that care homes were “thrown to the wolves” during the coronavirus outbreak, exposing years of delayed reforms to the sector, according to The Independent.

The UK and the US have accused Russia of firing a weapon in space during a satellite test, The Independent reports.

MPs are warning the government acted too late to help the arts industry during the pandemic, which could lead to the UK becoming a “cultural wasteland”, writes The Independent. 

The Independent leads on the Russia report finding there was no evidence the Kremlin interfered in the Brexit vote – but says that is because the “government hasn’t even looked for any yet”.

Trials of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine showed the injection can prompt the immune system to produce antibodies, with few side effects, The Independent writes.