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A record number of migrants crossed the Channel yesterday as a study found the government’s hostile environment policy was failing to combat illegal immigration, The Times reports.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is trying to divert billions of pounds of foreign aid to pay for upgrades to the UK’s intelligence and defence capabilities, The Times reports.

Portugal could be put back onto the UK’s quarantine list, leaving thousands of British holidaymakers in “limbo”, reports The Times.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned the UK could face both a surge in coronavirus this winter, and a bad outbreak of seasonal flu, The Times reports.

The Times reports that Boris Johnson is facing calls from senior Tory MPs to give a “clear and consistent message” that it is safe for people to go back to work.

The Times reports on a “hidden” NHS waiting list of patients which runs to many millions.

The Times says the wearing of masks in schools will apply to pupils aged 11 or over.

Defence chiefs have drawn up plans to mothball all of Britain’s tanks under proposals to modernise the armed forces, according to The Times.

The Times reports that teachers are more likely to spread the coronavirus than their pupils.