An investigation by the Times has found hundreds of civil servants at the DVLA have done no work while on full pay for long periods of the pandemic while managers boasted of watching Netflix at the public’s expense. Meanwhile, Putin is facing more setbacks after evidence emerged yesterday that he has lost at least 7,000 troops and more than 200 tanks in the conflict in Ukraine so far.
Russia has targeted Home Secretary Priti Patel and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace with fake video calls from imposters posing as Ukrainian politicians, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Russia has been accused by the UK, US, France Albania, Ireland and Norway of war crimes in Ukraine, the Guardian reports.The paper also claimed France believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is online pretending to be interested in negotiating a peace deal. The front page also shares a heart-warming family picture of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being reunited with her husband Richard and daughter Gabriella.
The Metro said P&O is facing outrage and a mutiny on its ships following the sacking of the crew members.
The FT leads on P&O halting ferry crossings and sacking 800 sailors via a Zoom call.