Britons to Mexico discover in the air that they are confronted with around 40 hotels

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Meanwhile, the number of people asked to self-isolate from the NHS Covid app fell 43% in one week, new figures have shown.

A total of 395,971 alerts were sent in the week to July 28, telling people in England and Wales that they had been in close contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.

However, there has also been a sharp decrease in the number of registrations at sites using the app.

Elsewhere, Sadiq Khan wants it to become a criminal offense not to wear a face mask on the London Underground. Our liveblog has more.

The GB team exceeds the unofficial Olympic medal target

Britain surpassed their unofficial Olympic medal target as Tokyo 2020 became the team’s second most successful Games on foreign soil. Matt Walls won Britain’s first gold medal of the week at the velodrome, with her omnium victory followed by Holly Bradshaw taking bronze in the women’s pole vault, bringing the national total to 51, tying that of Beijing 2008, which will be surpassed since Great Britain has two guaranteed medals in boxing. It’s clear Team GB is not run “by a radical bunch of left-wing maniacs” – or at least that’s what one would assume Donald Trump would think after his outburst with the women’s football team. of the United States after their bronze medal. Elsewhere, the discussion revolved around Tom Daley and his new cardigan, which he had knitted throughout the Games and unveiled on social media. The Australian Olympians who filed a “binge drinking” complaint on their return flight fired back, saying, “Who cares who threw up, it’s not World War III? Read the analysis in our Olympic Games newsletter.

Residents of Sherwood Forest bowled over by cheerful bunch of nudists

Legend has it that the Sheriff of Nottingham never had to deal with the cheeky displays of nudity by Robin Hood and his merry companions during their epic struggle for control of Sherwood Forest. But the tranquility of the modern site has been shattered by it. Find out how some of the visitors drawn to Sherwood Forest each year, where flora and fauna include the major oak, a 1,000-year-old oak tree, suffered a bare awakening – and what is being done about it.

Also in the news: other titles from today

Charges of a boy found in a river | The five-year-old boy’s stepfather from a South Wales river has appeared in court charged with his murder and the child’s mother and another 13-year-old boy have been charged with his death. Logan Mwangi, also known as Logan Williamson, has been found with multiple injuries, including a torn liver, an internal head injury and a broken collarbone. Read the latest.

Around the world: forest fires fear for the site of ancient Greece

Greek firefighters have battled to bring two major fires raging near Olympia and on the island of Evia today as the country suffocates in a record-breaking heat wave. More than 170 firefighters, fifty trucks, six helicopters and water bombers have been deployed near the ancient archaeological site, cradle of the Olympic Games. See a map showing how forest fires gripped southern Europe.

Thursday interview

“There will be a black Mary Poppins at some point”

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