Athletes in the Olympic Village have been proving how robust their cardboard beds are amid rumours they were designed to prevent competitors having sex.
The majority of legal restrictions on social contact in England have been removed from today, but the wearing of masks is still recommended in some places.
Frontline health workers in England are to be spared self-isolation rules in an emergency move to tackle the "pingdemic" that has triggered an NHS staffing crisis.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has told her nation that a recovery plan will be in place within days, after visiting some of the areas that were worst affected by the country's floods.
