Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said he's confident a coronavirus vaccine booster programme will start this month, with an advisory body having issued interim advice suggesting more than 30 million people should receive a third dose. But the scientist who led development of the Oxford vaccine says not everyone needs one. "Immunity is lasting well in the majority of people," says Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert. She tells the Daily Telegraph those with weakened immune systems and the elderly will be given boosters but adds: "I don't think we need to boost everybody."
Dame Sarah says the UK must instead "do better" at helping countries around the world with vaccine supply, pointing out the first dose has the most impact. More than 48.3 million people in the UK - 88.8% of over-16s - have had one dose, while 43.7 million have had two. The UK has ordered a total of more than 540 million doses of seven vaccines. However, there are vast differences in the pace of progress in different parts of the world and the government has pledged to donate 100 million surplus jabs to poorer countries before the middle of next year.

The fairytale continues for British teenager Emma Raducanu, who enters the record books as the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam tennis final. In beating Greek 17th seed Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-4 in the US Open, she becomes the first British woman to reach a major singles final since Virginia Wade at Wimbledon in 1977. And all without dropping a set. "I actually can't believe it," Raducanu said. In the final she'll meet another unseeded teenager tearing up the form books. Canadian Leylah Fernandez, who turned 19 on Monday, edged second seed Aryna Sabalenka 7-6 (7-3) 4-6 6-4 in her semi, having already knocked out defending champion Naomi Osaka and fifth seed Elina Svitolina.

One of the tracks on Collapsed in Sunbeams was composed "sitting on the floor eating pasta", while Arlo Parks was still a schoolgirl. And, still only 21, the indie-soul singer and poet has become the first Mercury Prize winner born this century - collecting the £25,000 prize at a ceremony in Hammersmith, the west London district where she grew up. Judges called her a "singular voice" who "demonstrates how to be quietly strong in a world of extrovert noise". Thanking the judges, Parks told the audience her career had involved "sacrifice and hard work". The singer, whose lyrics touch on depression and sexuality, says the album is "about the things I was scared to talk about or the things that moved me".

The Daily Telegraph leads on Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert, who led the creation of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, saying it is unnecessary to give a third dose to most people. Nevertheless, the Times says booster jabs are expected to get the go-ahead early next week, after evidence showed they caused antibody levels to rise "several-fold". Meanwhile, plans to end the temporary £20-a-week pandemic uplift in Universal Credit - defended by Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg as required to "balance the books" - have been met with "anger" from the government's own MPs, the i says. The Health Foundation charity says the cut will result in increased levels of mental illness and hit hardest in parts of the country with the worst health outcomes, reports the Guardian. Read the review.

Time was, if you lived in - or visited - London, you'd barely go anywhere without an Oyster card. But their use was already declining, thanks to the ease of contactless and mobile payment, before the pandemic hastened the trend. Now, more than 80m of the blue plastic cards - charged up with more than £550m - have been lying unused for more than a year. But the system may not have reached its terminus just yet. Find out why.
Dangling rhinos upside down, studying bacteria in pavement chewing gum, controlling cockroaches on submarines... sounds wacky? Well, these research projects are all award-winners. Find out more about this year's Ig Nobel prize recipients. And remember the one about the "talking" duck? Well, if you do, it might be your turn for a decent score in our our quiz of the week.

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