Monday morning UK news briefing: Today's top headlines from The Telegraph

1. Exclusive: UK vaccine passport plans to be scrapped

Plans to make Covid-19 passports a legal requirement for large events are set to be dropped, The Telegraph understands.

Officials working on the review into Covid-19 status certification believe there is no chance the law will be changed to mandate their use within the UK. Read the full story.

2. Boris and his barefoot bride: inside the bohemian wedding party that no one saw coming

Standing barefoot in a floral headband and staring into the eyes of her new husband, Carrie Symonds defied the traditional trappings one might associate with the wife of a Prime Minister.

Surrounded by hay bales and colourful bunting and with lanterns hanging in the garden of Number 10 Downing Street, the couple opted for a bohemian, festival-style celebration after tying the knot in secret on Saturday. Read the full story.

3. Motorists hit by biggest annual petrol price hike in nearly a decade

Motorists have been hit by the biggest annual jump in petrol prices in nearly a decade as a lack of cars on the road has squeezed forecourts.

Experts said that the increase was a result of a perfect storm of lower road usage during the pandemic, with people working from home and travelling less, and the rising wholesale cost of oil. Read the full story.

4. King's College apologises for 'harm' caused to staff by photo tribute to Prince Philip

One of Britain’s top universities has apologised for the “harm” caused to staff after they complained about being sent a photograph of Prince Philip who had a “history of racist and sexist comments”.

The photograph of the late Duke opening the university library was included in a recent email bulletin to staff at King’s College London. Read the full story.

5. British WHO scientist dismisses Wuhan lab Covid leak claims as 'conspiracy theories'

A British scientist who took part in a World Health Organisation mission to investigate whether Covid leaked from a Wuhan laboratory has suggested that China had been “misunderstood” over its refusal to address growing suspicions about the origins of the disease.

Dr Peter Daszak said he sympathised with the Chinese government for refusing to give “oxygen” to “conspiracy theories”, and cast doubt on US intelligence suggesting that three workers at the Wuhan lab fell ill shortly before the first recorded case of Covid-19. Read the full story.

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