Go for a coronavirus test today and you might have to wait up to two days for the result. However, new swab and DNA tests to be rolled out to care homes from next week will offer a result in just 90 minutes, the government says. Half a million rapid swab tests will be available in adult care settings later this month, while hospitals are to get thousands of DNA test machines from September, according to the Department for Health.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock describes the innovations as "life-saving", saying they will help "break chains of transmission quickly". The announcement comes after the government pushed back a July target for regular testing of care home staff and residents in England, admitting the number of testing kits had become more limited. Currently three-quarters of test results come back within 24 hours. Our health correspondent Lauren Moss says it's "hugely significant" that the use of mobile labs for swab analysis will offer a result within 90 minutes. "Another major benefit sees the tests able to detect other winter illnesses, such as the flu," she adds.

What's on your menu for this evening? Pub grub... pizza... Chinese... Indian... More than 72,000 restaurants will be hoping customers are tempted to down saucepans and take advantage of the government's Eat Out to Help Out scheme, which begins today. Taxpayers will subsidise half-price meals - up to £10 per person - between Mondays and Wednesdays throughout August. Chancellor Rishi Sunak hopes the scheme will help protect the jobs of 1.8 million chefs, waiters and restaurateurs by boosting demand at a time when research suggests many remain "uncomfortable" at the thought of eating out. The scheme is not without critics, however, with questions raised last month about whether it offers taxpayers value for money. And Lib Dem health spokeswoman Munira Wilson argues: "With a number of fast-food chains signing up to the scheme, it seems clear that public health did not factor into the government's decision." Feeling peckish? Here's how to take advantage of the offer.

"Welcome back to planet Earth. Thanks for flying SpaceX." Those words greeted US astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico at the end of the first commercial crewed mission to the International Space Station. It was also the first crewed US water landing since the final outing of an Apollo command module 45 years ago. "It was truly our honour and privilege," Hurley said afterwards. However, it wasn't just mission control on hand to welcome the crew. Private boats which came close to the Dragon were asked to leave amid concern over hazardous chemicals on the capsule. "We need to make sure that we're warning people not to get close to the spacecraft in the future," says Nasa administrator Jim Bridenstine.

"Game-changing" is how the Daily Mail describes new coronavirus tests that can give results in 90 minutes. For the Times, they are a "significant boost" to control the virus as winter approaches, while the i says the quicker analysis should help schools reopening in September. Meanwhile, the Daily Express focuses on anger at the government for considering what campaigners call an "ageist" policy that could see people aged over 50 being asked to stay at home in order to prevent a second wave of the virus. Other potential "nuclear" options include London being sealed off, with the M25 ring road used as a "border", the Metro says. Read the full review.

If months of home-schooling has left you bereft of ideas on how to entertain the kids without resorting to tables, our video on how to get kids off devices this summer might help. And with airlines the world over retiring ageing planes early because of the global travel downturn, Soutik Biswas visits an Arizona "boneyard" where aircraft go to die.

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