The Times says the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is expected to offer jabs for those aged 16 and 17 in a “significant move to build up immunity in young people”.
Browsing: UK Papers
Every day, we break down the UK papers to give you the front page news, top stories and the angle the newspaper is reporting from. We cover right and left papers, the tabloids and broadsheets, the back pages, the Sunday papers and the business pages.
A suggestion from Scotland’s first minister that the UK Covid vaccine roll-out will shortly be extended to 16 and 17 year-olds leads several of Wednesday’s papers.
The Daily Express reports on a study suggesting people who are doubled jabbed are three times less likely to catch Covid, proving the UK’s vaccine roll-out is winning the war.
Metro’s main story focuses on Covid, with the paper reporting that a further fall in the number of UK Covid cases has raised hopes that the third wave is in retreat.
A full-page photograph of Jason Kenny and his wife Laura dominates the front of the Daily Mirror after the cyclist became Britain’s most decorated Olympian.
The Times carries a suggestion from the chancellor that working from home could harm the careers of young people. The paper highlights comments Rishi Sunak gave in an interview.
The Guardian says the plans for a watchlist were ditched after a revolt in the cabinet and backlash from the travel industry, as the chief of the body advising on travel rules has left her job.
The i says destinations including Spain and Greece had both been considered for the abandoned amber watchlist. Boris Johnson “flip-flops on changes” to travel rules, says the paper.
Energy prices are set to soar, with millions of struggling families set to be hit by the biggest rise in a decade says the Daily Mirror. The raising of a price cap is set to see annual costs up by £150.
The Sun says the girlfriend of England footballer Jack Grealish has revealed she was sent 200 death threats a day by trolls on social media during the Euro 2020 tournament.
Metro highlights tweaks to the NHS app behind the “pingdemic” in England and Wales so fewer people will have to isolate after they come into close contact with a positive Covid case.
The Guardian leads with discontent within the Tory party – with the paper’s report on MPs’ opposition over the Treasury’s spending this autumn and plans to cut Universal Credit.
The Times reports that Tory backbenchers are prepared to revolt over a “new crackdown” that would see travellers warned against visiting holiday hotspots like Spain.
The i reports that the Tories have been hit by a “poll slump” amid fears in the party that the “vaccine bounce” may be over. It says contributing factors include warnings over job losses.
The Daily Mirror reports on “fury” after an attack on an oil tanker that killed two people, including a British security guard. The paper reports that Dominic Raab has blamed Iran.
The Sun leads with an exclusive with England footballer Tyrone Mings has told the Sun that he needed therapy for mental health problems during the Euros campaign.
The Metro says “another glittering day for Team GB” on the ninth day of the Tokyo Games as cyclist Charlotte Worthington won a gold medal while swimmer Duncan Scott took silver.
The Guardian focuses on a report by MPs which criticises police failure to stamp out racial injustice in the ranks – 22 years after the Macpherson report identified “institutional racism”.
“Travel rules descend into French farce” says the Times, as it reports on France’s amber-plus designation – which means fully vaccinated travellers to the UK must quarantine.
The i newspaper focuses on the coronavirus traffic light system for travel abroad, saying that ministers are considering a new “amber watchlist”.
Britain is “winning the Covid fight”, the Daily Mirror says, after Deputy Chief Medical Office Jonathan Van-Tam claimed vaccines had saved 60,000 lives and prevented 22 million infections.
No jab, no job” is the Daily’s Mail’s take on the story, which says Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has backed the ultimatum by businesses in the US as a “smart policy”.
Some of the papers feature stories on Covid passports and compulsory vaccination in the wake of tech firms such as Google requiring staff to be fully jabbed before returning to the office.
The Guardian says that lawyers for the Queen lobbied ministers to exempt her from a draft law, making her the only landowner not required to help facilitate the construction of pipelines.
The Times says ministers received official warnings that plans to reopen the borders to travellers carried a “clear public health risk”.
