Vaccines and the chance of an escape from lockdown are splashed across the front pages on Friday.
Over-65s will start receiving letters containing invitations to get their coronavirus jabs from Monday as the UK’s “vaccine blitz races ahead”, according to The Sun.
Tomorrow’s front page: ‘Over-65s will start getting letters inviting them for their Covid jab from Monday’ https://t.co/e055nTCfkG pic.twitter.com/buhec0Agwx
— The Sun (@TheSun) February 11, 2021
Metro says Sage member Sir Jeremy Farrar has warned Boris Johnson against easing lockdown in March or April, the scientist saying the Government’s road-map to be revealed on February 22 “frankly doesn’t make any sense”.
Friday’s front page:THERE’S NO QUICK FIX#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/dLQVg0t7qb
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) February 11, 2021
The Times reports ministers are considering plans to take the country out of lockdown which would see social distancing in place until at least autumn and potentially until the end of the year.
TIMES: Atay apart until autumn under lockdown easing #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/KCUbqcOf3j
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) February 11, 2021
The head of the Armed Forces, General Sir Nick Carter, warns in The Daily Telegraph that the pandemic risks creating the economic chaos and nationalist problems of the 1930s.
The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:
‘Pandemic risks repeat of 1930s chaos, says forces chief’#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 11, 2021
But Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane writes in the Daily Mail that Britain’s economy will bounce back like a “coiled spring” once lockdown ends.
Friday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/ryMUc3pXeW
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) February 11, 2021
The Daily Star reports Matt Hancock and the Government have caused “holiday chaos” as the paper calls for “a bit of clarity” over summer travel.
Tomorrow’s front page: Forgive me Father for I have sinned… and booked a week’s staycation in Cornwall #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/KVORr9Ojbx pic.twitter.com/YWNyAHVYvN
— Daily Star (@dailystar) February 11, 2021
New research published by The Independent shows a drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis can prevent Covid-19 deaths and accelerate recovery.
Tomorrow’s @independent front page #tomorrowspaperstoday To subscribe to the Daily Edition https://t.co/koJc3LN1ax pic.twitter.com/ols7MFFNTf
— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) February 11, 2021
More than 4.5 million people are “in NHS limbo” as they sit on waiting lists for routine procedures including hip and knee operations, reports the i.
Millions in NHS limbo. Friday’s @theipaper front page #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #skypapers #nhs pic.twitter.com/tjxkljwbC0
— Tim Alden (@timaldi) February 11, 2021
Documents showing Transport Secretary Grant Shapps overrode official advice over the £27 billion expansion of England’s road network has “thrown into doubt” whether the project will continue, according to The Guardian.
Guardian front page, Friday 12 February 2021: Road plans in doubt after Shapps defies official advice pic.twitter.com/NSC7bjXX92
— The Guardian (@guardian) February 11, 2021
The Daily Express says Lord Ian Botham has criticised the BBC for causing “immense distress” to older viewers who have failed to pay their licence fees.
EXPRESS: @BeefyBotham blasts BBC for ‘bullying’ elderly #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/kDX5EmoA8v
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) February 11, 2021
The Financial Times reports the billionaire brothers buying Asda set a record by raising the largest-ever sterling junk bond of £2.8 billion.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Friday 12 February https://t.co/0Rdc0ZazlV pic.twitter.com/3skFO3LbjW
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 11, 2021
And the Daily Mirror covers the conviction of a butcher who raped and murdered Libby Squire in Hull, with the university student’s family quoted as saying “Our wonderful girl will always be with us”.
Tomorrow’s #frontpage – Our wonderful girl will always be with us – Butcher guilty of 21-year-old student’s murder#tomorrowspaperstoday
Read more: https://t.co/71R7KqNP6Z pic.twitter.com/VRmiffSb8p
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 11, 2021
