2020-08-16
Sunday Mail Front Page 16th of August 2020
The Mail on Sunday says that Home Secretary Priti Patel is under fire after allegedly calling the French people “racist”, adding that’s the reason migrants are crossing the Channel.
The Mail on Sunday says that Home Secretary Priti Patel is under fire after allegedly calling the French people “racist”, adding that’s the reason migrants are crossing the Channel.
Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has vowed once again to get schools open next month, telling the Sunday Express that the risks of not getting kids back into classrooms are “too high to ignore”.
There are calls for Education Secretary Gavin Williamson to be sacked in the Sunday Mirror, following the release of this year’s A-level results.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has pledged to axe Public Health England, according to The Sunday Telegraph, and replace it with a new body specifically designed to deal with pandemics.
The Observer says that a controversial algorithm has been used to set 97% of GCSE grades next week, and it could downgrade more pupils than the A-level results did last week.
British families “racing home” from France last night branded the quarantine order a “fiasco”, the Daily Mirror reports.
Thousands of holidaymakers scrambled to return from France as it emerged “ministers rushed forward the imposition of quarantine measures by 24 hours”, The Guardian reports.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged his government is going “all out” to secure a coronavirus vaccine able to wipe out the disease across the UK, the Daily Express reports.