Daily Express

Millions of people are going to be driving this weekend to go on holiday, according to the Daily Express, with airports also expected to have their busiest weekend of the year. 

Workers considered critical will be offered daily coronavirus testing to help end the so-called “pingdemic”, the Daily Express says.

The Daily Express leads with a new stand-off over Brexit.

Britain is to give France another £54m to prevent migrant crossings, following an agreement between the home secretary and French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, the Daily Express reports.

The Daily Express leads with the warnings given at the Downing Street press conference – which Boris Johnson attended remotely from isolation – that there could still be outbreaks of the coronavirus following the so-called “Freedom Day”.

Public reaction forced the prime minister and chancellor to self-isolate instead of taking part in a pilot testing scheme after Sajid Javid caught COVID – that’s the take in the Daily Express.

The Daily Express leads with a health warning ahead of the warm temperatures expected this weekend.

The Daily Express says ministers are under pressure to accelerate plans for those who are fully vaccinated against coronavirus to be exempt from self-isolation rules.

The weather is the lead on the front of the Daily Express, with the paper reporting temperatures could reach highs of 31C (88F) by Sunday.

The prosecution of soldiers who served during the Troubles in Northern Ireland is to be outlawed, says the Daily Express, “ending a witch-hunt of heroes”.