Daily Express

The battle against the coronavirus will be won by spring – that’s the promise from Boris Johnson in the Daily Express.

The Daily Express quotes Boris Johnson as guaranteeing the new national lockdown in England will end as planned on 2 December and not ruin Christmas.

The pandemic is forcing hundreds of thousands of older Britons to turn to their pensions to cope – that story headlines the Daily Express.

The Daily Express leads with ‘COVID cancer time bomb’, saying that 50,000 cancer cases could be going undiagnosed due to the pandemic.

Leading the Daily Express is a story about the “end of free banking” moving closer as HSBC warns of the possible introduction of monthly account charges.

The Daily Express says there’s been a “milestone” moment in the search for a coronavirus vaccine – as early trials of the Oxford formula look promising. 

The Daily Express leads with claims that dementia patients are being given “archaic and dangerous” anti-psychotic drugs to keep them sedated during the pandemic.

It would be an “admission of failure” if the virus were here to stay. That’s the view of a medical expert splashed on the front of the Daily Express, which reports that a mix of vaccines, more testing and better tracing could see the end of coronavirus.

“Together we will protect Britain” – That headline on the Daily Express refers to the PM and chancellor pledging to throw billions of pounds more on the UK’s coronavirus rescue package, adding its total could top £200bn.Read more on this story here.