The shooting of police officer Matt Ratana dominates the front of the Daily Express, which again highlights that the suspect was on terror watch. He had been arrested on a drug offence and possession of ammunition.
The Daily Express front page has a more optimistic tone, focusing on Rishi Sunak’s claims Britain “will get through this” as he unveiled his £5bn plan for jobs this winter.
The Daily Express leads with Rishi Sunak’s rescue package to support millions of jobs through the winter coronavirus crisis this winter which he will unveil on Thursday.
The Daily Express describes Mr Johnson’s speech as an “impassioned plea to the nation” and highlights his promise there are “great days ahead” after Britain gets the virus under control.
The Daily Express leads with Boris Johnson announcing new coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday, adding that chief medical officers upgraded the COVID-19 alert level from three to four.
The Daily Express says the government’s top COVID team will issue the public a stark warning on Monday that the UK is at a “critical point” in its fight against coronavirus.
The Daily Express says the UK’s leading scientists have urged the government to consider “circuit break” measures for around two weeks to slow the spread of coronavirus infections.
But the Daily Express says there is some good news on testing – saying a “highly accurate” 90-minute virus test has been trialled in three NHS hospitals and could make a “huge difference” ahead of the winter. Called CovidNudge, the paper says it has a 94% success rate at correctly testing for positive cases – and 100% success rate for negative cases.
The Daily Express leads on Mr Johnson’s comments but on lockdown restrictions, not testing. The PM said the government will “do everything in our power” to avoid a second national lockdown – but the paper says he refused to rule out a new stay at home rule. He said another lockdown would be “disastrous”.
The Daily Express’ top story is on Tuesday’s court ruling that saw senior judges dismiss an appeal from two women affected by changes to the state pension age. The women – who are backed by a campaign representing millions of women who were affected when the state pension age was upped from 60 to 66 – have vowed to carry on fighting, the paper says. It calls the ruling a “devastating blow to their fight for compensation”.