Daily Mail

Relatives of two schoolgirls murdered by paedophile Colin Pitchfork in the 1980s have condemned the Parole Board’s decision to approve his release from jail, writes the Daily Mail.

The Daily Mail leads with the debate about whether all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England should be lifted on 21 June.

Channel migrants have been secretly picked up in French waters by the UK Border Force and taken to Dover, the Daily Mail writes.

The Daily Mail’s front page says “Summer Holidays Plunged into Chaos” as no new countries placed on the travel green list. The paper says that Gibraltar is “the only realistic holiday destination which Britons can visit quarantine-free” due to strict entry requirements in other locations.

Foreign holidays are under threat because ministers are worried about a new coronavirus variant, the Daily Mail reports.

The Daily Mail’s headline is ‘nothing to fear from freedom’, as it reports on zero COVID deaths being reported for the first time since 7 March last year.

Ministers are being urged to curb the “rip-off” cost of COVID tests for holidaymakers, the Daily Mail writes.

The Daily Mail reports that there has been a 21,000% increase in the number of hip and knee patients waiting at least a year for operations.

Saturday’s Daily Mail leads with the news that the paper’s campaign to raise money for a memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral, dedicated to those who died of COVID, has so far accumulated £2.3m.

There’s a warning for the prime minister in the Daily Mail, which urges Boris Johnson not to “steal our summer” by pushing back the end of lockdown from 21 June.