Daily Mail

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. 

‘Domshell’ is the pun of the day, it seems. The Daily Mail is one of a few of Thursday’s papers to have used the description referring to Mr Cummings’ forthright evidence to the committee.

British firms worth a total of £36bn have been sold off to private equity companies in a high-risk ‘pandemic plundering’ spree, according to the Daily Mail, with 19 more deals worth nearly £16.6bn in the pipeline.

The Daily Mail reports that some dental patients are being told to wait until 2024 for an NHS appointment.

The Daily Mail joins most of the other newspapers in splashing on the Duke of Cambridge’s comments about the Martin Bashir interview. Tomorrow’s edition of the paper contains 20 pages of coverage on the story.

Families should expect “a knock on the door” when they return from foreign holidays, says the Daily Mail. The paper says Home Secretary Priti Patel has warned officials will be carrying out up to 10,000 home visits a day, to people who have visited amber list countries, to make sure they are fulfilling ten days’ quarantine.

The Daily Mail leads on claims of “mass confusion” in government over whether trips to ‘amber’ countries are acceptable – even though they are not illegal.

June’s final easing of COVID restrictions shouldn’t be put off to protect those who won’t get the jab – that’s the message from Tory ministers to the PM, the Daily Mail reports.