Guardian

The Guardian leads with disruption and uncertainty for parents as some councils scramble to delay their schools reopening.

The Guardian reports on the government’s decision to keep all schools closed in London, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Guardian leads with Brexit officially taking place at 11pm on 31 December, four years, 27 weeks and two days after a referendum that split the country almost down the middle.

The Guardian writes that more than three-quarters of England’s population will enter 2021 being urged to stay at home, with the reopening of schools delayed in the hardest-hit areas.

Hospitals could soon face “horrendous choices” about which COVID-19 patients receive potentially life-saving treatment because the NHS is so dangerously overloaded, The Guardian writes.

Plans for millions of pupils to begin a staggered return to school from next week hang in the balance as a debate rages within government over the risk of a surge in infections, with the NHS already buckling under the strain, The Guardian writes.

The Guardian reports that the COVID pandemic poses the greatest risk to our mental health since the Second World War.

The Guardian is leading with a story that says British scientists are trialling a new drug which could help people stop developing COVID-19 after being exposed to the virus.

Downing Street has said a post-Brexit trade deal and security treaty with the European is in touching distance, The Guardian reports.

Scientists have told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that he must impose a national lockdown or risk a “human disaster”, amid the new fast-spreading variant of COVID-19, according to The Guardian.