2021-08-09
Metro Front Page 9th of August 2021
The Metro leads with the news that cycling star Jason Kenny is now Britain’s greatest Olympian ever after landing his seventh gold medal on the final day of the Games in Tokyo.
The Metro leads with the news that cycling star Jason Kenny is now Britain’s greatest Olympian ever after landing his seventh gold medal on the final day of the Games in Tokyo.
Thousands of UK holidaymakers have been left scrambling to leave Mexico as changes to the government’s travel list put plans in chaos, reports the Metro.
Young people aged 16 and 17 are to get their first coronavirus vaccine dose before returning to school, Metro reports.
The Metro leads with news that the third wave of coronavirus is in retreat.
The NHS app behind the so-called “pingdemic” has been tweaked so less people are told to self-isolate, the Metro reports.
Metro has the latest from Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics.
Google workers will only be able to return to its US offices if they have had two COVID vaccine injections – that’s the lead in the Metro.
Metro’s headline – inspired by Only Fools and Horses – refers to the news that fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and the US will soon not have to quarantine when arriving in England, Scotland and Wales from an amber list country.
The Metro leads on Matthew Keenan, a new father who did not believe in COVID vaccines and died of the disease wishing he had been jabbed.
The Metro front page puns on the tears shed by Olympic gold medal-winning diver Tom Daley after his synchronised 10m platform victory with partner Matty Lee.