2021-02-01
Metro Front Page 1st of February 2021
Metro leads with the news that Captain Sir Tom Moore is in hospital after being diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Metro leads with the news that Captain Sir Tom Moore is in hospital after being diagnosed with the coronavirus.
Metro says Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has clashed with Boris Johnson by saying she would give European leaders details of the contracts Britain has with COVID vaccine suppliers.It comes amid a row over supplies of the Oxford vaccine.
Metro has a heart-warming story about an NHS nurse, who was so unwell with COVID-19 she did not know she had given birth, meeting her daughter for the first time after three months apart.
Metro reflects on the news that the UK has exceeded 100,000 deaths with coronavirus.Read more on that story here.
The country’s coronavirus vaccine effort is on the front of the Metro.Get the latest on the UK’s jab rollout here.
Metro leads on the story that schools may not return to normal until after Easter.
Metro leads on figures that show violent assaults on emergency services workers are the most common crimes committed during the pandemic.
America’s new president Joe Biden has promised to make the US a “beacon to the world” again and urged its citizens to end the nation’s “uncivil war”, writes Metro.
Metro celebrates the end of Donald Trump’s time in power and notes that he will be the first president since 1869 not to attend his successor’s inauguration.
Metro reports that a surge in software used to spy on staff working from home during the pandemic has led to calls for new laws against unscrupulous bosses.