Metro

Reacting to Boris Johnson’s dinner meeting to secure a Brexit agreement, Metro declares: “Give us a meal deal”.

The Metro sums up an emotional day as Britain’s first COVID-19 vaccines were given, with the headline: “Cheers and then tears”.

Dr Hari and Ranjan Shukla will be among the first people in the UK to receive a COVID-19 jab when the rollout begins tomorrow – that’s the splash on the Metro.

The Brexit deadlock is on the front of Metro, as the UK and the European Union get closer to the deadline for a trade deal.

The education secretary’s comments that the UK got a COVID-19 vaccine first because “we’re a much better country” than others – and the associated backlash – have made the front of the Metro.

Metro celebrates the UK being the first nation to approve a coronavirus vaccine on its front page, calling it a “historic” moment.

The Queen is facing a “lonely Christmas” after scrapping the usual family gathering at Sandringham this year, says Metro.

Metro leads on pop singer Rita Ora’s apology and “voluntary” fine of £10,000 after she threw a birthday bash at a restaurant with up to 30 friends during lockdown. 

Metro leads on Dominic Raab’s warning the UK could return to a third national lockdown if MPs do not back the prime minister’s new tougher tier system. 

Metro reports on the relaunched tier system and the fact that most of the North will be placed on the highest alert level.