Observer

Boris Johnson is confident that 15 million Britons will have received their first vaccine by Monday, according to The Observer – with a leading scientist telling the newspaper that the UK repeatedly failed to heed early warnings about COVID-19.

The Observer reports that the volume of exports going through British ports to the EU fell by 68% last month compared with January last year, mostly due to problems with Brexit.

The Observer says the European Union’s threat to impose a vaccine border between Northern Ireland and the Republic risked reigniting one of Brexit’s bitterest disputes last night.Read analysis from Sky’s senior Ireland correspondent David Blevins here.

The Observer says ministers are at the centre of an “explosive row” over an outbreak of 500 cases of COVID-19 at the government’s DVLA driving licence agency HQ in Swansea.

Thousands of people feel pressured to return to work even when they could be at risk of spreading the coronavirus, reports The Observer.

The Observer leads on the number of coronavirus infections among NHS staff, saying there are fears it may affect the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination.

Unions and head teachers are frustrated by the government’s plans for schools in the new term – that’s on the front of The Observer.

Senior Tory MPs have expressed concern about plans to rush the Brexit trade deal through parliament in just one day, according to The Observer.

Boris Johnson is facing a backlash from senior Tories over his apparent willingness to accept a no-deal Brexit, The Observer reports.