Sunday Express

The next six weeks are critical in the UK’s handling of the coronavirus, the Sunday Express reports, adding that the best-case scenario is a vaccine arriving in October.

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has vowed once again to get schools open next month, telling the Sunday Express that the risks of not getting kids back into classrooms are “too high to ignore”.

The prime minister has personally taken charge of the decision to send pupils back to school in September, according to the Sunday Express, claiming there are “no excuses” for them not to return. 

Fears of a second wave of coronavirus in Europe and the UK are putting millions of people off returning to normal life, according to the Sunday Express.

Britons planning to holiday in Spain could have to cancel their trips after the government imposed a quarantine on those entering the UK from the popular tourist destination, the Sunday Express says.

MPs have warned the “controversial Russia influence report” must not be used to “sabotage Brexit”, the Sunday Express reports.

The Sunday Express leads on reports Britain will “take back control of its borders” whatever the outcome of Brexit negotiations with the EU, claiming millions will be spent on “beefing up” customs checks. 

Britain will be put on the “fast track to recovery” this week, the Sunday Express says, with the prime minister planning to “dramatically accelerate” construction.