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The Times reports that Boris Johnson is to mark his first anniversary as prime minister by rewarding Brexit loyalists, including the former cricketer Sir Ian Botham, with peerages.

The Times reports that £20,000 was secretly paid to a Vodafone employee to obtain phone records critical to former England defender Rio Ferdinand’s 2003 missed drugs test case.

The Times leads with hopes for a successful COVID-19 vaccine being boosted after two leading groups achieved positive early results.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has ordered a review of capital gains tax to try to pay for the coronavirus pandemic, The Times reports.

Military chiefs have drawn up plans to base one of Britain’s new aircraft carriers in the Far East to play a part in countering an increasingly assertive China, according to The Times.

Britons holidaying in Europe after Brexit will face higher costs for things such as travel insurance and using a mobile phone, reports The Times.

The Times leads on the same story, citing mounting evidence showing they slow the spread of the virus.

The government is urging people to get back to gyms and “work out to help out”, after they were given the go-ahead to reopen later in the month, The Times says.

The coronavirus support plan announced by the chancellor is now worth more than the amount the country spends on health each year, according to The Times.