Sue Gray has pics of Johnson with wine bottles at No 10 parties as police launch criminal probe, reads the front page of the Daily Mirror. 

Claims that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s wife threw him a surprise birthday in lockdown also make the front page of the Daily Mirror. 

The Daily Mirror leads with a report on the UK’s energy crisis, in which they have spoken to a grandmother whose house is too cold for her grandchildren to visit. 

The Daily Mirror has marked the “end of a rock legend” after Bat Out Of Hell singer Meat Loaf died of coronavirus.

The Daily Mirror reports the MP who defected to Labour said he was told a new school would be scrapped if he voted for free school meals.

Tory MP David Davis urging the prime minister to “in the name of God, go” features on the front of the Daily Mirror, which says Boris Johnson is “hanging by a thread”.

The Daily Mirror focuses on the “pork pie plot” to oust Boris Johnson, which got its name because the MP for Melton Mowbray (home of the pork pie) is alleged to have been involved.

The Daily Mirror quotes Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s former chief aide, saying the Prime Minister “waved aside” objections to the No 10 party held in May 2020.

The Daily Mirror reports that Downing Street staff held weekly “wine time Fridays” as the nation faced strict lockdown COVID curbs.

The Daily Mirror writes that Boris Johnson was “fighting for his political life” on Wednesday night as Tory MPs turned on him over “partygate”, joining Labour in calling him to quit.Daily 

The party is over for Boris Johnson as public fury erupts over Downing Street lockdown gatherings, the Daily Mirror reports. 

The Daily Mirror leads with an exclusive investigation into the government’s levelling up plans, with one school in Yorkshire saying it has more than 50 leaks in the roof, leaving children “wet and cold”.