The Guardian leads with “chaos and fury” as Boris Johnson forces stronger COVID-19 rules on Manchester.Read more on this story here.

The Guardian reports on the Welsh government’s decision to enter a 17-day “firebreak” lockdown – despite having the lowest rates of COVID-19 infection of the four UK nations.

The Guardian reports on a leaked NHS document warning of an imminent shortage of hospital beds for people seriously ill with COVID-19 in Greater Manchester. The full story is here.

The Guardian reports on the bickering between Whitehall and some English regions and says the prime minister will ignore local leaders’ objections anyway if he sees fit. 

The Guardian says northern leaders have been warned the NHS could become overwhelmed without harsher measures, ahead of a decision on whether to extend Tier 3 restrictions to Greater Manchester and Lancashire. 

The Guardian leads with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s calls for a national lockdown of at least two weeks as the number of people who have died with COVID-19 soared to a four-month high.

The Guardian says Boris Johnson has warned northern leaders that failure to agree tougher COVID restrictions within days would be “unforgivable”.

Number 10 has warned that the country is at a “critical juncture” in its fight to control the spread of coronavirus, reports The Guardian.

The Guardian says some leaders in northern England have described the Chancellor’s expansion of the Job Support Scheme as a “kick in the teeth” because it would not alleviate the financial hardship of a new lockdown. 

The Guardian reports that ministers will meet on Thursday to try and agree a plan for further restrictions on pubs to limit the UK’s increasing number of coronavirus cases. There’s more on that story here.

The Guardian goes with the impact of coronavirus on the new university year, saying three of the UK’s largest are stopping face-to-face teaching after a spike in cases on campus.

The Guardian says that contact tracers are scrambling to reach up to 50,000 people who should have been in isolation after a spreadsheet blunder led to coronavirus cases not being recorded.

A new three-tier lockdown system is being planned for England, which could see areas  with the highest case numbers banning social contact outside your own household and closing pubs, restaurants and bars, according to The Guardian.