The i reports on the many community volunteers who have stepped in to provide free food to children over the holidays after the government voted down a plan to extend free school meals.Read more on this story here.
The i reports that new coronavirus cases in the UK have risen by between 53,000 and 90,000 a day and the government’s Test and Trace system can’t cope.Read more on this story here.
The i leads on predictions by the government’s scientific advisers that coronavirus vaccines will not be available until after Christmas. There’s more on that story here.
The i says Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has accused the government of treating the region as “canaries in a coalmine”.
The i reports there are calls for Tier 3 restrictions to be extended across the North East, North West, and parts of Yorkshire and the Midlands – while London could move to Tier 2 on Friday.
The i says Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is calling for a “circuit breaker” national lockdown.
The i goes with plans by ministers to offer furlough cash injections to areas affected by local lockdowns.
The i carries hopeful news on the pandemic, saying more of those becoming infected during the second wave are surviving than during the initial outbreak earlier this year.