Metro says chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the furlough scheme for millions of workers until October – to avoid catastrophic job losses after Britain leaves lockdown in June.

The Metro leads on concern for the health of Prince Philip after he was transferred to a hospital specialising in cardiac treatment. 

Some 80% of the EU’s AstraZeneca vaccines are sitting unused and the bloc has been told to use them or give them to some of the 130 poorer countries that have yet to receive even one dose – that’s on the front of Metro.

The Queen told people working on the vaccine roll out that her experience was “very quick” and “didn’t hurt at all”, reports Metro. The monarch also said people with doubts needed to do the right thing and think of others.