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“The lockdown lock-in” is the headline on the front page of the Metro, which leads on the BBC’s investigation into No 10 parties held when the country was in lockdown. Whistleblower claims of weekly “Wine Time Friday” events and a security guard being abused for trying to stop the booze-ups are listed in bullet points on the front page. Taking aim at Boris Johnson – who is pictured with a stern expression – the paper quotes insider claims to the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that he “led lockdown parties that ended with staff sleeping off hangovers on No 10’s sofas”.