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A number of the papers lead with Matt Hancock’s appearance before the Covid Inquiry on Tuesday. The Metro reports that the “shamed” former health secretary, who resigned in 2021 after being caught kissing an aide in breach of lockdown rules, told the hearing that the UK’s pandemic preparations had been too concerned with the “consequences of disaster”. He said the plans had always assumed it would not be possible to stop a virus spreading, so had focused on questions like how to procure enough body bags or find space for the dead instead of how to suppress an outbreak.

Metro Front Page 21st of March 2025

The police are implementing a focused approach to identify and track the top 100 individuals posing the greatest risk to women, reflecting a renewed commitment to making the capital safer through targeted interventions.

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Metro Front Page 18th of March 2025

A report warns that an estimated £17 billion is needed to fix the nation’s deteriorating roads, highlighting serious safety risks and calling for substantial, sustained investment to address infrastructure shortfalls.

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