Professor Jonathan Van-Tam is front and centre on the Metro, with a picture of him joining efforts in Nottingham to deliver COVID-19 jabs. 

Tomorrow’s Metro leads on the backlash to the government’s meagre £30 food packages for hungry kids.

Metro leads on government warnings that lockdown could be tightened further if people use exercise as an excuse to socialise with people outside their household.You can read the full story here.

Tomorrow’s Metro leads on calls to prosecute President Donald Trump for inciting riots, following the storming of the US Capitol.

Far-right Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in a last-ditch bid to thwart Joe Biden’s presidential election victory, the Metro writes.

Boris Johnson revealed one in 50 people have the virus – with the Metro reporting that figure rises to one in 30 in the capital.

Metro says schools in England will be closed until mid-February, as the country enters another national lockdown.

Metro leads with the prospect of a “Tier 5” lockdown as the coronavirus pandemic continues to worsen in the UK.

The Salvation Army has been helping “stranded truck drivers facing their third night with little to eat and nowhere to stay” after France closed its border to the UK, the Metro reports.

Jingle hell is the headline on the Metro, which reports that the new mutant variant of COVID-19 has led to a UK travel ban all over the world.

The Metro says Europe has lined up to ban British travellers after the new coronavirus variant sent new cases soaring by 51% in a week.

Nearly 40% of nurses have been forced to go without meals or use food banks due to low pay, according to the Metro. Niaomi Gordon, a 32-year-old nurse who has suffered with long-COVID, spoke to the newspaper about using food banks as she struggles to support herself and her 14-year-old son. 

Metro’s front page bears the prime minister’s message from his Downing Street news conference: Have yourself a merry little Christmas – little being the operative word this year as the government urges people to curb their Christmas celebrations.Read our guide to the rules this Christmas here.

The relaxation of coronavirus restrictions at Christmas could be in trouble as medical experts have warned the plans could lead to many more deaths, according to Metro.