Times Front Page 10th of September 2020
Britain faces a Christmas without large family gatherings, according to The Times, which also leads on the prime minister’s Downing Street press conference.
Britain faces a Christmas without large family gatherings, according to The Times, which also leads on the prime minister’s Downing Street press conference.
Christmas could still be “normal” if Boris Johnson’s plans for mass testing are a success, according to the Daily Express.
The Daily Mirror leads on the chief medical officer’s warning that COVID-19 will be “difficult” to control this winter, despite Wednesday’s announcement tightening restrictions.
But the Daily Mail’s front page focuses on Professor Chris Whitty’s claims that the situation surrounding coronavirus in Britain will “remain difficult” until March 2021.
The Financial Times leads on growing condemnation of Boris Johnson’s decision to press on with a controversial bill that would override parts of the Brexit treaty, with one EU diplomat describing it as “the absolute nadir of four years of negotiations”.
The Guardian reports on claims that the PM’s “Operation Moonshoot” will see 10 million COVID tests rolled out every day.
The Daily Telegraph leads on the possibility that Christmas celebrations could be limited to groups of six people this year, after the prime minister’s announcement on tougher coronavirus measures on Wednesday night. Chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty suggested they could be in place until next spring, the paper adds.
Metro reports on claims that the prime minister is planning to spend £100bn on his “moonshot” plan to get Britain “back to normal” by offering rapid coronavirus testing for everyone in the country.