Newspaper Round Up: 12th of September 2020
Daily Star Front Page 12th of September 2020
10:08 pm
The Daily Star reckons new COVID marshalls could be “laughing stocks”.
Daily Express Front Page 12th of September 2020
10:04 pm
A £15bn trade deal with Japan has boosted confidence that Britain will thrive outside the EU, according to the Daily Express.
Daily Mail Front Page 12th of September 2020
10:00 pm
Boris Johnson is being urged to “rescue Christmas” by exempting children from the “rule of six” on social distancing, the Daily Mail says.
Times Front Page 12th of September 2020
9:56 pm
Boris Johnson is drawing up plans to fine people who breach self-isolation rules, The Times reports.
Daily Telegraph Front Page 12th of September 2020
9:51 pm
Boris Johnson has accused the European Union of threatening to impose a food “blockade” in the Irish Sea, The Daily Telegraph reports.
Daily Mirror Front Page 12th of September 2020
9:14 pm
The Daily Mirror leads on the latest coronavirus R number – which has risen above 1 across the UK.
Financial Times Front Page 12th of September 2020
9:01 pm
The Financial Times says documents it has seen show the government was warned in January that Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal would leave Brussels able to claim jurisdiction over “large amounts” of UK state aid policy after the end of the transition period.
i Front Page 12th of September 2020
7:53 pm
Army medics are expected to help administer the “biggest vaccination push in British history”, the i weekend reports. Tens of millions of coronavirus injections cannot be delivered by GPs and chemists, the paper adds, and the military is in talks with the NHS to help deliver injections.