“Here comes the sun” – the Daily Mail declares – with a spring heatwave to usher in the first significant return of personal freedoms in three months. Temperatures are set to hit 76F in “Freedom Week”… that’s 24C.
The Daily Star leads on the mega-container blocking the Suez Canal once again… and says spoon-bending expert Uri Geller wants us all to use the power of our minds at 11.11am to get the ship shifted.
The Daily Express says millions of people are planning reunions from Monday as “the nation’s long journey to freedom takes a big leap forward” – with the prime minister urging Britons to be safe.
The Guardian’s top story claims that thousands of staff at one of the world’s biggest call centre companies face being monitored by webcams to check whether they are eating, looking at their phone or leaving their desk while working from home.
High street shops will be allowed to stay open until 10pm when lockdown restrictions are eased – with Rishi Sunak urging people to “go have fun” and spend some money, The Times writes.
The Daily Telegraph says the over-70s will start receiving booster jabs from September to protect them from new variants of coronavirus.
Nicola Sturgeon is facing calls to bury the hatchet with her arch-rival Alex Salmond after he launched a party that supporters think could be the key to gaining independence, according to The Independent.
The Daily Mirror reports that the Duchess of Cambridge has written a “deeply personal and heartfelt” message to the family of Sarah Everard following her disappearance and death.
The Financial Times says that Alex Salmond’s decision to launch a political party undermines the SNP’s push for independence – and opens up a new front in his war with Nicola Sturgeon.
