Year: 2021

At least four people have been killed after the Istanbul storm pounded the city and other parts of Turkey on Monday evening. One woman died in the city’s Esenyurt district, where strong winds tore off part of a roof and blew it onto her and her child.

The Sun says A WOMAN has won £184million on her first-ever EuroMillion lottery ticket after buying it “on a hunch”.

The Daily Mirror says Police have confirmed that a body found in a park is that of a missing 16-year-old girl. Amber Gibson.

Alexia Putellas becomes the third winner of the women’s Ballon d’Or. She is an outstanding player in women’s football. Putellas became the third winner of the women’s award for an outstanding season with Barcelona and Spain.

The Daily Express says BORIS JOHNSON will host a Downing Street televised press conference tonight as he pleads with Britons to abide by new Covid rules.

Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or for the seventh time on Monday, extending his record. “I’m very happy to be here, happy to keep fighting for new trophies,” Messi said through a translator.

Many of Tuesday’s front pages focus on the expansion of the Covid booster programme in response to the Omicron variant.

BBC News says Face coverings have become mandatory again on public transport and shops in England in an effort to slow the spread of the Omicron.

The Guardian says Ministers are targeting a return to half a million UK Covid jabs a day as the waiting time for boosters was cut to three months.

The Independent says ‘Slavery was an atrocity,’ Prince Charles says during the ceremony marking Barbados’ historic transition to a republic.

Aljazeera says France is sending additional security forces to the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe as leaders to try to defuse days of unrest over restrictions.

France24 says Ghislaine Maxwell portrayed as both predator and scapegoat in opening arguments at trial.

Arab News says Demonstrators blocked roads across parts of Lebanon on Monday in protest at the country’s economic meltdown.

BBC News says Paris St-Germain and Argentina forward Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or – awarded to the best footballer of the year – for a record seventh time.

The UK vaccine booster scheme could be widened to combat the Omicron variant, The Guardian reports.

The Metro says the government has urged people to mask-up to help protect against COVID, amid fears the Omicron variant could spread.

The Independent says ‘It’s going to be a great Christmas,’ Sajid Javid predicts – despite the return of some rules.

Prince Charles has reportedly drafted in lawyers over allegations he is the royal racist referenced by Harry and Meghan, says the Sun.

Vaccine makers and scientists are confident the Omicron variant can be combated, the Daily Express reports.

Ministers are fighting to save Christmas after a third case of the Omicron variant was detected in the UK, according to the Daily Mirror.

The Guardian says Matthew McConaughey will not run for Texas governor, removing one potential obstacle from the path of Beto O’Rourke.

The Independent says Tourist stunned after being seated next to Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian on their breakfast ‘date’.

The Metro says Malala Yousafzai has celebrated graduating from Oxford University, nine years after Taliban gunmen tried to kill her.

The Sun says Lateche Norris, 20, mysteriously vanished after arguing with boyfriend as mom says she’s ‘as important as Gabby Petito’.

The Daily Express says JONATHAN VAN-TAM is to lead a televised coronavirus briefing this afternoon.