The Guardian says Wales and Northern Ireland have announced stringent restrictions that will come into force from Boxing Day.
Year: 2021
The Independent says Nicola Sturgeon has visited a mass vaccination centre to help as a volunteer, saying staff there are doing “heroic work”.
The Metro says The River Thames is being searched as the investigation into missing Harvey Parker continues.
Thursday’s front pages report on data suggesting that the Omicron variant of coronavirus may be less severe than previous variants.
The Daily Express: MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry have beaten Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, to claim a top accolade.
The Daily Express: BORIS JOHNSON has confirmed his intention to strike an “interim agreement” with the EU to resolve an ongoing Brexit dispute but also insisted he remains ready to deploy the nuclear option if necessary.
The Guardian says Daily cases of Covid-19 have passed 100,000 as the Omicron variant sweeps across the UK, according to government figures.
The Independent says James Franco says he was ‘blind to power dynamics’ and admits having sex with his acting students.
The Sun: CHILLING footage shows a murderer jogging down a street before plunging a garden fork into his victim’s head.
Arab News says the Libyan presidential election scheduled for Dec. 24 was postponed on Wednesday for at least a month, leaving the internationally-backed peace process in chaos.
Aljazeera says Dozens of jade miners who remain missing on Thursday following a landslide in Myanmar’s Kachin State have “very little chance of survival.”
The Sun: CORONATION Street star Lucy Fallon seems to have ended her romance with footballer Ryan Ledson — after she appeared on celebrity dating app Raya.
The Los Angeles Times says The Omicron surge has hit California, with new coronavirus cases climbing rapidly and warnings that hospitals could be hit hard by a surge.
The Daily Mirror: The symptoms of the coronavirus are well known and people are advised to watch out for them. However, there may be one strange sign a lot of people have not heard of
VOA says U.S. health officials say 2021 is shaping up to be even deadlier than last year. It seems likely 2021 will surpass last year’s record number of deaths by at least 15,000.
The Daily Mirror: On a visit to his old house, the Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary opens up about how his mum Marie did not have enough money for new shoes or electricity – saying: ‘It humiliates and haunts for the rest of your life’
BBC News says Arsenal will face Liverpool in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, while Chelsea will meet Tottenham.
Brussels has today begun legal action against Poland over a row about the primacy EU law and its application in the country. In October, Poland’s…
The Independent reports that Britain’s “top civil servant” has been accused of misleading officials over the Christmas party scandals.
Christmas will go ahead without any restrictions on socialising, reports The Guardian.
Boris Johnson has promised millions of families there will be no lockdown ahead of Christmas, reports the Metro.
Christmas will go ahead lockdown free, but New Year’s Eve “looks doomed”, says The Sun.
The Daily Mirror leads with the news Boris Johnson has confirmed there will be no more curbs ahead of Christmas.
Christmas can go ahead but new lockdown curbs loom, says the Daily Express.
The Guardian says Covid cases rise across Asia as South Korea sees record numbers of seriously ill, Thailand restarts quarantine.