The Guardian says Care operators are facing acute staffing shortages caused by Omicron with more than 90 declaring a “red” alert.
Day: 5 January 2022
The Independent says Four men and a teenager have gone on trial accused of murdering a 26-year-old father and robbing him of his Gucci bag.
The Metro says Peterborough has finally been knocked off the top spot of an unofficial list of the UK’s worst places to live.
The Polish president is under increasing pressure to step in and oppose the new ‘controversial’ Polish media bill.
Wednesday’s front pages cover Boris Johnson’s comment that England can “ride out” Omicron and sticking to Plan B.
BBC News says Travel industry groups have called for all remaining Covid restrictions on travellers to be removed in the latest government review.
France24 says France’s Emmanuel Macron said he wanted to “piss off” the non-vaccinated, in a slangy, cutting remark that prompted howls of condemnation from rivals.
Aljazeera says Emma Watson has expressed solidarity with Palestinians in a new post, eliciting support from pro-Palestine users but also drawing criticism from Israeli officials.
Arab News says The Lebanese pound on Tuesday crossed the symbolic threshold of 30,000 to the dollar on the black market in a new record low.
TRT World says Donald Trump has cancelled a press conference he had planned to hold in Florida on the anniversary of the January 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters.
VOA says Joe Biden warned there’s “going to be a continued rise in cases” and that the “coming weeks are going to be challenging” because of omicron.
BBC News says Tottenham manager Antonio Conte says Harry Kane is “totally involved” in his project at the club after it appeared the striker would leave last summer.
Polish Police have arrested a convicted murderer who had been on the run for 20 years because he was not…