Author: News Desk

The newspaper front pages were published well before the result of the North Shropshire by-election and therefore heavily lead with Covid, Omicron and lockdown fears.

The Metro says Boris Johnson joined Downing Street aides for another party at No 10 during the first coronavirus lockdown, it has been alleged.

The Independent says Four children have died following a fire at a house in Sutton, south London. Some 60 firefighters and eight fire engines attended the blaze.

The Guardian says The Liberal Democrats have won a stunning victory in the North Shropshire byelection, taking what had previously been a safe Conservative seat.

BBC News says Police investigating the fatal shooting on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust have obtained a search warrant for the actor’s phone.

TRT World says President Joe Biden has warned that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus will “start to spread much more rapidly” in the United States.

France24 says At least 27 people were feared dead after a fire broke out in a commercial building in a shopping district in Osaka.

Sky Sports says A stunning Trent Alexander-Arnold strike sealed a victory for Liverpool over Newcastle and moved the Reds back within one point of the top.

Leicester vs Tottenham Premier League game tonight is set to be postponed because of Covid-19. The match, scheduled to kick off at 19:30 GMT, would become the fourth top-flight fixture to be cancelled in the last week. Leicester vs Tottenham was always in doubt Foxes boss Brendan Rodgers said on Wednesday the club had asked for the game to be called off because of the number of positive cases in his camp. This is believed to have risen again to trigger conversations about the game. ………………………………

The Independent says The Queen has cancelled her traditional pre-Christmas family lunch next week.