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The Daily Record says Scotland’s top flight are considering an emergency plan to bring back the ‘five substitutes’ rule for the second half of the season amid fears that Covid could wreak havoc with the remaining fixture list.

The Guardian says Prof Neil Ferguson, the scientist who helped shape Britain’s coronavirus lockdown strategy, says he is “cautiously optimistic” that Omicron infections have plateaued in London.

The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer has come out in support of Tony Blair after a petition to strip the former Labour prime minister of his knighthood surpassed 500,000 signatures.

The Metro says Boris Johnson has been forced to deny bending Covid-19 rules again over claims he dodged self-isolation.

The Metro says The mayor of London is reportedly planning to end the prosecution of young people caught with cannabis by decriminalising certain drugs in the capital.

The Independent says A Ryanair flight from Manchester had to make an emergency landing in France after a fire reportedly broke out on board.

The Metro says The UK has recorded nearly 160,000 new Covid-19 cases, as Omicron continues to spread rapidly across the country.

The Guardian says Any conviction that was imposed on someone purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws will be included in a scheme aimed at “righting the wrongs of the past”,

The Metro says The Duke of York kept a low profile at the Queen’s Windsor estate while his family celebrated the New Year skiing in the Swiss Alps.

Tuesday’s front pages report heavily on the 2009 settlement signed by Virginia Guiffre and Jeffrey Epstein that was released yesterday.