Browsing: UK Papers

The paper repprts on the ‘threat’ on summer holidays 2021 due to growing concerns over the variant believed to have originated in Nepal.

The i gives a warning about summer holidays 2021 as govt says it will not hesitate on changing the travel status of countries. 

The Times says Boris Johnson has ‘failed a generation of children’ after he rejected the £15bn school catch up proposal from Sir Kevan.

The paper reports on the school catch up tsar quitting, accuses Boris Johnson of ‘letting down’ children and the Queen’s Jubilee plans.

Telegraph leads with the ‘scathing statement’ from the school catch up tsar who quit over government funds. The paper reports the green list could be culled. 

The Daily Express leads with the resignation of the government’s school catch-up tsar. The paper says he quit after a “cash bust-up” over the “watered down package.”

The Daily Telegraph’s front splash says there is mounting pressure on Boris Johnson to delay the easing of restrictions after Nicola Sturgeon’s decision. The PM has been met with the good news of zero Covid deaths, adding pressure to see through the June 21 plans. On the front page is the row over the longer school day and funding for school catch-up plans. 

The Daily Mail’s front splash says with the news of zero Covid deaths being recorded – the first time since the pandemic began – there’s no need to fear not reopening on 21 June. The paper says there’s a campaign to stop the easing of restrictions – which it calls insidious. 

The Guardian leads with the government’s Covid tuition catch-up plan for pupils’ lost education during the pandemic. The paper says the plans to extend the school by half-hour each day as well as the extra 100m hours of tuition is ‘inadequate’. The front splash also reports on the zero covid deaths recorded for the first time in the UK since the pandemic began. 

The Times leads with fresh hope for the 21 June lockdown lifting as the UK recorded no new Covid deaths in the most recent 24-hour period. Sharing the front page are accusations the PM let down England’s children with ‘cheap’ school boost. The papers front splash features an image of a young Sir Keir Starmer as he makes a TV appearance.