Newspaper Round Up: 19th of December 2020
Daily Star Front Page 19th of December 2020
10:30 pm
The Daily Star leads on a campaign to “bring back bad hair in 2021” courtesy of mullet fans Chris Waddle and Pat Sharp.
Times Front Page 19th of December 2020
10:26 pm
The Times leads on the UK healthcare regulator blocking the prime minister’s plans to post testing kits to people’s homes, claiming they are not reliable enough if people administer them themselves.
Daily Mail Front Page 19th of December 2020
10:26 pm
‘It’s beginning to look a lot like lockdown’ is the Daily Mail’s front page headline.The paper claims that government advisers are drawing up plans for a new ‘Tier 4’ for after Christmas, that would be effectively amount to another shutdown.
Guardian Front Page 19th of December 2020
10:01 pm
The Guardian’s front page focuses on teachers’ unions’ rejection of the government’s plans for mass testing of secondary school students after Christmas.Unions have told their members not to work on the plans during the holidays and have branded them inoperable.You can read more here.
Daily Telegraph Front Page 19th of December 2020
9:52 pm
The Daily Telegraph reports that the Oxford vaccine is expected to be approved within days of Christmas, kick-starting a drive to inoculate millions of people a week from the start of January.
Financial Times Front Page 19th of December 2020
9:52 pm
French customs officers will board Eurostar trains from London to Paris as a stop-gap measure to monitor goods entering the EU after the Brexit transition period expires, according to the Financial Times.
Daily Mirror Front Page 19th of December 2020
9:23 pm
The Daily Mirror leads on warnings that the UK could be put back into lockdown after Christmas amid concerns about a “tsunami” of coronavirus cases caused by mixing over the festive period.You can read more here.
