Newspaper headlines: EU 'vaccine mistake', and sport wagering logo 'restriction'

31 January 2021

By BBC News

Staff

Several papers set out details of what the Sun on Sunday, external calls Boris Johnson's "7 hour face-off" with European Union chiefs.

A senior federal government authorities tells the Sunday Times, external and the Sun that the phone calls to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were "quite spicy".

The Mail on Sunday recommends contingency plans, external were drawn up to airlift vaccination doses out of the EU following the brief decision to introduce export controls on the border.

British and EU vaccine industry bodies caution in the Observer, external of the threats of export bans when firms are working collaboratively.

Online, the Independent stresses that the UK has offered to assist the bloc, external with its production crisis.

In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, external, the vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi, says the UK would continue to head out of its method to assist Brussels.

The Sunday Times states ministers are considering removing sports betting logos from sports betting t-shirts, external.

The paper says a crackdown on sports betting firm sponsors could strike football clubs, snooker, darts, boxing and rugby league.

A source from one Premier League club recommends the timing is the worst possible with financial resources hit by the pandemic.

But the Times says MPs and advocates have actually welcomed the possibility since of concerns about sports betting addictions.

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The Observer claims Facebook has the ability to earn money, external indirectly from pages that share incorrect theories about coronavirus and vaccines.

The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is reported to have discovered 430 such pages.

Facebook said a number of these did not break its false information guidelines but it had actually eliminated a little number that did.

Meanwhile, the Mail reports on a caution by a leading counter terrorism officer, external that plans by the social networks giant to secure all messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram could stop authorities uncovering fear plots in Britain.

Ministers have actually been informed that social distancing may need to remain in place all year, according to the Sunday Telegraph, external.

Scientific modelling suggests that even if vaccines could cut infections by 85%, a lockdown would be required until completion of May to stop a considerable increase in deaths.

The research concludes that, if the present limitations were raised next month, then by April there would be another large spike in cases.
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Barbara Windsor's other half, Scott Mitchell, criticises Boris Johnson, external in the Sunday Mirror over a fall in funding for dementia care.

Alzheimer's Research UK states cash to combat the condition has actually halved in the previous 3 years.

Mr Mitchell says the federal government had actually assured to double funding and he had actually informed his better half, who died last month, that he would do his finest for her.
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Finally, the Daily Star Sunday reports on an MI6 plan to hire part-time spies - or what it calls "On Her Majesty's Sometimes Service"., external

The Star explains that the intelligence agency is attempting to interest a broader cross-section of society in its newest recruitment drive.

A source tells the paper it might interest a bored executive of an international who wants to spice up their dull life.

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