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Newspaper headlines: EU 'vaccine blunder', and sport wagering logo 'ban'
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31 January 2021

By BBC News

Staff

Several documents 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 official informs the Sunday Times, external and the Sun that the phone calls to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were "pretty hot".

The Mail on Sunday suggests contingency plans, external were prepared to airlift vaccination dosages out of the EU following the short-term decision to introduce export controls on the Northern Ireland border.

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

Online, the Independent stresses that the UK has actually 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 go out of its way to help Brussels.

The Sunday Times states ministers are thinking about eliminating sports betting logos from sports betting t-shirts, external.

The paper states a crackdown on wagering firm sponsors might hit football clubs, snooker, darts, boxing and rugby league.

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

But the Times states MPs and campaigners have actually welcomed the possibility due to the fact that of issues about gambling dependencies.

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

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

Facebook said much of these did not break its false information rules but it had actually gotten rid of a little number that did.

Meanwhile, the Mail reports on a warning by a top counter terrorism officer, external that plans by the social media giant to encrypt all messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram could stop police uncovering fear plots in Britain.

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

Scientific modelling recommends that even if vaccines could cut infections by 85%, a lockdown would be needed till completion of May to stop a substantial rise in deaths.

The research concludes that, if the current limitations were raised next month, then by April there would be another big spike in cases.

Barbara Windsor's hubby, Scott Mitchell, criticises Boris Johnson, external in the Sunday Mirror over a fall in financing for dementia care.

Alzheimer's Research UK says cash to combat the condition has actually cut in half in the previous three years.

Mr Mitchell says the federal government had assured to double financing and he had actually informed his partner, who died last month, that he would do his best for her.

Finally, the Daily Star Sunday reports on an MI6 strategy to hire part-time spies - or what it calls "On Her Majesty's Sometimes Service"., external

The Star explains that the intelligence company is trying to interest a wider cross-section of society in its newest recruitment drive.

A source tells the paper it may attract a bored executive of a multinational who wishes to enliven their dull life.
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