Newspaper headlines: EU 'vaccine blunder', and sport sports betting logo design 'ban'
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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.
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A senior government official tells 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 strategies, external were prepared to airlift vaccination doses out of the EU following the temporary decision to present export controls on the Northern Ireland border.

British and EU vaccine market bodies warn 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, states the UK would continue to head out of its way to help Brussels.
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The Sunday Times says ministers are thinking about eliminating gambling logos from sports betting 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 finances hit by the pandemic.

But the Times says MPs and campaigners have actually welcomed the possibility due to the fact that of concerns about sports betting dependencies.

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The Observer declares Facebook is able to earn money, external indirectly from pages that share false theories about coronavirus and vaccines.

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

Facebook stated a number of these did not breach its misinformation guidelines however it had actually removed a small number that did.

Meanwhile, the Mail reports on a caution by a top counter terrorism officer, external that strategies by the social media giant to secure all messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram might stop cops discovering terror plots in Britain.

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

Scientific modelling recommends that even if vaccines might cut infections by 85%, a lockdown would be needed till the end 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 big spike in cases.

Barbara Windsor's spouse, 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 halved in the past 3 years.

Mr Mitchell states the federal government had actually guaranteed to double financing and he had actually his wife, who died last month, that he would do his best for her.

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

The Star explains that the intelligence firm is attempting to attract a wider cross-section of society in its latest recruitment drive.

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

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