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

31 January 2021

By BBC News

Staff

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

A senior government official informs the Sunday Times, external and the Sun that the telephone call to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were "pretty hot".

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

British and EU bodies alert in the Observer, external of the risks of export bans when companies are working collaboratively.

Online, the Independent stresses that the UK has provided to assist the bloc, external with its production crisis.
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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 assist Brussels.
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The Sunday Times says ministers are thinking about removing sports betting logos from sports betting shirts, external.

The paper states a crackdown on sports betting company sponsors could hit football clubs, snooker, darts, boxing and rugby league.

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

But the Times states MPs and campaigners have invited the possibility since of concerns about gambling dependencies.

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

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

Facebook stated a lot of these did not violate its misinformation rules but it had actually eliminated a small number that did.
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Meanwhile, the Mail reports on a caution by a leading counter terrorism officer, external that plans by the social media giant to secure all messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram might stop police revealing fear plots in Britain.

Ministers have been told that social distancing may need to stay in location all year, according to the Sunday Telegraph, external.

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

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

Barbara Windsor's partner, Scott Mitchell, criticises Boris Johnson, external in the Sunday Mirror over a fall in funding for dementia care.
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Alzheimer's Research UK says cash to eliminate the condition has actually halved in the previous three years.
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Mr Mitchell says the government had promised to double financing and he had told his wife, who passed away last month, that he would do his finest 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 attract a larger 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 spice up their dull life.

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