Newspaper headlines: EU 'vaccine oversight', and sport sports betting logo design 'restriction'


31 January 2021


By BBC News


Staff


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


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


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


British and EU vaccine industry bodies warn in the Observer, external of the risks of export restrictions when companies are working collaboratively.


Online, the Independent stresses that the UK has provided to help 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 way to help Brussels.


The Sunday Times says ministers are considering getting rid of sports betting logos from sports betting shirts, external.


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


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


But the Times states MPs and campaigners have welcomed the possibility due to the fact that of issues about sports betting addictions.


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


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


Facebook said a lot of these did not break its false information rules but it had actually removed 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 told that social distancing may have to remain in location all year, according to the Sunday Telegraph, external.


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


The research study concludes that, if the current limitations were raised next month, then by April there would be another large 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 says cash to eliminate the condition has cut in half in the previous 3 years.


Mr Mitchell says the federal government had actually promised to double funding and he had told his better half, who passed away last month, that he would do his finest 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 describes that the intelligence firm 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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