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| Newspaper headlines: Mass booster warning and anger over benefit cuts | Newspaper headlines: Mass booster warning and anger over benefit cuts |
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| Several papers consider the expected announcement on booster jabs, including the Daily Telegraph, which interviews Dame Sarah Gilbert, the professor who led the creation of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. She says it is unnecessary to give a third dose to most people because immunity is lasting well, and she urges the UK to direct spare doses to countries with low vaccination rates instead. | Several papers consider the expected announcement on booster jabs, including the Daily Telegraph, which interviews Dame Sarah Gilbert, the professor who led the creation of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. She says it is unnecessary to give a third dose to most people because immunity is lasting well, and she urges the UK to direct spare doses to countries with low vaccination rates instead. |
| The Times says booster jabs are expected to get the go-ahead early next week, however, after evidence showed they caused antibody levels to rise "several-fold". No final decision has been made on when the third doses will be given or who will get them, the paper adds, with some vaccine experts arguing for a six-month wait after the second dose in order to get a stronger response. | The Times says booster jabs are expected to get the go-ahead early next week, however, after evidence showed they caused antibody levels to rise "several-fold". No final decision has been made on when the third doses will be given or who will get them, the paper adds, with some vaccine experts arguing for a six-month wait after the second dose in order to get a stronger response. |
| "Commuters clash over mask rules" says Metro, as it reports on rising tensions on public transport over what it describes as a failure to enforce mask-wearing. Staff say they have been threatened with being coughed at and spat on after trying to confront people not wearing masks, while passengers exempt for medical reasons said they had also been abused. | "Commuters clash over mask rules" says Metro, as it reports on rising tensions on public transport over what it describes as a failure to enforce mask-wearing. Staff say they have been threatened with being coughed at and spat on after trying to confront people not wearing masks, while passengers exempt for medical reasons said they had also been abused. |
| Plans to scrap the £20-a-week uplift in Universal Credit introduced to avoid pandemic hardship have been met with "anger" from the government's own MPs, the i newspaper says. One Tory MP tells the paper it is "morally and politically wrong" to cut support for 5.5m people, but Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg says: "We have to balance the books." | Plans to scrap the £20-a-week uplift in Universal Credit introduced to avoid pandemic hardship have been met with "anger" from the government's own MPs, the i newspaper says. One Tory MP tells the paper it is "morally and politically wrong" to cut support for 5.5m people, but Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg says: "We have to balance the books." |
| The Guardian covers the same story, featuring a report by the Health Foundation charity - which says the cut will result in increased levels of mental illness and will hit parts of the country with the worst health outcomes hardest. They include Blackpool, Hartlepool, Wolverhampton, Peterborough and parts of east London. | The Guardian covers the same story, featuring a report by the Health Foundation charity - which says the cut will result in increased levels of mental illness and will hit parts of the country with the worst health outcomes hardest. They include Blackpool, Hartlepool, Wolverhampton, Peterborough and parts of east London. |
| "Deadly toll of 'remote' GPs" is the headline on the front of the Daily Mail, which reports the comments of a coroner who says the lack of face-to-face appointments with family doctors is leading to deaths. The paper reports the coroner's claim that she has presided over five inquests in which patients could have had better care if they were seen in person. | "Deadly toll of 'remote' GPs" is the headline on the front of the Daily Mail, which reports the comments of a coroner who says the lack of face-to-face appointments with family doctors is leading to deaths. The paper reports the coroner's claim that she has presided over five inquests in which patients could have had better care if they were seen in person. |
| Meanwhile, the Daily Star reports that medics have been urged to use emojis - the pictograms used in smartphone chats - to talk to their patients. Its headline gives an example of a potential patient history described through emoji: drinking too many beers, getting in a fight, tripping over the cat, going to hospital and ending up feeling like the emoji officially known as "pile of poo". | Meanwhile, the Daily Star reports that medics have been urged to use emojis - the pictograms used in smartphone chats - to talk to their patients. Its headline gives an example of a potential patient history described through emoji: drinking too many beers, getting in a fight, tripping over the cat, going to hospital and ending up feeling like the emoji officially known as "pile of poo". |
| "My family's racism torment" is the Daily Mirror's headline on a story about Rio Ferdinand's experience of online abuse. The paper says the former England footballer spoke out in the House of Commons about the pain of having to explain to his children why people were sending monkey emojis to him on social media. | "My family's racism torment" is the Daily Mirror's headline on a story about Rio Ferdinand's experience of online abuse. The paper says the former England footballer spoke out in the House of Commons about the pain of having to explain to his children why people were sending monkey emojis to him on social media. |
| The lead story in the Financial Times says the European Central Bank is reassuring bond investors that it is only slowly reducing its support for eurozone economies as confidence grows in the Covid recovery. The paper also reports on a UK proposal to remove some data protection rules which give people the right to have decisions made by artificial intelligence reviewed by a human - including automated decisions on bank loans or algorithms used to filter job applicants. | The lead story in the Financial Times says the European Central Bank is reassuring bond investors that it is only slowly reducing its support for eurozone economies as confidence grows in the Covid recovery. The paper also reports on a UK proposal to remove some data protection rules which give people the right to have decisions made by artificial intelligence reviewed by a human - including automated decisions on bank loans or algorithms used to filter job applicants. |
| And the Daily Express features an upbeat assessment of the economy from Chancellor Rishi Sunak on its front page. The paper quotes him discussing his "immense pride" at the UK's recovery, saying that two million jobs were saved. | And the Daily Express features an upbeat assessment of the economy from Chancellor Rishi Sunak on its front page. The paper quotes him discussing his "immense pride" at the UK's recovery, saying that two million jobs were saved. |
| The Daily Telegraph leads on comments from one of the scientists behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, who says that a Covid booster programme for everybody is unnecessary. | |
| Prof Dame Sarah Gilbert says a further round of jabs for groups such as the immunocompromised and the elderly makes sense, but immunity from two jabs is "lasting well" for the majority of people. | |
| She adds it would be better to send Britain's third dose supplies overseas, to countries where only a small proportion of the population have been vaccinated. | |
| However, The Times says booster vaccines are expected to "get the go-ahead" next week after new evidence found they give a "several-fold increase" in vital antibodies that protect against coronavirus. | |
| This timeframe is backed up The Sun, which says the measure will be one of many unveiled by Boris Johnson to "see off a winter lockdown and keep Britain open". | |
| The scrapping of the temporary increase in Universal Credit next month is the focus of some of the front pages. The Guardian says new research shows ending the benefit uplift, which was introduced earlier in the pandemic, will result in increased levels of mental illness and poorer health for thousands of people. | |
| The i newspaper says the plan to cut the support has been condemned by Conservative MPs, with the backbencher Andrew Bridgen saying it is "morally and politically unacceptable". | |
| But Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg is quoted as saying they have to make the change to "balance the books". | |
| Many of the papers report on a senior royal representative suggesting the Queen is a supporter of Black Lives Matter. | |
| When asked for a Channel 4 programme if the Palace supports BLM, the first black Lord Lieutenant for London, Sir Ken Olisa, said the answer was "easily yes". | |
| He also revealed that he had discussed what he called the "whole issue of race" with the Royal Household - particularly after the murder of George Floyd in the US state of Minnesota last year. | |
| "Deadly toll of 'remote' GPs" is the Daily Mail's front page headline. The paper reports on warnings from a senior coroner that a lack of face-to-face GP appointments is contributing to deaths, and doctors are missing important details during telephone and online consultations. | |
| Alison Mutch says she's presided over at least five inquests during the pandemic, concerning the deaths of patients who should have received better care. | |
| An NHS spokesman told the paper that every GP practice must offer face-to-face as well as telephone and online appointments, and all three help to make primary care as "accessible as possible". | |
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| And the Daily Telegraph warns that "too much free time can harm your wellbeing". | |
| It says a study looking at the lifestyles of more than 20,000 working Americans found that having more spare time was linked to an improved outlook on life - but only up to a point. | |
| Researchers say a person's wellbeing improves when they have two hours of free time a day, but with anything more than five hours then their state of mind starts to decline. | |
| The Times reports those who worked on the research say the results showed that lives of leisure were not necessarily happy - especially in cultures where being busy was associated with success. | |
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