Newspaper headlines: EU 'vaccine oversight', and logo 'ban'

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 authorities informs the Sunday Times, external and the Sun that the phone calls to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were "quite spicy".
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The Mail on Sunday suggests contingency strategies, external were prepared to airlift vaccination dosages out of the EU following the short-term decision to present 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 firms are working collaboratively.

Online, the Independent worries 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 go out of its method to help Brussels.
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The Sunday Times states ministers are thinking about getting rid of sports betting logo designs from sports betting shirts, external.

The paper says a crackdown on wagering firm 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 says MPs and advocates have actually invited the possibility because of concerns about gambling dependencies.

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

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

Facebook said much of these did not breach its false information guidelines but it had gotten rid of a small 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 might stop cops uncovering terror plots in Britain.

Ministers have been informed that social distancing may have to stay in place all year, according to the Sunday Telegraph, external.

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

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

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

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

Mr Mitchell states the government had promised to double financing and he had actually told his partner, who died last month, that he would do his best for her.
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Finally, the Daily Star Sunday reports on an MI6 plan to hire part-time spies - or what it calls "On Her Majesty's Sometimes Service"., external

The Star describes that the intelligence agency is trying to appeal to a larger cross-section of society in its most current recruitment drive.
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A source informs the paper it might interest a bored executive of an international who desires to spice up their dull life.

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