Newspaper headlines: EU 'vaccine mistake', and sport sports betting logo design 'ban'

31 January 2021

By BBC News
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Several documents set out information of what the Sun on Sunday, external calls Boris Johnson's "7 hour face-off" with European Union chiefs.

A senior federal government authorities tells the Sunday Times, external and the Sun that the phone calls to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen were "quite hot".

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

British and EU vaccine market bodies caution in the Observer, external of the threats of export restrictions when companies are working collaboratively.

Online, the Independent stresses that the UK has used 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 says ministers are considering removing sports betting logo designs from sports betting shirts, external.
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The paper states a crackdown on wagering firm sponsors might hit football clubs, snooker, darts, boxing and rugby league.
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A source from one Premier League club suggests the timing is the worst possible with finances struck by the pandemic.

But the Times states MPs and campaigners have actually invited the possibility since of issues about .

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The Observer declares Facebook has the ability to earn 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 stated a lot of these did not violate its misinformation guidelines but it had removed a little number that did.
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Meanwhile, the Mail reports on a warning by a leading counter terrorism officer, external that strategies by the social networks giant to encrypt all messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram might stop authorities discovering horror plots in Britain.

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

Scientific modelling recommends that even if vaccines could cut infections by 85%, a lockdown would be needed until completion of May to stop a substantial rise 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 financing for dementia care.

Alzheimer's Research UK states money to combat the condition has cut in half in the previous three years.

Mr Mitchell says the government had actually promised to double funding and he had actually informed his better half, who passed away last month, that he would do his best for her.

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 explains that the intelligence firm is attempting to appeal to a broader cross-section of society in its latest recruitment drive.

A source tells the paper it might attract a bored executive of an international who wants to spice up their dull life.

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