Newspaper headlines: EU 'vaccine mistake', and sport sports betting logo '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 face-off" with European Union chiefs.

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

The Mail on Sunday recommends contingency strategies, external were drawn up to airlift vaccination dosages out of the EU following the brief choice to present export controls on the Northern Ireland border.

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

Online, the Independent stresses that the UK has offered 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 go out of its way to assist Brussels.

The Sunday Times says ministers are thinking about eliminating gambling logos from sports betting t-shirts, external.
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The paper says 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 finances struck by the pandemic.

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

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The Observer declares Facebook has the ability to generate income, external indirectly from pages that share false theories about coronavirus and vaccines.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism is reported to have discovered 430 such pages.

Facebook stated a lot of these did not break its misinformation rules but it had gotten rid of a small number that did.

Meanwhile, the Mail reports on a warning by a top counter terrorism officer, external that plans by the social media giant to secure all messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram could stop police revealing horror plots in Britain.

Ministers have actually been told that might need 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 substantial rise 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 spouse, 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 previous 3 years.

Mr Mitchell says the government had actually guaranteed to double financing and he had actually told his other half, who died last month, that he would do his finest 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 company is trying to attract a wider cross-section of society in its newest recruitment drive.

A source tells the paper it may interest a bored executive of a multinational who wishes to enliven their dull life.
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