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

31 January 2021
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By BBC News
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Several papers 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 "pretty spicy".

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

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

Online, the Independent stresses that the UK has offered to help the bloc, external with its production crisis.
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In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, external, the vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi, states the UK would continue to go out of its way to assist Brussels.

The Sunday Times says ministers are thinking about eliminating gambling logo designs from sports betting shirts, external.

The paper says a crackdown on sports betting firm sponsors might strike football clubs, snooker, darts, boxing and rugby league.

A source from one club suggests the timing is the worst possible with financial resources struck by the pandemic.

But the Times states MPs and advocates have actually invited the possibility due to the fact that of issues about gambling addictions.

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The Observer declares Facebook has the ability to generate income, 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.
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Facebook said a number of these did not break its false information rules however 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 strategies by the social media giant to encrypt all messages on Facebook Messenger and Instagram could stop police uncovering terror plots in Britain.

Ministers have actually been told that social distancing may need to remain in location 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 up until completion of May to stop a substantial increase in deaths.
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The research study concludes that, if the existing constraints were raised next month, then by April there would be another large spike in cases.

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

Alzheimer's Research UK says money to eliminate the condition has actually cut in half in the previous 3 years.

Mr Mitchell states the government had guaranteed to double funding and he had informed his other half, who died last month, that he would do his finest for her.

Finally, the Daily Star Sunday reports on an MI6 strategy to hire part-time spies - or what it calls "On Her Majesty's Sometimes Service"., external

The Star discusses that the intelligence agency is trying to appeal to a broader cross-section of society in its newest recruitment drive.
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A source informs the paper it may interest a bored executive of an international who wishes to enliven their dull life.

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