What the papers say – January 27
Most of the papers carry the Prime Minister’s announcement he was “deeply sorry” as Government figures showed more than 100,000 people in the UK had died after contracting coronavirus.
The Times leads with a simple headline of “100,000 deaths”, with the i saying Britain has become the first European nation to pass the “grim milestone”.
100,000 deaths#tomorrowspaperstoday@hendopolispic.twitter.com/Lcs94YG4BG
— The Times Pictures (@TimesPictures) January 26, 2021
I: 100,162 #TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/JkGmapSUL0
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 26, 2021
“I am deeply sorry” about the death toll, Boris Johnson is quoted as saying on the front of The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Metro, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail.
Guardian front page, Wednesday 27 January 2021: 'I'm deeply sorry': PM faces questions over death toll pic.twitter.com/bqmpmLPTUz
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 26, 2021
The front page of tomorrow's @Telegraph
'I am deeply sorry for every life that has been lost'#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/UuzdKsba6dpic.twitter.com/PAIZyapi6Z
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 26, 2021
Wednesday's front page:‘I AM DEEPLY SORRY FOR EVERY LIFE LOST’#tomorrowspaperstoday#BBCPapers#skypaperspic.twitter.com/pXIQYGDz32
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) January 26, 2021
EXPRESS: I’m deeply sorry for every life lost #TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/m3GYzWiebG
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) January 26, 2021
Wednesday's @DailyMailUK#MailFrontPagespic.twitter.com/Fghe7nTd7M
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) January 26, 2021
The PM, shown with a bowed head, is cited by The Sun as saying “We will remember them”.
On tomorrow's front page: Boris Johnson ‘deeply sorry’ for 100k deaths vowing ‘greater resolve’ to defeat Covid https://t.co/nHq8Oe7AzGpic.twitter.com/gtFNdAFzrN
— The Sun (@TheSun) January 26, 2021
Meanwhile, the Financial Times reports firms have raised £291 billion in a “funding frenzy” during the first three weeks of 2021 as junk debt has soared.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 27 January https://t.co/x2xCtCFOBvpic.twitter.com/jFyRhthE51
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 26, 2021
The Daily Mirror has launched a campaign to help pupils get access to basic home-schooling tools, with a major union kicking things off with a £1 million donation.
Tomorrow's front page: £1million gift to help kids learn https://t.co/JGGXp8kZE1#TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/QrsOj7MQWI
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 26, 2021
And the Daily Star says it has “created a monster” as bookies support the paper’s suggestion TV presenter Piers Morgan replace Mr Johnson in Downing Street.
Tomorrow's front page: Oops! We seem to have created a monster @piersmorgan#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/pnBKb4CD7Xpic.twitter.com/2xsg5ELIh3
— Daily Star (@dailystar) January 26, 2021