What the papers say – July 1
The ever-changing pandemic landscape, feuding royal brothers and some more football take up the nation’s front pages.
The Guardian leads on “fears over mass events” due to 1,300 Scotland football fans contracting Covid-19 after travelling to London for their country’s Euro match against England.
Guardian front page, Thursday 1 July 2021: Fears over mass events after 1,300 travelling Scotland fans get Covid pic.twitter.com/lnj62hTxVI
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) June 30, 2021
The Times and the Daily Mail say people aged 50 and older have been urged to have boosters of coronavirus vaccines along with flu jabs in the autumn.
THE TIMES: Get Covid and flu jab in each arm from autumn #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7MXQvR9b9d
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 30, 2021
MAIL: Booster jabs in September for over-50’s #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ST4OIvlCQt
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 30, 2021
Schools will be told not to send home entire bubbles of pupils for self-isolation when just one child tests positive, according to The Daily Telegraph.
🗞️The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Schools told not to send home entire bubbles'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 30, 2021
And the i says schools will be told to “treat Covid like the flu”.
Thursday's front page: Schools will be told to treat Covid like the flu#TomorrowsPapersToday 🔴 Self-isolation for students and routine testing tipped to end @whazell https://t.co/G4CGLsrZJm🔴 Williamson wants to scrap school bubbles from 19 July https://t.co/EC46LfTSRU pic.twitter.com/lXIQewKiVY
— i newspaper (@theipaper) June 30, 2021
Elsewhere, the Daily Express calls on the Duke of Sussex to use his current visit to Britain to heal the rift with his brother, the Duke of Cambridge, “for Diana’s sake”.
Tomorrow's front page: Heal the rift for Diana's sake, Harry#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/nF8YfH9QU5
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 30, 2021
And the Daily Mirror reports the brothers have “called a truce” to be “reunited for Mum” at the unveiling of Diana’s statue.
Tomorrow's front page: Reunited For Mum #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/ymQPlLM1wJ pic.twitter.com/yXQswFRJhy
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 30, 2021
On the Euros, Metro ponders the absence of England fans for the country’s quarter-final against Ukraine in Italy, under a headline of “Three Lions go to Rome alone”.
Tomorrow's paper tonight 📰
🏴⚽️ THREE LIONS GO TO ROME ALONE ⚽️🏴
🟥 Quarantine blow for England fans pic.twitter.com/CecNuDAmKZ
— Metro (@MetroUK) June 30, 2021
And The Sun ties in the football with one of the country’s favourite actors and films, depicting England captain Harry “Caine” and his vow to go to Rome and “do an Italian Job on Ukraine”.
Tomorrow's front page: Harry Kane says he wants to give England 'as much joy as possible' with victory over Ukraine on Saturday https://t.co/K2UICBuNdS pic.twitter.com/ruJuUIxRfA
— The Sun (@TheSun) June 30, 2021
In other news, the Financial Times leads on the US and Japan conducting war games despite the ongoing displeasure of China on the issue of Taiwan.
Just published: Front page of the Financial Times, international edition, for Thursday 1st July pic.twitter.com/4Lp1ny5WFz
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 30, 2021
And the Daily Star takes a break from football to splash with a story about celebrities having Botox injections in their testicles.
Tomorrow's front page #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/KjpVH5xXjb
— Daily Star (@dailystar) June 30, 2021