By Press Association 2021
What the Newspaper Say – July 26
Monday’s newspapers are fueled by hope that the vaccine rollout has turned the tide of the national battle against Covid-19.
Time and Daily Express report that Britain’s Covid cases are on a sustained decline for the first time since the lockdown, with the success of the jab program raising hopes that the virus could ‘go away for the summer’.
Monday TIMES: “Covid cases drop as jabs reverse trend” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/mQROT0Xlbm
– Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 25, 2021
Daily Monday EXPRESS: “I hope Covid is going for the summer” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/rmMYLDg5iq
– Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 25, 2021
However, The Guardian said young people have been urged to get stung amid concerns about increasing intensive care admissions in the age group.
Guardian front page July 26, 2021: Young people urged for vaccine as doctors warn of intensive care admissions pic.twitter.com/REZWater0b
– Guardian News (@guardiannews) July 25, 2021
Unions are fighting government over plans to alleviate so-called pingemia through testing program for critical workers, according to The daily telegraph. The document says key food and transport workers are encouraged to ignore the exemption and stay home, over concerns that they may be exposed to Covid in their workplace.
Tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph front page:
“Unions Fight Against Virus Testing Plan to Mitigate Pingemia”#TomorrowsPapersToday
Subscribe to the newsletter from the home page:https://t.co/UsfUCzx4yO pic.twitter.com/d8vcRN46lT
– The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 25, 2021
Metro leads with an apology from Health Secretary Sajid Javid for his comments suggesting that people should not “curl up” against the virus.
Tomorrow’s newspaper tonight
JAVID: I AM SORRY, I WAS WRONG
Health secretary apologizes after outrage over tweet #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/xv0cCBBuB2
– Metro (@MetroUK) July 25, 2021
the Daily mail reports that up to 50,000 cases of dementia were missed during the first lockdown.
Monday @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/z6YgFdlPKc
– Daily Mail UK (@DailyMailUK) July 25, 2021
Elsewhere, the I said a survey of more than 12,000 police officers showed that three-quarters had experienced mental health problems in the past year.
Exclusive: Police face mental health crisis with officers under pressure ‘like never before’
Monday’s front page# tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/HVSK0tQ93w
– I journal (@theipaper) July 25, 2021
Midwives at hospital under investigation into “dozens of baby deaths” say it’s still not sure, say The independent.
INDEPENDENT Digital of Monday: “A hospital hit by a scandal is still not sure, warn midwives” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/z92JEBatBw
– Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) July 25, 2021
the Financial Time said ministers were looking for ways to pull China’s state-owned nuclear power company out of future UK energy projects.
Just published: Front page of the Financial Times UK edition on Monday July 26 https://t.co/PbUGtaJIvk pic.twitter.com/Xuu4sYuIio
– Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) July 25, 2021
Wayne Rooney has asked police to investigate after photos of ‘scantily clad’ women posing with him as he slept in a chair were posted online, according to the Daily Mirror.
Of tomorrow #cover page – Rooney calls cops for photos of hotel rooms – Scantily clad women take embarrassing snaps as star sleeps soundly in chair# tomorrowspaperstoday
Read more: https://t.co/U9y5LnpuzI pic.twitter.com/RYXjkarsb3
– The mirror (@DailyMirror) July 25, 2021
And the Star of the day says health experts have warned the coronavirus can be spread by farting.
Tomorrow’s front page: Pongdemic! Plus the Roo Club “bite” #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/v8Mms9ez88 pic.twitter.com/IXzvU6K1O6
– Star of the day (@dailystar) July 25, 2021