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Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Maya goodfellow, the political writer and academic, and claire cohen, whos womens editor for the daily telegraph. Great to see you both. Lets begin with the daily Telegraphs Headline we dont need mass boosters as oxford scientists say britains third doses are better deployed overseas. According to the metro, commuters and public Transport Staff have clashed over confusing face covering rules, as the number of people wearing them has dropped. The guardian says scrapping the Universal Credit £20 uplift will hit the sickest areas the hardest. The i follows the story, with mounting Anger And Condemnation from conservative mps regarding the governments decision. In the daily mail, a coroner has linked the death of patients to the lack of face to face appointments with gps. And finally, The Times says a royal insider told the paper the queen and the Royal Family are supporters of the black Lives
Compensation over serious errors after the Hillsborough Disaster as two Police Forces agree to pay damages. Good evening. The number of people who had Covid 19 in england went up by around three quarters in one week, new official figures suggest. The Office For National Statistics estimates that around 1 in 640 people in private households had the virus in the week to May 29 thats up from 1 in 1,120 the previous week. The North West of england had the highest proportion of positive cases, and in terms of age group, numbers went up among the over 35s and in Secondary School children. It came as the Uk Medicines regulator approved the use of the Pfizer Biontech Vaccine in children aged 12 15, although the vaccines committee, thejcvi, has still to decide whether children should get the jab. For our first report tonight, heres our Health Editor, hugh pym. Come on in. Thank you very much. Come on in, that is the message being stressed yet again by nhs leaders in gloucester and across the co