hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are geri scott, political correspondent at the press association and olivia utley, assistant comment editor at the telegraph. tomorrow s front pages, starting with. the ft. starting with. .. like many of tomorrow s front pages, it leads with borisjohnson s move to plan b as more restrictions come into place in england. the i describes the move as a u turn by the prime minister as he urges the nation to work from home where possible and announces mandatory mask wearing in all indoor venues. it also features the fallout from the downing street christmas party video as adviser to the pm, allegra stratton resigns. the guardian calls it a party scandal and calls into question the prime minister s credibility. the backlash features on the front of the telegraph. tonight the prime minister told millions of people they must work from home, but said they can still go to christmas parti
and listen to this. it s the sound of an indonesian coral reef coming back to life it s seven in the morning in singapore, and ”pm in london where the british prime minister boris johnson has become the latest world leader to announce the return of coronavirus restrictions. the so called plan b is an attempt to halt the spread of the omicron variant. from monday, people in england will be encouraged to work from home wherever possible. but more immediately, from friday, facemasks will have to be worn in most public indoor venues. that includes theatres, cinemas, and restaurants. and the nhs covid pass will now be mandatory for nightclubs and other venues with large crowds. some mps though have questioned borisjohnson s credibility to announce these measures after claims his own staff broke covid restrictions last christmas. laura kuenssberg reports. borisjohnson stuck boris johnson stuck with two problems together. sick and some of the public and what he reckons needs to ha
Axed from february 18th. our wales correspondent hywel griffith is in cardiff. whatmore has been said? the welsh government whatmore has been said? the welsh government is whatmore has been said? the welsh government is sticking government is sticking to its ultra cautious approach in terms of relaxing restrictions, certainly not in any rush, regardless of what happens in other parts of the uk. the covid pass scheme will stay in place for another week which means people going to tomorrow s big rugby international between wales and scotland will still need to show their covid pass. at the end of february, the facemask rules will relax but it won t be until the end of much that you no longer need a face covering to go into a shop or on public transport. in terms of self isolation, regardless of what borisjohnson may or may not do in england, the welsh government says that, for now, is a rule that needs to remain in place and so somebody who tests positive in wales will keep on havi
February, the facemask rules will relax but it won t be until the end of march that you know longer need a face covering to go into a shop or on public transport. regardless of what boris johnson on public transport. regardless of what borisjohnson may or may not do in england, the welsh government says that for now is a rule that needs to remain in place so someone who tests positive in wales will keep having to self isolate for at least five days. we have seen over the course of the last two years different nations moving at different nations moving at different paces but there is a political dynamic to this as well. vaughan gething was highly critical of what he called borisjohnson s surprise announcement this week, arguing there was no real scientific basis to it and the welsh government would look at the science first before deciding any change to self isolation. spain is dropping its entry requirement for children over 12 from non eu countries to be fully vaccinated against coron
Borisjohnson has announced new measures in england to deal with the omicrom varient. guidance to work from home is to be reintroduced, facemask rules will be tightened and vaccination passes will be needed to enter nightclubs and venues with large crowds. the drug firm pfizer biontech says tests have shown that three doses of its covid 19 vaccine can neutralise the omicron variant but two shots may be compromised. the head of india s armed forces, general bipin rawat, has been killed in a helicopter crash in tamil nadu. his wife and eleven other people on board crew and officers also died. the new german chancellor has been sworn in. olaf scholz who s a social democrat replaces angela merkel, who led germany for sixteen years.