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
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.