Today’s front pages: ‘Hospitals told to clear beds for Covid spike’
A round-up of the headlines from UK newspapers
The Daily Telegraph says hospitals and councils have been told to find extra beds for coronavirus patients within two weeks. Metro says cases rose “75% in one week” and the Daily Mirror says that ten million people are in local lockdown in England.
The Guardian leads on an exclusive report that a former model has accused Donald Trump of sexual assault. Amy Dorris says the incident happened at the US Open tennis tournament in 1997.
The i says ministers plan to invoke emergency powers to vaccinate the public against Covid-19 even if the drug is unlicensed, sidestepping EU law to roll it out before it has been approved officially.
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