NEWS

Plan to isolate travellers to UK is ‘unenforceable’

Border force and police officials have complained that plans to keep travellers to the UK isolated for two weeks are ‘unenforceable’. Those entering the country will be taken ‘largely on trust’ to follow the rules, and particular concern has been raised around the likely absence of checks at electronic passport gates – Mail

Constituents bombard MPs with tens of thousands of emails over Dominic Cummings – Guardian

Is Britain becoming less scared about Covid-19? ONS data shows nine in ten adults left their home last week – with only 29% now feeling unsafe when outside – Mail

Most primary schools to reopen – Times

BBC receives 40,000 complaints in just two days after Emily Maitlis sparks impartiality row with Dominic Cummings rant – Mail

Students complain of missing sex during lockdown – Times

New national monument to honour our heroes – Express

COMMENT

For the sake of our economy, we need to scrap the absurd two-metre rule – Toby Young, Telegraph

Who’ll obey an order to isolate after all this? – Janice Turner, Times

Emily Maitlis broke the rules – but this is win-win for her, lose-lose for the BBC – Charles Moore, Telegraph