NEWS
Every British person above the age of 18 will be offered a vaccine within weeks
Ministers are preparing to offer vaccines to all over-18s within weeks to help halt the spread of the Indian variant. So far only adults aged 30 and over have been invited for their vaccines and health leaders are focusing their efforts on giving older people their second dose. But it is understood officials are planning to open up the eligibility to all age groups amid concerns the Indian strain is spreading very quickly among the young, even though hospitalisations and deaths remain low – Mail
Boris Johnson under growing pressure to lift lockdown on June 21 – Telegraph
Zero daily deaths announced in the whole of the UK – Sky News
UK rights watchdog endorses compulsory Covid jabs for care home staff – Guardian
Man is rushed to hospital with stab wounds after gang armed with foot-long knives attacked him in front of screaming onlookers in Hyde Park – Mail
Wetherspoons boss calls for more EU migration as bars and restaurants tackle staff shortage – Telegraph
COMMENT
Removing the bedrock of liberalism – Andrew Sullivan, The Weekly Dish
We patients protected the NHS, now it’s blaming us for its own failings – Allison Pearson, Telegraph