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“Storm of the century” is a popular headline choice for many of Monday’s papers, as they look back at Storm Ciara – which brought widespread flooding and travel disruption to the UK on Sunday. The headline quotes Met Office meteorologist Helen Roberts, who told the Metro: “I have not seen amber warnings on this scale.”
The Daily Express says “every part of Britain” was hit by the storm. And the paper also carries another warning from forecasters: “…snow is on the way”.
The i also focuses on the storm – reporting that it caused power cuts for hundreds of thousands of homes, while gale force winds even caused some properties to collapse.
The Daily Mirror says winds reached close to 100mph – causing power cuts, flash flooding, travel “mayhem” and all round “chaos”. The paper’s headline sums it up in one word: “Battered”.
Away from the weather, the Daily Telegraph’s lead focuses on a coronavirus “super-spreader”. The paper says health chiefs are under pressure to reveal the movements of the unnamed British businessman, who is “now known to have infected at least seven fellow Britons” in France, before returning home to Brighton.
The Times has the same story. It reports that the man had travelled to China for a sales conference, before visiting a ski resort in the Alps. Meanwhile, the paper says the Labour party is “at war” over its ongoing leadership contest. Sir Keir Starmer’s campaign has been accused of hacking into an internal party database – something Sir Keir and his team deny. Some MPs see it simply as an attempt to damage the frontrunner’s bid, the paper says.
The FT reports that the coronavirus has “sent shockwaves through the global economy” due to its impact on the Chinese economy. Many businesses in China – the world’s second largest economy and where the virus originated – plan to remain closed for at least another week, hitting supply chains in the US and Europe, the paper says.
Doctors have accused some online chemists of “cashing in on the nationwide shortage” of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), the Daily Mail reports. The paper says women are being charged as much as four times the NHS price for the menopause treatment.
The Sun reports that Phillip Schofield’s wife, Steph, has “vowed to stand by him” after the ITV presenter came out as gay. Mrs Schofield told the paper “I love Phillip, as much today as I ever have, and always will.”
The Daily Star reports that gusts reached 105mph during Storm Ciara. Meanwhile, the paper’s “picture exclusive” features Strictly dancer Oti Mabuse and her former dance partner Kelvin Fletcher.
There are dramatic pictures of the impact of Storm Ciara – or what many headlines call the “storm of the century”.
It is the main story for the Express, the i and the Mirror.
The Guardian shows people dealing with flooding in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria, while the Times features a picture of the lighthouse at Newhaven harbour in East Sussex being hit by a huge wave.
The Telegraph says few could escape Ciara’s trail of chaos. Even the Queen was affected, the Mail reports – missing her Sunday church service at Sandringham.
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There is much interest in the south coast businessman who the Daily Mail says is at the centre of a web of coronavirus cases stretching across the UK, France and Spain.
The Times says it began at a sales conference in the luxurious surroundings of a five-star hotel in Singapore – and ended with seven Britons in three countries being admitted to hospital.
The Sun reports that what it calls the “super-spreader” spent four nights at a French ski chalet before returning to the UK.
The Telegraph says health officials are under pressure to release details of his movements during the five days he spent in the UK before showing symptoms.
All that is known is that he spent two hours in a pub in Hove the night before being laid low by the illness, the paper adds.
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British nationals were taken to a conference centre in Milton Keynes after being repatriated last week
The Mail says desperate women are being charged up to four times the NHS price for hormone replacement therapy by online pharmacies.
It says doctors have accused some chemists of cashing in on the nationwide shortage of the menopause treatment. Increasing numbers of patients are buying products privately online without seeing a GP – only having to answer a few questions about their medical history, it adds.
The Guardian returns to the Windrush scandal for its lead – saying many people wrongly designated as illegal immigrants are still heavily in debt as the government faces renewed criticism about the long wait for compensation.
According to the paper, many have yet to apply because they have found the process so difficult – in particular, collecting evidence of how they were affected by an immigration problem that forced them to avoid contact with the authorities for fear of being detained or deported.
However, the paper adds that the Home Office has now extended the deadline for applications by two years and introduced changes to make it easier to apply.
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Finally, the Telegraph reports fears that future generations will never benefit from the services of lollipop men and women on the school run, with figures showing their numbers in England, Wales and Scotland have dropped by nearly a third in less than a decade.
The paper says the GMB union – which released the figures – has warned that council cuts could spell their end. Is the lollipop man heading for a sticky end? the Telegraph’s headline asks.
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