Most of the papers carry the Prime Minister’s announcement he was “deeply sorry” as Government figures showed more than 100,000 people in the UK had died after contracting coronavirus.
The Times leads with a simple headline of “100,000 deaths”, with the i saying Britain has become the first European nation to pass the “grim milestone”.
“I am deeply sorry” about the death toll, Boris Johnson is quoted as saying on the front of The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Metro, the Daily Express and the Daily Mail.
The PM, shown with a bowed head, is cited by The Sun as saying “We will remember them”.
Meanwhile the Daily Star says it has “created a monster” as bookies support the paper’s suggestion TV presenter Piers Morgan replace Mr Johnson in Downing Street.
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