with me are the broadcaster daisy mcandrew and jack blanchard, the uk political editor of politico europew's front pages, starting with. .. the telegraph reports on the latest discussions between the uk government and local leaders in greater manchester. the paper says some of borisjohnson‘s own mps have backed calls from manchester city council to introduce shielding for the elderly and vulnerable instead of placing tighter restrictions on nearly three million people. the i says the uk could be heading towards what the papers calls a ‘backdoor lockdown‘ as a further 22 million people across northern england and the midlands could face tougher restrictions by the end of the week. the guardian leads on the welsh government imposing a sixteen day nationwide lockdown. the first minister, mark drakeford has defended his decision to introduce tighter measures despite the country having the lowest infection rate of the four home nations. the financial times reports on the damage the pandemic is continuing to inflict on major world economies with the eurozone heading for a one trillion euro defi