, iain anderson, executive chair of cicero, thank you _ world. 0k, iain anderson, executive chair ofson, executive chair of cicero, thank you for your i chair of cicero, thank you for your time. four out of every five positive rapid coronavirus tests taken in the last month appear to have returned a correct result — that's according to the latest figures from public health england. there had been concerns about the reliability of the lateral flow tests, but scientists say the latest results show they can be a valuable tool in controlling the pandemic. the tests are now available for free to everyone in england, while a similar scheme will be introduced in scotland from the end of the month. introducing so—called coronavirus vaccine passports could amount to unlawful discrimination — that's the warning from the equalities watchdog. the government is considering introducing the covid—status certificates for entry into some events and venues in england. but the equalities and human rights commission says the scheme risks creating a two—tier society and further marginalising poorer peopl

are polly mckenzie from the think—tank, demos and the executive chairman of the cicero group, iain anderson the april weather continued through the course of the weekend. this was the picture in wiltshire on sunday, so similar to many areas, blue sky overhead butjust quite dry and in fact quite cracked ground. some parts of southern england has seen barely any rainfall throughout the entire month so far. now this week a return to some scattered showers. we won't all be seeing them, but there is, thankfully, a little bit of rain in the forecast. and things turning a bit colder as well. we've got a small, slow—moving area of low pressure moving in from the north, slowly slipping south over the next few days. so monday morning, then, starts off on a bit of a milder note. particularly for scotland where we've got more cloud. still likely to see a frost across parts of england and wales, particularly in the north. monday morning, then, initially quite a bit of cloud in the south but that will tend to break up so quite a lot of sunshine coming through. there will be more cloud for scotland with s

are polly mckenzie from the think—tank, demos and the executive chairman of the cicero group, iain andersontomorrow's front pages starting with... the ft leads with calls from some of credit suisse�*s largest shareholders to remove its risk chief over the greensill and archegos scandals. the metro reports on the aid being sent to india to help it fight what it calls �*catastrophic levels�* of coronavirus infections. the guardian has a picture of women outside a delhi hospital — where supplies are running short. it leads on the news that downing street won't start an inquiry into the uk's handling of the pandemic for months. dominic cummings still being investigated for an inquiry into leaked details of the government's lockdown plans is on the front of the times. and the express reports calls from mps for the prime minister to �*plough on in winning the war against covid' and "rise above" attacks by his former aide dominic cummings. the mail leads with claims borisjohnson said he would rather see" bodies pile high in their thousands�* than order a third lockdown�*. and on the front page of

are polly mckenzie from the think—tank, demos and the executive chairman of the cicero group, iain andersonhnson acted improperly over how the renovation of his downing street flat was paid for. the former number ten adviser dominic cummings has accused the prime minister of planning to ask conservative donors to pay for the work in secret — something mr cummings described as foolish and possibly illegal. here's our political correspondent, damian grammaticas — whose report contains some flashing images. borisjohnson, his fiancee, and his election triumph putting them in downing street. but now, questions that won't go away. after they moved in, the flat there was redecorated — cost, perhaps tens of thousands. but who funded it? 11 months later, kicked out, the prime minister's closest adviser dominic cummings. so did the prime minister, as he suggested, get a secret loan? the trade secretary was asked the question five times by andrew marr. my understanding is the costs have been covered by the prime minister and everything is being fully declared in line with the rules. did a tory party d

are polly mckenzie from the think—tank, demos and the executive chairman of the cicero group, iain andersontest 24—hour period, which means there has been an average of 2,438 new cases per day in the last week. 11 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours — that's people who'd had a positive covid—19 test within the prevous 28 days. the average number of deaths per day in the past week is 23. the total number of uk deaths is now 127,428. just over 140,000 people have received their first dose of a vaccine in the latest 24 hour period. more than 33 and a half million people have now had theirfirstjab. while the number of people who've had their second dose of the vaccine in the latest 24 hour period, is just under half a million, taking the overall number who've had their second jab to more than 12.5 million. the biggest clubs in english football — along with the sport's governing bodies — will boycott social media for four days, as part of efforts to fight racist abuse of players. the action — due to begin on friday — is an attempt to pressurise twitter and facebook to do more to combat onl

are polly mckenzie from the think—tank, demos and the executive chairman of the cicero group, iain andersonnt pages, starting with... i'm starting with. .. always i'm starting with... always so envious at how tidy your i'm always so envious at how tidy your homes are. i'm always so envious at how tidy your homes are. the ft leads with calls from some credit suisse shareholders to remove its risk chief over archegos and greensill fallout. uk aid shipment begins itsjourney to india — the metro reports on the aid being sent to india to help it fight its wave of coronavirus infections. also reporting on aid being sent the india — the guardian leads on downing street ruling out an urgent inquiry into pandemic mistakeswhile the express reports calls from mps for the prime minister to �*plough on in winning the war against covid' and rise above attacks by his former aide dominic cummings. also with number ten — the mail leads with reports on claims borisjohnson said he would rather see bodies pile high in their thousands than order a third lockdown. the widening gap in wealth leads on the front of