with me are lucy fisher, defence editor, the times and agnes poirier, french writer and broadcaster.h. quite a few front page is already in. starting here in the uk, ‘mersey mission‘ is how the metro describes the prime minister's attempt to stop the spread of coronavirus in the north east of england. boris johnson announced new restrictions around the country with liverpool facing the toughestest rules. —— the northwest. the daily mail says it's back to the bad old days, with 22 million people now under stricter restriction and nine million more could join them later this week. their fuse of a spike of cases in london —— there are fears. the guardian leads on anger over the level of financial support provided by the chancellor, rishi sunak. it mentions of the three nightingale hospitals in the north of england that have been asked to mobilise his cases continues to rise. the telegraph says that borisjohnson ‘overruled' scientists that said the lockdown rules should be tougher than the 3—tier system. the scientific advisory group for emergencies warned the prime minister of ‘catastro