Newspaper headlines: 'Lockdown lifeline' and 'two metre rule to be cut'
The further easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions features on many of Thursday's front pages. People living alone in England will be able to stay at one other household from Saturday - in a"support bubble". The Times reports that millions of children will be able to hug grandparents for the first time in three months under the new rules, and opts to run a moving portrait of a divided family during the lockdown.
The Daily Mail splashes with her remarks, alongside claims the PM is facing pressure from MPs and industry leaders to cut the two-metre social distancing rules.According to the Daily Telegraph, Boris Johnson plans to scrap the two-metre rule by September at the latest so schools can reopen fully for the start of the new academic year. It claims the PM has indicated to ministers he is prepared to change the rule.
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