Newspaper headlines: Vigils 'to defy' ban and Easter jabs for over-40s
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A woman leaves flowers at the bandstand on Clapham Common, south London - near to where Sarah Everard was last seen alive
The Daily Telegraph says protesters heading to a vigil in memory of Sarah Everard in south London are "on a collision course", external with police, after Scotland Yard insisted they would apply lockdown rules to stop the gathering.
The High Court on Friday refused to grant permission for the protest about women's safety, but the paper says large numbers are still expected to attend.
The Guardian says all police forces across England and Wales were told they could not waive lockdown guidance, external, after senior officers held talks with ministers.
It says one force has decided to allow safely distanced vigils - though it does not say which one.
The Times columnist Janice Turner says "young female fury" has grown about attitudes to safety - and that banning marches will not quell that anger, external.
She says this week has "joined the dots" between the everyday hassle suffered by women, and "the very worst case scenario" - and it must lead to a change.
The Daily Mail offers positive news on coronavirus, saying one in three Britons now lives in areas where infections have almost fallen to zero, external.
It says the progress shown by official data has prompted calls for the lockdown to be lifted more quickly.
The Telegraph says everyone over 40 is on course to be offered their first Covid jab by Easter, external.
It says stocks are expected to more than double next week - what it calls a "bumper boost" to supplies.
The New Statesman offers a word of caution.
It says the rollout of vaccines has been "extraordinarily effective", external, but notes that its pace has been slowing for weeks.
It says if a surge in supplies is coming, it will be both welcome and overdue.
It says a targeted campaign to reach the remaining unvaccinated elderly should greatly reduce any risk of any further wave of deaths.
The Financial Times says UK taxpayers are exposed to more than £1bn of debt, external linked to Greensill Capital, and Sanjeev Gupta's businesses.
Greensill fell into administration this week, and Mr Gupta's firms - including Liberty Steel - relied heavily on its backing.
The FT says three different government guarantee schemes are affected, and reports that officials are now assessing whether the government has to stand behind the loans.
It says the figure for one scheme is hundreds of millions of pounds, much higher than previously known.
The Department for Business, and the company, declined to comment.
Years of success at British Cycling and Team Sky have been left "shrouded in suspicion", external, according to the Guardian, after a former team doctor was found guilty of a doping offence.
A tribunal found Richard Freeman ordered a banned substance knowing or believing it was to be used on a rider.
The paper calls the verdict "devastating".
For the Times, "golden years have been tarnished", external, for the Telegraph they are "wreathed in darkness", external.
The Daily Mail says it could be the biggest scandal in British sporting history, "placing an asterisk against every British rider in the most successful era", external for cycling.
Senior figures have denied any involvement in doping, but the paper says that "like so much of what has tumbled out in 17 months of this hearing, there will be those who remain incredulous."