Newspaper headlines: No-go zones and 'volunteer army' to fight virus

The Times March 3
Image caption The UK could see the introduction of "no-go zones" to tackle the spread of coronavirus under government plans to be revealed on Tuesday, the Times reports. The paper also says that the Treasury is "preparing to step in to bolster markets and offer relief to businesses" that become affected.
Daily Mail March 3
Image caption An "army of NHS volunteers is being called up" to tackle the spread of coronavirus, says the Daily Mail. It reports officials are "urgently trying to speed up" processes so that volunteers can start hospital work if there is a mass epidemic.
Daily Telegraph 3 March 2020
Image caption The Daily Telegraph also reports the call by the NHS for volunteers to fight coronavirus. A government campaign will urge people to help in the event of a major outbreak, it explains.
Guardian 3 March
Image caption Supermarkets are drawing up plans to respond to panic buying in the event that that the outbreak escalates, the Guardian reports. It says they would "scale back" the variety of foods available and focus, instead, on "maintaining supplies of staple products".
Financial Times 3 March
Image caption The Financial Times focuses on the international economic fallout of the outbreak, leading on a warning from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that world economic growth could be more than halved this year. It says the March 11 budget will "set out plans to help businesses, public services and individuals cope".
Daily Express March 3
Image caption The Daily Express leads on Prime Minister Boris Johnson's claim that a "significant" expansion of the coronavirus is "likely" over the coming days.
i March 3
Image caption The i's front page features a bullet-point list of how the UK is preparing for the spread of coronavirus. It notes that the government's "battle plan" - to be outlined on Tuesday - will lay out "restrictions on daily life".
Metro March 3
Image caption Meanwhile, the Metro splashes on a story that was first reported by the BBC - that a former aide to Home Secretary Priti Patel received a £25,000 payout from the government after claiming she was bullied by the then employment minister.
The Sun March 3
Image caption The Sun claims the Queen and Prince Harry have had a a "four-hour heart-to-heart talk" at Windsor Castle. The monarch told the Duke of Sussex that he and Meghan "will be welcomed back if they ever decide to rejoin the royals", it reports.
Daily Mirror March 3
Image caption The Daily Mirror turns its attention to news that the prime minister is expecting a baby with his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds - reporting it came "just days after his ex's mum died of cancer".
Daily Star March 3
Image caption And the Daily Star reports on a survey that suggests millennials think the Second World War ended in the 1960s and the UK was fighting France.

Many papers anticipate the government's coronavirus battle plan, which the Sun says will "throw the country on to a war footing".

The Times reports Prime Minister Boris Johnson is to give himself sweeping powers to ban public gatherings and create "no-go zones" in areas affected by the disease.

According to the Daily Mail, an "army of NHS volunteers" will be called up to help tackle the outbreak by feeding patients, ferrying them around wards and delivering medicines.

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The Guardian says supermarkets have drawn up contingency plans to "feed the nation" in the event that panic-buying clears the shelves, while Huffpost UK reports that a run on hand sanitiser has left people who rely on the product fearful for their health.

The Financial Times leads with a warning from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development that the outbreak could "more than halve global economic growth this year".

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The Daily Mail and the Guardian both carry front page pictures of Home Secretary Priti Patel being driven away from the Home Office after news that she faces a formal inquiry into bullying allegations, which she denies.

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The Guardian says Ms Patel is under "increased pressure to resign", but, in the view of the Spectator, she enjoys vocal support from Tory backbenchers and is unlikely to go anywhere.

The Telegraph says Tory MPs are demanding to know why Downing Street has "abandoned" Priti Patel to fight her battles with the Home Office, while Rachel Sylvester, writing in the Times, says "institutional failings" are "no excuse for bad behaviour".

The prime minister's private life is the main story for the Daily Mirror, which claims that the news that he and his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, are expecting a baby broke days after his ex-wife's mother died. The Daily Telegraph, which also carries the story, says Marina Wheeler was "crushed" by the announcement of the pregnancy.

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The Sun leads with an exclusive story that the Queen had a "four-hour heart-to-heart" with the Duke of Sussex at Windsor Castle on Sunday.

It says she told her grandson that he and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, would be "welcomed back" if they ever decided to resume Royal duties.

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In the US, the New York Times sees the mounting endorsements for Joe Biden in the Democratic Party presidential primaries as a last-minute attempt to unite the party's' moderate wing. It says the party's leaders have botched efforts to stop the left-wing front-runner, Bernie Sanders, and are now scrambling to stymie his momentum ahead of Super Tuesday.

The Washington Post says a "parade of establishment Democrats" is "coalescing" around Mr Biden to try to stall Senator Sanders.

Finally, the Times revisits the myth that King James I invented the "sirloin" steak during a feast in Lancashire in 1617, when he took such a fancy to a cut of beef loin that he whipped out his sword and knighted it on the spot.

The tale is fake news, it says - the name derives from the Middle French word "surlonge", which was in use a good 50 years before the feast.

Nonetheless, the legend endures and an auction will offer the chance to buy a rare version of the menu, printed in the 18th century. As well as steak, the king enjoyed mutton, venison, duck, chicken, turkey, goose, swan and rabbit.

As the auctioneer comments: "All that meat is enough to turn one vegetarian."