Newspaper headlines: A million jabs a day, as PM declares Omicron 'emergency'

The front pages are dominated by the prime minister's televised address, warning about rising cases of the Omicron Covid variant.

The Sun goes with the headline "Omigawd!", while the Daily Express calls it an "emergency race for all to get boosters".

The Daily Telegraph says the extension of the vaccine programme is aimed at avoiding a New Year lockdown.

The i, the Daily Mirror and the online-only Independent all focus on Boris Johnson's warning that a "tidal wave" of Omicron cases is coming to the UK.

The Guardian, meanwhile, features an article written by an anonymous chief executive of an NHS trust. They warn that this winter will be much harder for the health service than last year because of the added pressures created by long waiting lists and staffing problems.

The Times reports that the cabinet secretary's investigation into Whitehall Christmas parties last December will be extended to consider whether Boris Johnson personally broke the law by appearing at a Downing Street quiz.

It also says discussions are under way on whether to transfer responsibility for the probe to the prime minister's adviser on ministerial standards, Lord Geidt.

The paper's leader urges the head of the Civil Service, Simon Case, to delegate responsibility for the investigation to a "senior independent figure", to ensure public trust in the government isn't further undermined.

The Financial Times says ministers are preparing to extend the coronavirus test-and-trace programme until 2025.

The paper says the UK Health Security Agency has signed multi-million pound contracts with two companies to provide services for the scheme for the next 16 months - but both include options to extend the deals for a further two years. The contracts also suggest international travel restrictions could remain in place in some form for several years.

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Many of the front pages feature images of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, following the controversial conclusion of the Formula One season - which saw the young Dutch driver win the title after a disputed interpretation of safety car rules.

The Metro calls the events in Abu Dhabi "max-imum chaos", the Daily Star says Hamilton was "pole-Maxed", while the Daily Mail describes it as "Robbery at 200 miles an hour".

The paper's back page claims that Hamilton's Mercedes team is preparing to take the matter to court, with discussions held with the high-profile sports lawyer Paul Harris after Sunday's race.

The Mail's chief sports writer, Martin Samuel, calls it a "stolen title", accusing the sport's bosses of sacrificing sporting integrity in pursuit of drama and the perfect ending for F1's Netflix series.

Finally, the Times says a chocolate company has been forced to apologise to angry parents after deliberately leaving a window of its advent calendar empty.

The paper reports that Tony's Chocolonely has been inundated with complaints on social media, after the window for the 8 December didn't include chocolate, to raise awareness of global inequality.

The company has now said sorry for any "confusion and disappointment" the move caused - and pointed out that customers didn't actually miss out because an extra treat was included on 9 December.