The public should have "confidence" in the UK vaccination programme, the vaccines minister says - despite a study showing the AstraZeneca jab may be less effective against the South African variant of Covid-19.

The study involved about 2,000 people, with an average age of 31. It showed the jab offered "minimal protection" against mild and moderate disease from the South African variant. AstraZeneca said it did not know whether the jab would stop severe illness, because the study was predominantly on younger people. But the company said it could still be effective.

South Africa has responded by stopping its rollout of the AZ vaccine. But UK vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi says the jabs "appear to work well" against the variants currently dominant in the country. On Sunday, he told the BBC that a booster in the autumn, and annual vaccines, could be needed to combat variants.

You can read more about the South African variant here. And here's a recap of how the UK government has tried to stop the SA variant spreading.
 

More heavy snow is forecast for the east and south-east of England, with severe weather warnings in force. The Met Office said it was "bitterly cold" due to strong easterly winds. An amber warning - meaning travel disruption and power cuts are likely - is in place until midday on Monday. There is also an amber warning for snow in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and Humber until 14:00 GMT. Some 14cm (5.5in) of snow fell in Manston, Kent, on Sunday evening. And it's not just the UK that's having cold weather - here are pictures of the Netherlands' first major snowstorm in a decade.
 

Tesco has renewed its call for a 1% online sales tax for large online retailers such as Amazon. The company said it "believes strongly that there should be a level playing field for all retailers, online or physical". Tesco is also one of 18 retailers asking Chancellor Rishi Sunak for a permanent cut in business rates - the tax that's levied on business property. The supermarket wants rates to fall by at least 20%.

A range of stories make the front pages on Monday. The Daily Mail says illegal immigrants will be given an "amnesty" to encourage them to have the Covid-19 jab, while the Guardian claims the Queen "lobbied the government" to change a wealth law in the 1970s - something the Palace denies. Read all the front pages here.

A family who went viral in the first lockdown last year have done it again - this time with an adapted cover of Bonnie Tyler. And if you need some Monday morning inspiration, here's a man who rowed on his own across the Atlantic - aged 70.

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