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Many of the front pages feature the same photo of Boris Johnson smiling and posing with a cake during a visit to a school in Hertfordshire in June 2020, before he returned to Downing Street where there was a gathering to mark his 56th birthday.

is annoyed that the prime minister had what it describes as a "birthday bash", "while the rest of us were in lockdown". The Times says , while his then-fiancee, Carrie Johnson, led staff in a chorus of "Happy Birthday".

The Sun asking whether stopping work in an office for 10 minutes in the afternoon to have cake and sing happy birthday now constitutes a party. But the paper also warns Mr Johnson "You can't have your birthday cake... and eat it, Boris".

bemoans the Daily Mirror. It quotes the SNP's MP John Nicolson, who explains that he celebrated his mother's birthday over FaceTime in June 2020, shortly before she died. He says she was very lonely, but they had agreed to follow the rules.

A Whitehall source has told the Guardian that the civil service inquiry into allegations of lockdown breaches is expected to make . While describes how the "drip-drip effect" of revelations about gatherings at No 10 is damaging the morale of staff there.

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is the headline on the front of the Daily Express, as it focuses on the growing tensions with Moscow over Ukraine. The paper says crisis talks held by western leaders last night were a "show of strength" against Russia.

The Daily Telegraph picks out a quote from the prime minister, . The Metro says . According to the Mirror, 30 train loads of Russian soldiers have arrived in neighbouring Belarus, and 200 more are scheduled for the coming days.

The Daily Mail leads on what it describes as a , Lord Frost, who is calling for the rise in National Insurance, scheduled for April, to be scrapped. The peer resigned from the government last month because of his concerns about the direction of Boris Johnson's administration. Now he has told the Daily Mail that given the new pressures on energy prices and inflation, it is even more important to scrap the tax rise and focus on getting the economy growing again.

The Mail says a man who found a rare, and very valuable, example of England's oldest gold coin had only to look for treasure. The Henry the Third penny discovered by Michael Leigh-Mallory in a field in Devon fetched more than £600,000, which he will split with the landowner. The Guardian says the 52-year-old described it as .