Britain's newspapers tear into Dominic Cummings as a minister quits Boris Johnson's government over his 260-mile lockdown trip

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• Britain's newspapers are continuing to heap pressure on Dominic Cummings to resign.
• Boris Johnson's chief adviser has provoked outrage for leaving London to drive 260 miles to Durham during the height of the UK's coronavirus lockdown.
• Cummings sought to explain his actions in a press conference on Monday.
• However, the outrage has not greatly subsided.
• The Daily Mail's headline on Tuesday was "No Apology, No Regrets,' with the Conservative-leaning newspaper asking: 'So how can he survive?'
• A government minister has quit over Cummings' actions.
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Dominic Cummings' defence of his 260-mile drive to Durham during the coronavirus lockdown has failed to win around the UK press, with newspapers heaping more pressure on Boris Johnson's most senior adviser to resign.

Tuesday's front pages will likely make alarming reading for Prime Minister Johnson and Downing Street, with even The Daily Mail, a newspaper famous for its support of Johnson and Conservative party, taking aim at Cummings.

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• Angry MPs in Boris Johnson's own Conservative party are urging him to sack Dominic Cummings over new claims that he broke the coronavirus lockdown
• Boris Johnson's top adviser broke coronavirus lockdown by driving 260 miles to visit his parents, and now faces growing calls to resign

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