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Daily Express – Hunt’s carrot and stick to get Britain growing Summary of the front page The Daily Express leads with “Hunt’s carrot and stick”, referring to the chancellor’s budget announcement, which is expected to offer more support in order to get millions back to work. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

The Sun – Heartless Summary of the front page The Sun has an exclusive interview with the mother of Claudia Lawrence, the chef who went missing in York 14 years ago, who claims the BBC is still chasing her daughter for unpaid TV licence fees. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

A fox named Rambo outwitted veteran trackers in one of the most dogged pursuits in Australia’s history.

Alan Sinclair hopes for life after clinical death in deep freeze at a cryogenic facility in the US.

Pakistan police fire teargas after protesters try to prevent arrest of Imran Khan Police in Pakistan have employed water cannons and tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who gathered outside his house in a bid to prevent his arrest by officers. Khan was removed from his position through a vote of no confidence in the previous year and has faced a sequence of legal battles as he advocates for early elections and his comeback to the office. This marks the second occasion in recent weeks that police have been sent from Islamabad to Khan’s residence…

OpenAI launches GPT-4 – the latest version of ChatGPT The latest version of ChatGPT – the world-famous AI chatbot, has been launched by OpenAI. GPT-4 is the newest model and is capable of processing images, generating captions and providing recipe suggestions from photos of ingredients. The latest version can also process up to 25,000 words, eight times more than ChatGPT. ChatGPT has been wildly popular since its launch in November 2022, with many users asking for help with marketing copy, computer code and homework. The newest version – GPT-4 will initially only be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers who pay…

Whistleblower doctor Jiang Yanyong who exposed Sars coverup dies aged 91 Former military surgeon Jiang Yanyong, who exposed the cover-up of the Sars epidemic by Chinese authorities in 2003, passed away at the age of 91 due to pneumonia in Beijing. Dr Jiang was celebrated for his actions that helped save lives after he revealed in a letter the Chinese officials’ underestimation of the threat posed by the virus during the initial stages of the crisis. However, he faced house arrest at one point due to his outspokenness. Sars infected more than 8,000 people worldwide in 2003, resulting in 774…

China has accused the UK, Australia and the US of embarking on a ‘path of danger.’

A wild exotic cat that tested positive for cocaine has improved to the point that he was moved to a zoo’s Cat Ambassador Program.

City AM – First Aid kit: Tech care “Project Yeti”: Inside the scramble to save Silicon Valley Bank UK City AM says “It’s going down to the wire.” That was the view of Coadec CEO Dom Hallas at 11pm on Sunday evening after hours of meetings had failed to produce a deal on the future of Silicon Valley Bank – with the tech industry warning it would be an existential threat to thousands of firms across the sector if nothing was in place by Monday morning. Four hours later, discussions between the Bank of England, Treasury officials and HSBC reached…

Metro – ‘Time for a sharp exit’ Summary of the front page Gary Lineker’s “stand-off” with the BBC over his tweets has ended in a climbdown by his bosses and with the corporation’s chairman “in the firing line instead”, Metro reports. The paper reports that Mr Davie has apologised for “grey areas” in the BBC’s guidelines and that Mr Sharp has been accused of being “missing in action” during the crisis. The front page features pictures from Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

Financial Times – Banks battered and rate forecasts reined in as SVB tremors spread Summary of the front page The failure of Silicon Valley Bank tore into global markets with investors ripping up their forecasts for further interest rate rises, the Financial Times reports. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th-largest bank in the US, tore through markets on Monday and drove investors to dump bank stocks around the world, the Financial Times reports. The front page reports US President Joe Biden has sought to reassure depositors that “whatever is needed” will be done to protect their funds and…

The Guardian – BBC bosses face pressure after U-turn over Lineker Summary of the front page The BBC is under “renewed pressure” after bringing Gary Lineker back to Match of the Day by cancelling his suspension without requiring him to make any significant concessions, The Guardian reports. It quotes former BBC News executive Craig Oliver saying that what is actually needed is a “review of how [the BBC] handles crises like these”. The front page features a large image of actress Michelle Yeoh after she won her Oscar. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous…

The Sun – Glitter back in jail Summary of the front page “Pop paedo” Gary Glitter has been returned to prison weeks after he was released after serving half of his 16-year sentence for sexually abusing three schoolgirls, The Sun reports. He has been returned to jail after the paper reported that he had been filmed discussing accessing the Dark Web while using a smartphone. The front page reports Glitter was caught thanks to their Sunday edition. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

Daily Mirror – Glitter back in jail Summary of the front page Gary Glitter was last night recalled to prison for breaching his licence conditions a month after his release, the Daily Mirror reports. The front page claims the Tories are plotting to kill off the BBC following the Gary Lineker row. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

Daily Express – Has Lineker put a nail in coffin of license fee? Summary of the front page Tory MPs outraged by the BBC’s climbdown over Gary Lineker’s political tweets predict his “victory” will only hasten the demise of the licence fee, the Daily Express reports. The paper asks whether the affair has “put a nail in the coffin of the licence fee”. It says former business secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has labelled the BBC’s funding model “past its sell-by date” and quotes Philip Davies, also a Tory MP, saying the row is the “start of the end” for the fee.…

Jeremy Hunt to offer £63m budget lifeline to England’s swimming pools The Guardian says England’s struggling swimming pools are to be offered a lifeline in the budget with the creation of a £63m fund to ease cost pressures. On Wednesday, the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, will outline that the new money will be made available for one year and managed by Sport England. It will allow local authorities to apply for funding for leisure centres with pools that face immediate cost pressures including operational and maintenance expenses and energy bills. The move comes shortly after the Guardian revealed England had lost…

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Tuesday’s front pages continue their coverage of the Gary Linekar row, following the announcement that the sports legend will be allowed back on air without further reprimand following his tweets over the government’s controversial migrant plans. Many of today’s newspapers feature pictures from Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony, and some of the tabloids lead with news former pop star and convicted paedophile Gary Glitter has been taken back to jail. The UK, US and Australia security pact and the collapse of the US bank – Silicon Valley Bank are also hot topics for the papers. …

Due to ‘heavy losses’ in the war, Vladimir Putin has sought ‘alternative sources of replenishment of manpower’.

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The deal will hopefully create ‘thousands’ of jobs in the UK.

Thousands of tonnes of garbage has piled up on streets across the French capital after a week of strike action by dustbin collectors against government pension reforms, city hall said Sunday.

About 30 migrants were missing and presumed drowned after the overcrowded boat they were on capsized during a rescue attempt by a cargo ship off Libya’s coast, Italy’s coastguard said.

The former boxer says he is innocent and only confessed to murder because of a brutal police interrogation .

Times Sport – ‘Ten Hag hits out at referees over red card’ Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag’s reaction to Casemiro’s red card in the goalless draw at home to Southampton makes the main sport page of The Times. Ten Hag described the VAR intervention as “inconsistent”, after referee Anthony Taylor was directed to review the Brazilian midfielder’s tackle on Carlos Alvarez on the pitch-side monitor after initially awarding a yellow card. The back page also reports England’s Twickenham ‘humiliation’ saying the team apologised to supporters following an embarrassing loss.