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Daily Express – ‘Staggering’ 16.7% rise in food prices Summary of the front page The Daily Express leads on the cost of living crisis with a story about the steepest rise in grocery prices since records began – risen by 16.7% year-on-year. This means that families are facing “the steepest rise in grocery prices since records began”, including annual shopping bills “rocketing” by £788 this year, the paper reports. A picture of the Princess of Wales also features on the front page. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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Schools, trains, buses and ports hit by biggest day of strike action for a decade The Metro says Strikes are set to close schools and universities, cripple transport networks and disrupt public sector services today as unions stage one of the biggest days of co-ordinated action for a decade. At least 23,000 schools are expected to be affected as teachers walk out over pay, joined by university lecturers, train and bus drivers and civil servants including staff at driving test centres, museums, ports and airports. As well as pickets across the country there will also be ‘right to strike’ protests…

Britain to be plunged into lockdown by the back door today as 500,000 workers strike to bring country to near-standstill The Sun says UNION barons will today plunge Britain into lockdown by the back door as 500,000 workers go on strike — bringing the country to a near-standstill. Teachers, civil servants, train drivers, security guards, bus drivers and airport staff will be among the masses joining Walkout Wednesday in the biggest day of industrial action for more than a decade. Some 85 per cent of schools will be fully or partially closed and 15 rail firms will be running no…

Millions face disruption as strikes hit schools, trains, universities and border checks – live The Guardian says The scale of the strikes – 475,000 Approximate workers expected to go on strike on Wednesday – the single biggest day of industrial action for more than a decade. 200,000 teachers – Sally Weale has a useful explainer on school closures here – and 100,000 civil servants including border force workers will be joined by university lecturers, security guards and train drivers when they walk out today. While the disruption is significant, it appears to be some way short of a “de facto…

Strikes UK – live: Schools closed and trains cancelled in biggest UK walkout in a decade The Independent says Teachers and train drivers are among half a million workers walking out today on the biggest strike day seen in Britain for more than a decade. Civil servants, university lecturers, bus drivers and security guards will join picket lines, while protests are set to be held across the country against the government’s controversial plans to legally enforce minimum service levels during strikes. Downing Street said 600 military personnel as well as civil servants and volunteers across government have been trained to…

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Wednesday’s front pages lead with the widespread industrial action, the biggest in decades which will grind Britain to a halt. The ongoing investigation into claims of bullying by Dominic Raab is another popular story for the papers, along with the latest breakthrough in the Northern Ireland protocol. Britain’s biggest strike day in decades The Independent says parts of Britain will “grind to a halt” on Wednesday as widespread strike action takes hold. It predicts 85% of schools will be closed. For the Mail, the “Walkout Wednesday” is a general strike in all but name…

‘Potentially key’ witness to disappearance of dog walker Nicola Bulley found The search for a missing woman who vanished whilst walking her dog continues, as police confirm a “potentially key” witness has been found and is speaking to Lancashire Police, officers have revealed. The police force had put out an appeal for the man to come forward on Tuesday. He was described as about 70 years old and is believed to have been in the area at the time Nicola Bulley went missing. In a statement, Ms Bulley’s family said: “We have been overwhelmed by the support from our community…

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Girl, 4, killed in dog attack in Milton Keynes A four-year-old girl has been killed in a dog attack in Milton Keynes, police have said. Cops were called by the ambulance service just after 17:00 GMT on Tuesday to reports of a child being attacked in the back garden of a property in Broadlands in the Netherfield area of the Buckinghamshire city.  Not long after it was confirmed the child had died at the property. Police have called it a “tragic incident” confirming no arrests have been made and the dog was humanely destroyed. “I understand how much of an…

Third official interviewed in Dominic Raab bullying probe The BBC reports that at least three senior civil servants who worked with Dominic Raab have given evidence to the inquiry into his behaviour. They have been told that Sir Philip Rycroft and Antonia Romeo are two of the three interviewed so far, and the third has reportedly told the BBC that they have been interviewed as a witness. Mr Raab is facing multiple complaints from civil servants, who have worked with him across a range of departments. He denies all allegations of bullying. Senior lawyer Adam Tolley KC was asked to…

Newly discovered green comet comes close to Earth On Wednesday, a newly discovered comet will make its closest approach to our planet. Astronomers say the object’s journey towards Earth took around 50,000 years. Photographs show the comet with a distinct green hue around its body, but if you’re looking for it in the night sky you won’t see the green – its brightness is right at the threshold of what is visible to the naked eye. “You might have seen these reports saying we’re going to get this bright green object lighting up the sky,” says Dr Robert Massey, deputy…

Missing radioactive capsule found in Australia A tiny radioactive capsule, which went missing in Australia last week, has been found. Emergency services had “literally found a needle in a haystack,” authorities said after a huge search was triggered after the object was lost while being transported along an 870-mile route across the state.  Rio Tinto – a mining giant – apologised for losing the device, which could have posed a serious danger if handled. The capsule is only 6mm in diameter and 8mm long. It contains a small quantity of Caesium-137, which could cause skin damage, burns or radiation sickness.…

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