Metro – Groping for answers
The Metro leads with a report that Boris Johnson’s team has struggled to defend him over claims he knew MP Chris Pincher had a reputation as a groper months before giving him the job of Tory whip.
One minister who was doing the media rounds on Sunday was Work and Pensions, Secretary Therese Coffey. Her comment – that the PM wasn’t aware of “specific allegations” against Mr Pincher in February, when he was made deputy chief whip, is picked up by the paper.
Chris Pincher was suspended as a Tory MP last week over claims he groped two men, and now faces new allegations of inappropriate behaviour stretching back several years. He denies the claims.
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Invasive snakes breeding in the wild in at least three UK regions crawl up walls and into attics to survive, researchers said. Aesculapian snakes, which can grow to over 7ft long, originally escaped from captivity, but are now surviving on their own using warm corners made by humans. Researchers tracked 13 males and eight females between 2021 and 2022 to find out how they were surviving in a climate previously thought to be too cold
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Grenfell campaigners brand plans to demolish tower ‘unforgivable’
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Watch store boss denies ‘criticising seller who killed himself after £1,400,000 raid’
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London nightlife takes another beating after luxury flats put iconic venue at risk
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PhD student ‘raped 10 women after plying them with alcohol or drugs’
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