Browsing: The Metro

The Metro is a freesheet tabloid British newspaper that is politically neutral. The paper never endorses a political candidate and claims to remain neutral in its reporting.

The paper is distributed each morning on trains and buses, and at railway/Underground stations, airports and hospitals across selected urban areas of England, Wales and Scotland. Copies are also handed out to pedestrians.

Metro – School contract scandals exposed: Playing Field Idiocy  News Briefing

Metro – School contract scandals exposed: Playing Field Idiocy 

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The news that a school headteacher has not hired classroom staff because a PFI contract forces him to spend £30,000 a year on mowing the grass on the playing fields is the lead story in the Metro.

David Potter says almost 20% of his whole budget is spent on the deal which helped build the school but ties it to the same maintenance firm for decades as prices rise, the paper says.

Metro – Trump vs Biden in war of words: ‘Unhinged’  News Briefing

Metro – Trump vs Biden in war of words: ‘Unhinged’ 

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The Metro reports a new battle has erupted between Donald Trump and Joe Biden after the former US president said he would “encourage” Russia to invade its neighbours if they hadn’t paid their share of NATO’s budget. Biden’s office has labelled the comments “unhinged”, the paper reports.

Metro – ‘Absurd arena bomb denier’  News Briefing

Metro – ‘Absurd arena bomb denier’ 

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The Metro’s front page leads on a conspiracy theorist’s claim that the Manchester Arena bombing was faked. A high Court has described the claims as “absurd and fanatical”. Richard Hall is being sued by a father and daughter who were both badly injured in the 2017 attack.

Hall claimed the attack was part of a government exercise and that survivors lied about their injuries.

Metro – King’s cancer divides brothers: Duty calls  News Briefing

Metro – King’s cancer divides brothers: Duty calls 

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Prince William has made his first public appearance since the King’s cancer diagnosis, the Metro reports, while Prince Harry has flown home to the US following his short visit to the UK to see his father.

‘I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you, also, for the kind messages of support for Catherine and for my father, especially in recent days,’ he said. ‘It means a great deal to us all.