Browsing: UK Papers

The Daily Mirror has interviewed a 76-year-old “right to die” campaigner, who chose to take her own life in an assisted suicide.

The Daily Express calls the Queen’s message as “deeply personal” and “full of pride” for Prince Philip.

The Sun focuses on the Queen’s tribute to her late husband, with the headline “Phil the green”.

The Independent leads on India’s climate pledge after Prime Minister Narendra Modi committed to slashing emissions by 1 billion tonnes.

The Metro criticises billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates for partying on “gas-guzzling” superyachts in the run up to COP26 before flying to the summit by private jet.

The Guardian focuses on a deal agreed by world leaders to halt and reverse global deforestation over the next decade as part of a multibillion-dollar package.

Metro leads with the train crash which happened in a tunnel near Salisbury on Sunday. The paper says that dozens of passengers had a “miraculous escape” after two trains collided.

“Heat is on” is the Daily Mirror’s headline, which accompanies a photo of a shirtless man trying to help tackle a fire on the Greek island of Evia.

The Daily Express, like many of the papers, leads with the PM’s comments, and characterises Mr Johnson’s message for world leaders as reading them the “riot act”.

The Sun’s lead story is that Simon Cowell is stepping back from television in order to spend more time with his family.

Boris Johnson lashed out at world leaders yesterday for failing to make commitments to halt the climate emergency, according to The Independent.

The Guardian leads with the COP26 climate summit. The paper leads with a message from Boris Johnson as he warned the summit is at risk of failure.

The Sunday papers lead with the ongoing fishing row between the leaders of Britain and France, as PM Boris Johnson told Brussels to rein in France and accused of engaging in a “pattern” of threats against the UK. The papers report the fishing row threatens to overshadow the upcoming COP26 summit.

Young people are facing becoming Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ‘lost generation’ as they are left behind by Sunak’s Budget, according to the Independent’s front splash.

France has kicked off a new post-Brexit battle, says the Metro. UK fishermen claim they are victims of French President Emmanuel Macron getting tough as he attempts to boost his re-election campaign, it says.

Mirror says it’s a “bankers’ budget”, amid a “perfect storm” of tax increases, inflation and mortgage rate rises. The paper says millions are facing “real pain” after what it describes as the chancellor’s “failure to ‘level up’ the country”.

The Sun reports that Manchester United footballer Christiano Ronaldo is set to become a dad of six – after he revealed his girlfriend is expecting twins.

The Guardian says doctors, medical leaders and health campaigners have welcomed the news that the NHS is to start prescribing e-cigarettes in a bid to cut smoking rates.

The Daily Express reports on the plans to introduce e-cigarettes on prescription in a bid to tackle smoking.

The Guardian leads on the plan to scrap the public sector pay freeze which it says comes “amid cost of living crisis”.

The Daily Express says eight million will get a pay rise as “Rishi makes work pay”. It also reports on the increase to the national minimum wage to £9.50 an hour.

“Recycling trashed by Boris” is the headline on the Metro which says the prime minister has been accused of “losing the plot” the week before the COP26 climate summit.

The Daily Mirror focuses on a different environmental story as it reports on campaigners trying to make MPs vote to stop sewage polluting rivers and seas.

The Sun reports that The Crown is to recreate the infamous Martin Bashir interview with Princess Diana – despite a plea from her son Prince William.

The Independent leads with the prime minister’s comments ahead of the climate summit in Glasgow.