The Sunday Mirror focuses on the use of the word imbecile by Tony Blair, but also quotes him saying that jihadists worldwide will be cheering.
Browsing: UK Papers
Every day, we break down the UK papers to give you the front page news, top stories and the angle the newspaper is reporting from. We cover right and left papers, the tabloids and broadsheets, the back pages, the Sunday papers and the business pages.
The Queen has ordered senior Palace aides to plan a legal “fightback” against Harry and Meghan, writes The Sun on Sunday.
“Run for the Border” is the headline on the Mail on Sunday which carries an article from Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who says time is running out.
Afghans have been crushed to death at Kabul airport, reports The Independent, after the number of people heading there continued to surge.
The Observer leads with a warning from the UN that Afghans face an “absolute catastrophe” without urgent aid as the Labour leader calls for Dominic Raab to resign.
The Sunday Times leads with comments from former PM Tony Blair who ‘attacked’ the “imbecilic” retreat of US, UK and Nato troops.
A serious firearms incident in Plymouth leads many of Friday’s front pages – released before police confirmed six people had died. The Times says there have been multiple fatalities.
The UK faces its biggest test for “living with” Covid this weekend, claims the i paper, as it says 1.7m will socialise at mass events and festivals.
Confirmation that UK and US troops will return to Afghanistan to hasten evacuations came as its second-largest city Kandahar was claimed by the Taliban, the Guardian says.
“Operation Kabul” is the Metro’s headline as it reports 600 British troops will be sent to help an estimated 4,000 UK nationals and ex-Afghan staff flee.
The Daily Mail says six people were shot dead. It notes local MPs urged residents to stay calm and that they denied the incident was terror related.
The Daily Mirror says there are fears of a high death toll and multiple injuries after the Plymouth incident, which it describes as a “city rampage”.
Ministers are backing a pilot where air purifiers are installed in classrooms as part of efforts to keep schools open and safe from COVID this autumn, says the i paper.
The Guardian reports a “pandemic boom” in child poverty and abuse. It says there is a “looming crisis” of child neglect amid a sharp rise in social services referrals since Covid struck.
The Independent says US authorities are growing increasingly frustrated with Prince Andrew’s failure to cooperate into their probe of the network surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“Return to the dark ages” says the Metro as it reports the terror of displaced Afghans who are facing the threat of the Taliban. It says fighters have celebrated the seizure of swathes of territory.
The arrest of a British embassy worker in Germany accused of passing on classified documents to a Russian spy has echoes of the Cold War for the Daily Mail.
The Daily Mirror says German prosecutors believe the security worker passed on documents “on at least one occasion”. It says an “MI5-led” operation resulted in the man being detained.
The gap between private and state school A-level pupils leads the Guardian. The paper says teacher-assessed grades “disproportionately benefited those at independent schools”.
Plan to fix A-level inflation: Next year’s A-level students should not worry about suffering a “sudden shock” amid a plan to fix A-level inflation, the i paper suggests.
Soaring A-level grade inflation could see Gavin Williamson replaced as education secretary by Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch, the Times reports.
Strictly Come Dancing has been hit by Covid after a dancer tested positive, according to the Sun. The positive test could throw the launch programme into jeopardy, the paper claims.
Prince Andrew could face a further civil case in the US from another woman, the Daily Mirror claims. It says Johanna Sjoberg could air allegations – which the duke denies – in court.
The Metro leads on the news that a US woman has filed a civil case against the Duke of York, alleging he sexually assaulted her when she was 17-years-old.
The Times says 49% of A-level results will be A* or A on Tuesday morning. The paper says it has learnt almost half of all results will be the two highest grades – higher than last year.
