Elementor #584786February 11, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun On Sunday – Star Billie…
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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 Independent leads on Commons leader Penny Mordaunt who said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘should reflect on’ gender jibe made in the House of Commons during Wednesday’s PMQs.
No 10 and the PM have rejected calls to apologise after Sunak made the jibe in front of Brianna Ghey’s mother – who was in the House during the session.
The Guardian reports that campaigners and unions are “furious” with Sir Keir Starmer for U-turning on his £28bn green investment plan. It calls the move “the most controversial U-turn of Keir Starmer’s leadership” and says it has prompted an angry response from environmental groups, trade unions and some in the energy sector.
The paper quotes the Unite union saying Labour risks “outsourcing their policy-making to the Conservatives”.
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.
The Sun reports on plans to introduce a blue card into football that would see players sent to a 10-minute sin bin. The paper says football fans have reacted with fury over the sin-bin plans.
The paper says the move would add to the “confusion” caused by the video assistance referee system (VAR), which critics have said slows down the game and fails to improve the quality of the decisions made.
The Daily Mirror reports the number of children having teeth pulled in hospital has rocketed to 48,000 last year due to difficulty accessing dentists.
An average of 119 operations a day are currently being carried out on children with tooth decay, according to the Daily Mirror. The paper quotes British Dental Association chair Eddie Crouch saying that the “oral health gap is widening for our youngest patients”.
The prime minister is going to “come out fighting” against Labour’s “dirty politics”, according to the Daily Express. The paper reports Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of trying to divert attention away from dropping his flagship green policy by calling on Rishi Sunak to apologise to Brianna Ghey’s family over comments at PMQs.
A Tory source has accused Sir Keir of using the death of Brianna Ghey, a transgender teenager who was murdered in a park in February last year, to “distract from his party’s chaos”.
Has PM opened door to Boris Johnson come back? – asks the front page of the Daily Express newspaper.
Rishi Sunak today opens the door to Boris Johnson’s political comeback and tells of his pride in their time working together.
The Prime Minister admits there are “well-documented differences” between them but revealed he talked to his former boss just a few months ago.
Prince William returns to work – that’s the headline for the Sun.
Rishi Sunak is slammed for his tone-deaf transgender comments in the House of Commons – that’s the headline on the front page of the Mirror.
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.
The Financial Times reports on a £2.5bn deal by Barratt to purchase Redrow – a deal the paper says cements the company’s place as the UK’s largest house-building firm.
“Brave face of the King” is the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror, as the paper reports on the monarch’s cancer diagnosis and his 30-minute meeting with Prince Harry
King Charles delayed his trip to Sandringham to see Prince Harry, the Sun says. The paper reports that the King was “doing very well”, according to its sources.
The monarch had a meeting with his youngest son, Prince Harry, on Tuesday after the Duke of Sussex travelled from the US to the UK to visit his father.
The number of children referred for emergency mental healthcare in England has soared by more than 50% in three years.
The Guardian reports more than 32,000 emergency and urgent referrals were made to child and mental health services in 2022-23 – equivalent to more than 600 a week.
The number of children referred for emergency mental healthcare in England has soared by more than 50% in three years, it says, citing data by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Federal judges in the US have ruled that Donald Trump cannot use presidential immunity in his election interference case.
The paper says The Duke of Sussex flew on the first available scheduled British Airways flight.
The Metro leads with the announcement from Buckingham Palace that the King has been diagnosed with cancer.
The paper also leads with a picture of the King as it reports on the announcement of his cancer diagnosis.
The King’s cancer diagnosis leads the front page of The Guardian.
The King’s cancer diagnosis makes the front page of The Sun, which leads with a new image of the monarch, released by Buckingham Palace.
Elementor #584107February 6, 20241 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – King’s cancer shock The Daily…
The Daily Express reports that the King has started treatment for cancer and remains “wholly positive” following his diagnosis.
The paper calls Esther Martin “yet another victim” and adds that she was attacked while visiting her grandson after trying to stop puppies fighting.
