The Metro reports the chancellor has rejected Marcus Rashford’s call to raise the income threshold on free school meals.
Day: 25 October 2021
The Independent says seats held by seven cabinet ministers are in line to receive tens of millions of pounds of development cash.
The Guardian says Labour has accused Mr Sunak of presiding over a “smoke and mirrors” Budget.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson has admitted Britain could fail to broker adequate enough deals to curb irreversible and devastating climate change at the global summit of world leaders beginning in Scotland later this month.
The Guardian says The UK’s “national living wage” is go up to £9.50 an hour from next April, meaning a pay rise for millions of low-paid workers.
The Independent says As tributes poured in from around the world in remembrance of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins – who was fatally shot by mistake on set by Alec Baldwin with a prop gun – Donald Trump Jr. gleefully took to Instagram to ridicule the actor.
The Independent says Chris and Roberta Laundrie will reportedly cremate the remains of Brian Laundrie when the time comes, their lawyer Steven Bertolino has said.
The Metro says more than 2,000 migrants have walked to the US border from a city in southern Mexico where they have essentially been trapped.
Black man given longest sentence over Capitol riots even though he didn’t go
Super Sunday football brought to us the thrilling and humiliating 5-0 thrashing of Manchester United by the one and only Liverpool.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to increase the national living wage from £8.91 to £9.50 in the budget, according to Sky News.
Though only a few details have been released about the shooting death on the film set Rust, the media and film fans around the world appear to be looking for someone to blame for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
US actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun whilst practising a scene on set.
Investigators said the gun used was a “prop firearm,” raising questions over what precautions were in place and how the weapon was loaded. “Detectives are investigating how and what type of projectile was discharged,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Some are blaming the film’s armourer who has been described as ‘inexperienced’ and reports have emerged she had been criticised over safety on her previous film.
There are reports that the film’s crew were playing with the gun and using it for live target practice, others have pointed the finger towards the assistant director and many more are having a conversation about the film industry as a whole and what precautions need to be taken going forward.
The Times says members of the film crew on RUST are reported to have been using Alec Baldwin’s gun involved for live target practice.
The Independent says the death of Halyna Hutchins is not the first firearms-related incident for the production’s armourer.
Insider says the Sheriff’s Office released the audio of the 911 call between dispatch and the script supervisor for the movie “Rust.”
Screen Rant says although incidents on set are incredibly rare, prop guns still carry a substantial risk. Here’s how dangerous they can be if used improperly.
The Mirror leads on an NHS boss urging people to get their Covid booster jabs to prevent “tough Christmas curbs”.
The Sun says the Queen missed church yesterday as she rested after her “health scare” last week.
The Daily Express reports more details on Rishi Sunak’s £6bn pledge for the NHS.
The Daily Mirror says with a record 54.4C in America’s Death Valley, -25C temperatures in Spain and raging fires in Greece, it’s been a year of climate disasters.
The Independent says a delay in the UK’s participation in EU research programmes because of a row about the Brexit deal is beginning to hurt British science, MPs have warned.
The Metro says Covid cases will plummet to just 5,000 a day by Christmas without ‘Plan B’ restrictions, according to new modelling seen by the Government.
The Sun says ANGELINA Jolie’s daughters Zahara, 16, and Shiloh, 15, looked so grown up in the new rare photos at the red carpet premiere of the Marvel blockbuster, Eternals.
Daily Express says organisations are targetting rush-hour traffic this morning as protests resume after the “campaign of civil resistance” was paused earlier this month.
The Guardian says a group of 30 UK millionaires have called on the chancellor to tax them and other rich people more because they can afford to pay it.
