The Daily Mirror says At least 27 migrants died in the Channel as the lives of these children were put at risk making the same crossing.
Year: 2021
Thursday’s front pages are dominated by coverage of the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Channel.
BBC News says The UK and France will keep “all options on the table” as they try to stop migrants crossing the Channel. The UK prime minister and French president said trafficking gangs were risking lives, after 27 people died.
The Guardian says Cosmetic surgery clinics are to be banned from targeting adverts for procedures such as breast enlargement, nose jobs and liposuction at under-18s, in a crackdown by the UK advertising watchdog.
Sky News says the WHO has suggested it is time for countries to have a conversation about mandatory COVID-19 vaccines, saying: “It’s a healthy debate to have.”
TRT World says Several buildings have been set alight in the Solomon Islands’ capital Honiara as thousands of protestors swarmed the city’s Chinatown district in a second day of anti-government riots.
Aljazeera says A jury in the US state of Georgia has delivered guilty verdicts to three men for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
The Metro says A student in North Korea has been sentenced to death by a firing squad for selling copies of Netflix’s hit show Squid Game.
BBC News says Liverpool maintained their 100% record in the Champions League this season by seeing off Porto at Anfield.
The coppers who shared photos of the bodies of murdered sisters Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman, 27, have been found guilty of gross misconduct.
Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema has been found guilty of conspiring to blackmail a fellow French footballer with a sex tape.
The Daily Mirror leads with the news of Stephen Chapple, 36, and his 33-year-old wife Jennifer, who died at their Somerset home on Sunday night.
The Daily Express leads on the news the widow of PC Andrew Harper has won her fight for all killers of police and other 999 staff to be given automatic life sentences.
According to The Independent, scientific advisors and experts have warned ministers in England have “lost the message” over COVID-19.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have banned the BBC from screening their Christmas carol concert amid anger over a royal documentary, reports The Sun.
The Metro reports the death of a couple found stabbed at their home at Dragon Rise in Norton Fitzwarren, Somerset.
According to The Guardian, frustrations are growing in the Treasury at No 10’s handling of major political decisions.
The Guardian says Italy is moving towards barring unvaccinated people from popular social and sports activities as it tightens coronavirus restrictions.
The Independent says The UK faces a Christmas booze shortage while supermarkets are being forced to “scale back” the range of other goods they stock due to major disruption to UK supply chains, industry leaders have warned.
The Metro says Labour MP Stella Creasy has insisted ‘politics and parenting can mix’ after being told she could no longer bring her three-month-old son to the Commons.
The Sun says BBC viewers have blasted this year’s Christmas TV line-up after it was revealed there would be TWO Mrs Brown’s Boys specials.
The Daily Express says Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton admits this season he has had to be “very, very wary” in his title battle with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
The Daily Mirror says Keir Starmer today asked Boris Johnson ‘is everything okay?’ in a vicious exchange at Prime Minister’s Questions.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson once again flouted official requests to wear a mask as he watched a performance of Macbeth at a busy theatre in north London on Monday night.
The Independent says Michael Vaughan has been removed from the BBC’s Ashes team ahead of the first Test next month following allegations that he made a racist comment while playing for Yorkshire in 2009.