The Metro says gun violence continues to climb in New York City, where on Tuesday a gunman opened fire in a hospital waiting room.
Month: January 2022
THE most famous phrase in showbusiness is, “The show must go on!”.
It originates in the 19th century in circuses, when either performers got injured doing death-defying stunts or animals got loose, and the ringmaster would bound out to keep the entertainment going and stop the audience from worrying or panicking and fleeing the Big Top
Arab News says as the world sees vaccination slowing and infections soaring with the spread of omicron, Iran has found a rare respite from the pandemic.
EMBATTLED Boris Johnson came out swinging yesterday and insisted he would not quit over the Partygate storm.
TRT World says dozens of guns have been stolen from freight trains that were recently looted in the US city of Los Angeles, according to local police.
Angel Lynn, 19, fell out of a van travelling between 60 and 70mph down the A6 towards Loughborough under mysterious circumstances after her controlling ex and his friend kidnapped her
BBC Sport says Wales and Ospreys say injured lock Alun Wyn Jones could be back before the Six Nations finishes.
BBC News says Labour MP Richard Burgon tells the story of a nurse who was fined during lockdown for organising a protest against government cuts.
BBC News says In his final question, Starmer says we have the “shameful” spectacle of the prime minister of the UK being subject to a police investigation.
The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer says the partygate saga is “all happening when petrol prices, the weekly shop and energy bills are going through the roof”
Keir Starmer says Boris Johnson “went into hiding for five days because of these allegations (of lockdown parties)”.
Starmer says we have the spectacle of a PM under police investigation. And as the cabinet refuse to speak out, they become more complicit.
BBC News says Sir Keir Starmer says that on 1 December the PM told the House all policies were followed in No 10 and points to another comment in the Commons.
BBC says In his first question to PM, Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer points to the ministerial code, which says ministers must resign if they knowingly mislead Parliament.
The Independent says Boris Johnson’s first question, from Labour’s Kate Osamor, is on the government writing off more than £bn in fraudulent Covid handouts.
Wednesday’s PMQs – Partygate, Sue Gray and the PM
Sue Gray has pictures of Boris Johnson with wine bottles at No 10 parties as police launch a criminal probe reads the front page of the Daily Mirror.
A Scotland Yard probe into “partygate” allegations has been welcomed by Boris Johnson as a way to “draw a line” under the fiasco, writes the Daily Express.
The Sun’s front page also reports that the prime minister faces being interviewed by police as part of Scotland Yard’s investigation into Downing Street parties.
The Independent leads with the Metropolitan Police investigation into Downing Street parties, adding Sue Gray’s report could be released as early as Wednesday.
According to The Guardian, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is braced for the most perilous 48 hours of his premiership.
The Metro uses a fun play on the term ‘the bill’ – slang word meaning police – as the paper reports Boris Johnson is at the centre of a police investigation.
The Guardian says New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said “at no point was I worried about my safety” after her van was chased and forced on to a curb by anti-vaccination protesters.
The Independent says Ancient monuments in Athens were blanketed in snow after a rare blizzard hit the Greek city this week.
The Metro says a minister has stepped in to defend the prime minister from allegations he broke strict lockdown rules – by claiming he was ‘ambushed with a cake’.