The Independent says Liverpool ensured the Premier League title race will go to the final day of the season by coming from behind to beat Southampton 2-1 at St Mary’s.
Day: 18 May 2022
The Independent says the Metropolitan Police has made a second arrest following a fatal stabbing near a primary school in Ealing west London.
The Independent says the UK has recorded its hottest day of 2022 after temperatures reached 27.5C in the southeast on Tuesday afternoon.
The Guardian says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has criticised his country’s response to its first officially confirmed Covid-19 outbreak as “immature”.
The Guardian says the European Commission has raised the spectre of an economically damaging trade war with the UK, pledging to respond with “all measures at its disposal” if Liz Truss presses ahead with a plan to rewrite the Northern Ireland protocol.
The Guardian says more than 27,000 nurses and midwives quit the NHS last year, with many blaming job pressures, the Covid pandemic and poor patient care for their decision.
The Guardian says UK inflation soared to 9% in April – its highest level for more than 40 years – as the rising cost of gas and electricity pushed household energy bills to record levels.
The Metro says A Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault offences has been released on bail by the Metropolitan Police.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson’s party has been engulfed in fresh scandal as it emerged a Conservative MP had been arrested on Monday on suspicion of serious sexual offences, including rape.
The Independent says a Tory MP remains in custody after being arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault offences spanning seven years.
Wednesday’s front pages report on the arrest of a Tory MP, the Wagatha Christie trial and the cost of living crisis.
BBC Sport says an unnamed Conservative MP has been arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.
Sky News says the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jet might have been deliberate, according to a US report.
France24 says Cannes 2022 kicked off with a zombie-themed tribute to film-making by French director Michel Hazanavicius as the movie world returned to the Riviera.
Euronews says the first war crimes trial since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, against a Russian soldier accused of killing an unarmed civilian, gets underway in Kyiv on Wednesday.
TRT World says Joe Biden has condemned the “poison” of white supremacy and said the nation must “reject the lie” of the racist “replacement theory”.
Aljazeera says a fatal shooting at a church in California, which authorities said was motivated by the gunman’s hatred for Taiwan, has left residents of the self-governed island stunned.
BBC Sport says Police are investigating after Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp was assaulted by a fan at the end of their Championship play-off final second leg at Nottingham Forest.