Month: May 2022

The Independent says Boris Johnson is facing renewed pressure over the Partygate scandal amid suggestions of a second gathering in the No 10 flat and a drip-feed of Tory MPs calling for his resignation.

The Guardian says the average price of a UK home has topped £250,000 for the first time, but the proportion of sellers reducing their asking price and the time taken to sell a home have both increased, according to Zoopla’s latest market index.

The Guardian says Labour has called for an investigation into leaked text messages suggesting there was a second gathering in Boris Johnson’s Downing Street flat during lockdown, held by his wife, Carrie, on his birthday.

The Guardian says the sharp polarisation between mainly western liberal democracies and the rest of the world in perceptions of Russia has been laid bare in an annual global poll of attitudes towards democracy.

The Guardian says as the House committee investigating the attack on the US Capitol by extremist supporters of Donald Trump prepares to start public hearings next week, the former president called the insurrection on January 6, 2021, a hoax.

The Guardian says Steve Cooper said Nottingham Forest “reminded the world” how special and magical a club they are after they returned to the top flight following a 23‑year absence.

The Independent says Steve Cooper’s remarkable nine-month reinvention of Nottingham Forest gave birth to a belated new era at Wembley on Sunday.

The Metro says Nottingham Forest are back in the Premier League for the first time since 1999 after a nerve-shredding 1-0 win over Huddersfield Town in the Championship Play-Off final.

A variety of stories lead Monday’s newspapers.

TRT World says the United States Department of Justice will conduct an independent review of the police response to the recent mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.