The Guardian says Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland for the first time, a demographic milestone for a state that was designed a century ago to have a permanent Protestant majority.
Month: September 2022
The Guardian says Donald Trump’s legal perils have become insurmountable and could snuff out the former US president’s hopes of an election-winning comeback, according to political analysts and legal experts.
The Guardian says Liz Truss has dismissed as “sabre-rattling” Vladimir Putin’s warning that Russia will use “all the means at our disposal” to protect itself, warning in her UN speech: “This will not work.”
The Guardian says Kwasi Kwarteng will tighten benefit rules for part-time workers, requiring them to work longer hours or take steps to increase their earnings.
The i says The Bank of England (BoE) and the Government are “pulling in different directions” over the best steps to take to bring inflation under control and avoid a recession, the central bank’s former deputy governor has warned.
The i says A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder, after a 15-year-old was stabbed to death outside a school in Huddersfield.
The i says Calling up 300,000 reservists to fight in Ukraine is unlikely to put Vladimir Putin on the road to victory, experts have suggested.
The i says in the light blue corner Jack Grealish, in the blood red corner Graeme Souness, sitting in the middle, lights down low, the adjudicator Gary Neville. You could make a series out of that. Stick it on pay per view.
The i says Five British nationals captured by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine have been released as part of a prisoner swap, the Prime Minister has confirmed.
The Guardian says A Briton who was threatened with execution after being captured by Russian forces during the siege of Mariupol has been released alongside four other Britons and five international prisoners after the intervention of Saudi Arabia.
The Metro says Ten prisoners of war, including five British nationals, have been safely returned home after being captured by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine.
The i leads with a warning over Liz Truss’s tax cuts gamble.
Economists have warned that Ms Truss’s “gamble on tax cuts” risks damaging the value of the pound. The paper says the Institute for Fiscal Studies have also said plans to reverse national insurance and corporation tax increases could lead to government debt “spiralling out of control”.
The Guardian has world reaction to Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons.
US President Joe Biden has condemned Mr Putin’s “imperial ambitions” and threats to deploy Russia’s nuclear arsenal, the Guardian reports.
Speaking at the UN General Assembly in New York, Mr Biden sought to unite the international community and described the invasion as being about “extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist”, the paper says.
The Daily Express leads with the health secretary’s push to improve access to GP services. Everyone must be given a GP appointment within two weeks and urgent cases seen on the same day, according to the Daily Express.
The paper says Health Secretary Therese Coffey has “promised to direct laser-like focus” on patient needs, noting she is due to set out plans to ease upcoming winter pressure on the NHS on Friday.
More than 1,300 Russians have been arrested in anti-war protests after Vladimir Putin announced reservists would be sent to fight in Ukraine.
Under the headline “Russians see red at Vlad”, the Metro reports on the outbreak of protest in Russia following Mr Putin’s announcement. The paper says more than 1,300 people have been arrested in at least 38 cities, with some heard to shout “no war” and “send Putin to the trenches”.
The Daily Mirror leads with a record reward of £200,000 being offered for finding the killer of nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel.
The front page also leads with their campaign to ensure all children can access free school meals.
The Sun says there is good news and “Vlad news” from the war in Ukraine, with British prisoners of war being released but Putin threatening to use nuclear weapons.
Under the headline “good news, Vlad news”, the Sun reports that among the five were Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who had been “sentenced to death by a Kremlin-backed kangaroo court” in occupied areas of eastern Ukraine. The paper says the group, which also includes a captured aid worker, landed safely in Saudi Arabia after the “surprise deal”.
Thursday’s front pages are heavily dominated by the international reaction to Russian president Vladimir Putin’s TV announcement, in which he hinted at nuclear weapons use and called up Russian military reserves which have prompted plenty of young Russian men to flee their homes.
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