Month: October 2022

The Metro says A picture has emerged of the man accused of gunning down Olivia Pratt-Korbel, nine, as he appeared in court charged with her murder.

The Metro says Christmas is going to be a little different this year – as one of our go-to festive favourites will have a brand new look.

The Metro says Fans of Marilyn Monroe have been left sickened by a scene in new film Blonde which features former US President John F Kennedy.

The Guardian says US Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) administrator Deanne Criswell asked Americans on Sunday “to make informed decisions” about rebuilding in vulnerable areas hit by natural disasters intensified by climate change.

The Guardian says Brazil’s acrimonious presidential race will go to a second round after the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva failed to secure the overall majority he needed to avoid a runoff with the far-right incumbent, Jair Bolsonaro.

The Guardian says Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar for The Godfather, has died aged 75, the Academy of Motion Pictures announced on Sunday.

The Guardian says Thames Water, Southern Water and other companies will be forced to cut tens of millions of pounds from consumers’ bills after the regulator said they had missed pollution targets.

The Guardian says Chris Wilder has been sacked by Middlesbrough after only 11 months in charge at the Championship club.

Liz Truss’s mini-budget has been heavily criticised by Michael Gove as having the “wrong values”, reads the front page of The Independent.
The paper says Gove critised the measures as being not Conservative and came at a time when pressure was mounting on PM Truss to perform a u-turn on the controversial plan to axe the 45p income tax band – which gifts an average £10,000 to the 600,000 highest earners in the UK at a time when ministers are eyeing real-term cuts to welfare benefits.

The Guardian reports that Prime Minister Liz Truss is struggling to win over Conservative MPs to back her controversial mini-budget. The paper’s front page reports on a threatened “all-out rebellion” amid fears the Tories could become known as the “nasty party.” The paper said the PM displayed “a sliver of remorse” for the way the mini-budget was received, her chancellor remains defiant. It also reports that Kwasi Kwarteng would pledge on Monday to “stay the course” with what he calls a “sound credible” plan.