Metro – Musk pays a tweet £35bn for Twitter
Metro – Musk pays a tweet £35bn for Twitter
Elon Musk has clinched a deal to buy Twitter for $44bn (£34.5bn), taking control of the vast social media platform used by millions including international leaders, Metro reports.
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The Metro – Mystic Samurai suspect
Front page summary The Metro – Mystic Samurai suspect The Metro features photos of Marcus Arduini Monzo, the 36-year-old charged with murdering schoolboy Daniel Anjorin with a Samurai sword in London on Tuesday. Marcus Aurelio Arduini Monzo, who is a dual Spanish and Brazilian national, has appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court after being charged with the murder of Daniel Anjorin. He goes by the named FreekingMark on social media, and has posted images of himself
Metro – Our fresh sorrow
Front page summary Metro – Our fresh sorrow The Metro leads with the news 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin, who was killed in the Hainault sword attack yesterday, went to a school also attended by Nottingham attack victim Grace O’Malley-Kumar. Daniel was a pupil at private school Bancroft’s in Woodford Green, the same school in east London attended by Grace O’Malley-Kumar, a medical student who was murdered in a knife attack in Nottingham last summer. In a
Metro – Courage of sword cops
Front page summary Metro – Courage of sword cops The Metro says two police officers were injured as they attempted to tackle a man armed with a sword following a deadly attack in which a 14-year-old boy was killed. The Metropolitan Police confirmed a 36-year-old man remains in hospital after he was arrested 22 minutes following the first 999 call. He suffered injuries when his van collided with a building, meaning police have been unable
Metro – SNP crisis: You’ve only got Yousaf to blame
Front page summary Metro – SNP crisis: You’ve only got Yousaf to blame The Metro leads on the resignation of Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf, saying he quit “in tears” on Monday. He has seen his authority crumble in the days since he announced his government would withdraw from a political partnership with the Scottish Greens. Mr Yousaf, 39, explained his decision to call time on his leadership in a statement at the first minister’s
Metro – Prices coming a cropper
Front page summary Metro – Prices coming a cropper The Metro says beer, bread, and biscuit prices are expected to rise because of a poorer-than-usual harvest of wheat, barley, and oats, caused by a wet autumn and winter. The paper says forecasts suggest production of wheat, barley, oats, and oilseed rape could fall by 17.5% on last year, and notes that it comes just as prices are beginning to fall after the inflation of recent
Metro – Weinstein sensation: rape conviction overturned
Front page summary Metro – Weinstein sensation: rape conviction overturned The Metro leads on the overturning of one of disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein’s rape convictions. A New York appeals court said prosecutors in the pivotal #MeToo case called witnesses whose accusations were not part of the charges against him. The paper points out the disgraced Hollywood mogul will remain in prison. He was separately convicted of rape in LA. A second front page leads