Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
Friday’s front pages report on concerns from the Home Office over Lancashire Police’s conduct in the Nicola Bulley case, while the missing walker’s family have hit out over speculation surrounding her personal life.
British Gas’s parent company sees record profits amid soaring cost of living crisis, the PM heads to Belfast to push his Brexit deal over the line and fashion royalty turned out for the London memorial service for Dame Vivianne Westwood.
Nicola Bulley missing
The Independent suggests Suella Braverman’s rare move could spark questions about the government’s respect for the operational independence of British policing. The Daily Mail’s take on the home secretary’s intervention, following the cops choice to release personal information about Nicola, has piled pressure on the force. Whilst the Daily Express leads on Nicola’s family’s calls for the “appalling” speculation around her private life to come to an end and for the public to focus on finding Nikki.
The Metro reports on Nicola’s family urging people not to make up “wild theories” and the Sun picks up on her family’s calls for her not to be scared and to come home.