Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
Most of Tuesday’s front pages report on the UK air traffic fault that has left thousands of passengers suffering long delays and cancellations at the end of the Bank Holiday weekend. Several of the papers say the air traffic fallout could last for days.
Several papers feature images from Notting Hill Carnival and the ongoing Spanish Football scandal continues to dominate.
Flight fiasco
The Daily Mail reports that the “flight fiasco” could go on for days. The paper predicts that thousands of people from the UK will be “stranded around the globe” as a knock-on effect on Monday’s air traffic control failure. The Daily Express leads with a picture of travellers at Heathrow, sleeping on the floor. The paper headlines the situation “Days of chaos.”
The Times asks “How could a meltdown like this be possible?” – the paper says senior government and security sources have ruled out a cyber attack by a hostile state. The paper suggests officials know what caused the issue but don’t understand why it was so widespread.
Water pollution
The Guardian leads on an announcement by ministers that they will relax housebuilding rules that are intended to prevent excess water pollution.
A spokesman for Greenpeace is quoted saying: “Who would look at our sickly, sewage-infested rivers and conclude that what they need is weaker pollution rules?”
The Telegraph leads on an interview with the Met boss Sir Mark Rowley – in which he says he will not allow cops to support “woke” causes while on duty. The causes include: taking the knee, flying the rainbow flag or wearing badges supporting environmental groups.
The Daily Mirror leads with plans to close ticket offices at hundreds of railway stations across England. The paper is running a campaign to keep the offices open – and says many train firms have carried out assessments of the impact the closures will have.
