Author: David Pike

David Pike is an experienced news journalist with over 20 years experience as a UK News editor for WTX News and other news publications.

Almost all of Wednesday’s front pages cover Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s speech in the rose garden at Downing Street, where he warned the public that the October budget would be “painful” as they need to plug a £22bn “black hole” in public finances.

Other papers lead on Starmer’s trip to Europe where the British prime minister aims to ‘reset’ relations and turn a corner on Brexit. “We must turn a corner on Brexit and fix the broken relationships left behind by the previous government,” he said.

News of the Oasis reunion tour is featured on most of the newspapers, as the band announced they will tour the UK and Ireland in 2025.

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Silent Sherlock Holmes film to be screened for first time since 1922 release The Golden Pince-Nez features Eille Norwood as the famous detective and has been restored by the BFI national archive. A silent Sherlock Holmes film starring Arthur Conan Doyle’s favourite impersonator of the famous sleuth, Eille Norwood, is to be screened for the first time since its release in 1922, following its extensive restoration by the BFI national archive. Titled The Golden Pince-Nez,…

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Man admits posting Facebook messages encouraging people to damage Ulez cameras A man has admitted posting messages on Facebook encouraging people to damage Ulez cameras. Joseph Nicolls, 43, also pleaded guilty to sending a threatening email to a company which provides cameras for the scheme. Nicolls, of Foots Cray High Street, Sidcup, sent Yunex Traffic a message in May last year intended to cause ‘distress or anxiety’, Woolwich Crown Court heard. The company’s infrastructure and…

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Trending – Tributes pour in as Sven-Goran Eriksson dies at 76 Almost all the newspapers – front and back pages – lead on the death of the former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has lost his battle with cancer. The Swede became the first non-British manager of the men’s England National Football team and led what was nicknamed ‘the golden generation’ to three major tournaments. Tributes have poured in from across the sports world and…

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Many of Tuesday’s newspapers lead with the death of Sven-Goran Eriksson who died at the age of 76 following a terminal cancer diagnosis. Eriksson, the first foreign manager of the England football team is pictured on both the front and back pages. Many of the papers quote a recent documentary on his life, in which he told the audience: “Don’t be sorry, smile.” 

Beyond the tributes, the headlines on the front page are fairly varied but are centred around domestic news, with politics being the most popular this morning.

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Woman fighting for life after three stabbings at Notting Hill Carnival | UK News A 32-year-old woman is fighting for her life in hospital after she was one of three people stabbed at Notting Hill Carnival in west london today. Serious violence has marred one of the capital’s most famous events on what was dubbed its ‘family day’. Two men were also knifed during the event, one aged 29 who is in hospital in a…

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Hezbollah says it has attacked Israel with a large number of drones and rockets, in response to the killing of a top commander last month but Israel “pre-emptively” launched airstrikes inside Lebanon, in what it called “an act of self-defence”. Israel launches strikes in Lebanon and Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets in major escalation Israel has launched a wave of “pre-emptive” airstrikes in southern Lebanon against Hezbollah – as the militant group said it had…

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Sunday’s front pages reflect a variety of ongoing domestic topics with several looking ahead at Tuesday’s speech by the prime minister. Sir Keir Starmer is set to say Britain will have to endure rising fuel payments and stricter economic measures in the coming months.

Pictures of Hannah Lynch – the 18-year-old daughter of British billionaire Mike Lynch, who died in the luxury yacht accident, make several of the broadsheet front pages. The tabloids feature snaps of recently sacked BBC presenter Jermaine Jenas and other showbiz stories.

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London theatre targets Muslim audiences theatre like never before as it not only hosts a muslim play but also accommodates a muslim audience, something that has never happened before. That is until poet Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan came onto the scene with a new play offering a love story for the ages. She’s covered all the bases and this play and spectacle as a whole could be groundbreaking. Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan is the playwriter and poet from Leeds. Peanut…

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Rolex thief spared prison due to overcrowding after he broke his elbow trying to stealing a Patek watch in Mayfair | UK News A Rolex thief spared prison his elbow trying to grab a £50,000 watch in Mayfair, but has walked free because of prison overcrowding. The thief and his accomplice pounced on a couple in Mayfair after spotting Mr Beard was wearing a blue Patek Phillipe World Time worth £50,000. Walking back to the…

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America Weekly “Everywhere I go, in everyone I meet, I see a nation ready to move forward” – Kamala Harris, VP ‘Harris accepts nomination’ & ‘Joe Biden pushes for ceasefire’ America’s week in politics and culture – the race to the White House heats up and Biden prepares to secure his legacy. The US newspaper front pages were heavily dominated by the Democratic National Convention (DNC). US Politics Weekly Monday’s Highlights Republicans The Democratic National…

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Sixth body found in Sicily yacht wreck Divers have found a sixth body in the wreckage of the superyacht that sank off Sicily, believed to be that of Hannah, 18  – the daughter of Mike Lynch.  She was the last one unaccounted for following the sinking after a freak storm which killed seven people in total. Hannah’s father was one of Britain’s most famous tech entrepreneurs Mike Lynch. A total of 15 people survived including…

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