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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Many of Monday’s newspaper front pages lead on an apparent assassination of Donald Trump. The attempt on the former president’s life took place near his Florida golf club on Sunday – the second assassination attempt in a few m months. Trump announced that he is “safe and well” and has vowed to “never surrender.”

Away from US politics, domestic stories make up the rest of the UK front pages, with several reports covering the ongoing backlash over the cutting of the winter fuel payments. There are also reports claiming Keir Starmer has his eyes set on an Italy-style migration deal to tackle small boats crisis.

Monday’s papers have a splash of showbiz news – including birthday tributes to Prince Harry, who turned 40 on Sunday, and Monday’s back pages are dominated by the latest from the Premier League.

Jet fuel tax could raise £6bn a year in the UK, says thinktank Experts say ‘baffling’ lack of equivalent to fuel duty means motorists are more strongly taxed than private jet ownersCampaigners have urged the chancellor to start taxing jet fuel – with a report showing that charging duty at the same rate paid by motorists would raise up to £6bn a year for the public finances. An analysis by the thinktank Transport & Environment (T&E) UK said introducing a “fair” equivalent to the fuel duty paid in other sectors could raise between £400m and £5.9bn a year, based on…

Blind man ‘feels like scum’ after being illegally refused taxis due to guide dog | UK News A visually impaired man who uses private hire vehicles to get to and from work successfully prosecuted a taxi driver who refused the trip due to ‘having a dog’. Stephen Anderson, 33, who works as a public servant, told Metro he has had 82 refusals by taxi drivers for having his guide dog with him. It is a criminal offence for private hire drivers to refuse access to a guide dog and its owner under section 170 of the Equality Act. Anderson, from…

Public inquiries should be shorter and recommendations tracked, Lords says Committee says major overhaul required to restore public confidence among victims and survivorsPublic inquiries should be shortened and the progress of their recommendations tracked, according to a House of Lords committee, which says a major overhaul is required to restore public confidence among victims and survivors. The committee’s report, published in the wake of the Grenfell Tower public inquiry, which took almost seven years, warns there is a perception that inquiries are frequently “too long and expensive”, undermining their credibility and prolonging trauma for those affected. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/16/public-inquiries-should-be-shorter-and-recommendations-tracked-lords-says

More than half of women fleeing domestic abuse turned away from safe refuge due to chronic shortages More than half of domestic abuse survivors face homelessness after being turned away from refuges due to a chronic national shortage of spaces. The latest figures show around six in 10 women fleeing domestic violence who sought a space in a refuge in England over a year were denied a place. Data from the Office for National Statistics shows 27,754 women were referred to a refuge between April 2022 and March 2023 but only 10,824 were accepted, with 16,930 women left with nowhere…

Nigel Farage accused of abusing MP role to make money by the Liberal Democrat chief whip has accused Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson of using their seats in parliament to boost their own profiles in a stinging rebuke. At the party’s autumn conference in Brighton, Wendy Chamberlain said constituency work appeared not to be the priority for the Reform UK MPs, both of whom host shows on GB News. Nigel Farage accused of abusing MP role to make money Months after it was revealed Mr Farage was the highest-paid MP outside of parliament, with a £98,000-a-month for his GB News…

Ministers accused of ‘rookie errors’ over early release scheme as freed prisoner allegedly commits assault Shadow home secretary James Cleverly has led concerns over the government’s early release scheme after a prisoner was accused of sexually assaulting a woman on the same day he was freed. Around 1,750 inmates were released early from jails in England and Wales on Tuesday to alleviate the overcrowding crisis which is overwhelming prisons. But following the move, it emerged a prisoner was accused of assaulting a woman on the same day he was freed. He has since been charged and recalled to prison ahead of a court date. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/early-release-scheme-sexual-assault-b2612915.html

Sunday’s front pages feature a wide variety of leads with only a handful of papers covering the same stories. Several newspapers carry pictures of the Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden being hoisted on her fellow dancers’ shoulders in celebration of her return to the show after battling cancer.

Airport parking: £100 fines in Bristol ‘could be unenforceable’ Eagle-eyed reader and consumer solicitor say local bylaws are key to question of enforcement. Are private fines sent by Bristol airport contractor to motorists who pick up passengers outside its designated, paid-for, drop-off and pick up zone unenforceable? It looks as though they may be, if an eagle-eyed Guardian reader and a leading consumer solicitor are correctly interpreting the bylaws that govern the airport. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/sep/14/airport-parking-fines-bristol-unenforceable-bylaw

‘Straight to YouTube’: fringe talks won’t be streamed live from Tory conference Low interest is challenging organisers, with business day tickets still not sold, speakers reluctant to engage and attendees dialling back their time. The experience of losing power is a brutal business. The ministerial cars disappear, the armies of advisers disperse and the utterances of newly former ministers cease to dominate the airwaves. Now the Conservative party is suffering from another symptom of its dramatic ejection from office: a somewhat suppressed level of interest in its party conference, usually the jewel in the crown of the Tory calendar. Figures…

Man, 18, charged with murders of a woman and two teenagers in Luton Nicholas Prosper is suspect in the deaths of three people believed to be Juliana Prosper, 48, Kyle Prosper, 16, and Giselle Prosper, 13. An 18-year-old has been charged with the murders of a woman and two teenagers who were found dead at a flat in Luton on Friday, Bedfordshire police have said. Nicholas Prosper, of Leabank, Luton was arrested on Friday morning in Bramingham Road after police discovered three bodies at a flat in Leabank, off Wauluds Bank Drive, at about 5.30 am. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/14/man-18-charged-with-murders-of-a-woman-and-two-teenagers-in-luton

Joe Biden dismisses Russian threats during meeting with Keir Starmer US and UK leaders’ talks dominated by row with Russia over the use of Storm Shadow missilesJoe Biden dismissed sabre-rattling threats made by Vladimir Putin as the US president met with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, at the White House on Friday. Biden said he did not accept that Ukraine using Western-made Storm Shadow missiles to bomb targets in Russia would amount to NATO going to war with Moscow. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/14/joe-biden-dismisses-russian-threats-during-meeting-with-keir-starmer

Man with dementia missing for nearly a week, he was last seen near Wembley Stadium

‘I’m not sure what to trust’: a student navigates the news in the age of social media With more people getting their news online than on TV, Ben Herd, 20, records his experience of following current affairs. An Ofcom report this week marked a tipping point: more people now get their news online than on TV. The Guardian asked Ben Herd, a 20-year-old currently at university, to keep a diary for a couple of days of how he was following news stories and current affairs. This is a pivotal moment in history and Ben is just an example of young…

Our ignorance about fish is off the scale Our ignorance about fish is off the scale at least two-fifths of Britons only eat fish in batter or breadcrumbs, according to a survey by a seafood organisation. Do you know Pollock from pollock or a collie from a coley? If you don’t you are not alone as new research reveals that Britons struggle to name common fish, while two-fifths admit that they have “only ever eaten it in batter or breadcrumbs”. Over half of those surveyed had no idea that a John Dory was a spiny fish; 12% mistakenly thought “he”…