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Tuesday’s tabloids continue coverage of the Gregg Wallace scandal – reporting that he has since apologised for his comments that his accusers are just “middle-class women of a certain age”. Several papers report MPs want a cultural change at the BBC, noting this is another in a string of allegations made against a BBC presenter, whilst other headlines reflect news that the BBC will continue to air his show MasterChef, despite the growing list of accusations.

The prime minister’s foreign policy speech at the Lord Mayor’s banquet on Monday has provoked contrasting reactions from the press.

International news also finds a place on the UK front pages this morning. Donald Trump has threatened to release and pardon January 6 rioters, in response to Joe Biden issuing a ‘full and unconditional’ pardon to his son Hunter Biden.

There are fears that the French government is about to collapse after the French prime minister pushed through his ‘austerity’ budget.

The latest Premier League gossip dominates the back pages.

Truong My Lan’s life could still be spared if she pays back three-quarters of the assets she embezzled.A Vietnamese court has rejected a real estate tycoon’s appeal, upholding the death sentence handed down for the embezzlement of $12bn. The court in Ho Chi Minh City ruled against Truong My Lan’s appeal in the case, which has raised concerns over the impact on the country’s economy due to the huge sums involved. The High People’s Court determined there was no basis to reduce Lan’s death sentence, local media reported. However, it also said that the sentence could be commuted to life imprisonment…

VENICE – It’s sentencing day. Today Filippo Turetta, 22 years old, on trial for the feminicide of his ex-girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin, will be before the Court of Assizes of the Venice court to hear the verdict. It is the fifth and final hearing of a lightning trial. Filippo Turetta, today the sentence in the trial for the murder of Giulia Cecchettin https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/12/03/news/filippo_turetta_giulia_cecchettin_sentenza_processo_oggi-423810311/?rss

France’s Prime Minister Michel Barnier faced an abrupt end to his premiership on Monday, December 2, after opposition parties said they would back a no-confidence motion against his government after only three months in power.

“Warren has always dreamed of serving the United States full-time. I am thrilled that he will now have that opportunity as the top diplomat, representing the USA to one of America’s most cherished and beloved allies,” Trump posted on his Truth Social social media platform. 

A recent YouGov survey certifies it: traditional fish and chips are still the second most popular dish in the United Kingdom… surpassed only by French fries alone. If cod has existed in the British Isles since the dawn of time, the love story with the potato has a beginning date: some sources date the arrival of the precious tuber in England to 3 December 1586. Sir Thomas Harriot, astronomer and mathematician, brought it from the Americas. It was a fundamental moment in the food history of the country (as in the rest of Europe, especially in the North): thanks to…

Campaign launches to help save lives on rural roads The figure was despite there being fewer than half the number of collisions. NFU Mutual has partnered with the four UK farming unions, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Farm Safety Foundation, British Horse Society and Older Drivers Forum to create a Code for Countryside Roads. In its 2024 Rural Road Safety Report, NFU Mutual found that collisions on rural roads were around four times more likely to result in a fatality. In 2023, an average of one in every 32 collisions (969 of 31,183) on rural highways resulted in…

What really helps with hangovers? – podcast What if you could take a pill or a shot that could reduce your blood alcohol level and make you feel better in the morning? That’s the promise of a range of wellness products aiming to be the next big hangover antidote. But what exactly are hangovers, and which methods of preventing them are backed by science? Madeleine Finlay speaks to Dr Sally Adams, an alcohol researcher and associate professor of psychology at the University of Birmingham Clips: @drinklikecut, @visitourmedia, @thegutgirlie, @settingthebrowlow Continue reading… What really helps with hangovers? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2024/dec/03/what-really-helps-with-hangovers-podcast

Fast forward in your mind to summer 2024, the Euros about to kick off and excitement building right across our shared islands. We all know the stature of the event and what it means when our own team is taking part – in this case the games themselves will be within reach so we might be making plans to get tickets, travel to games, be a participant rather than an armchair supporter. England will have cruised through their qualifying group, most likely winning every game en-route and they will be playing their matches in a sold out Wembley.Scotland are on…

Local authorities have not prioritised enforcement action to prevent water, air, and noise pollution to protect the environment, with poor inspection rates and follow-up actions, a watchdog has found.The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said that while the prioritisation of resources towards waste activities delivered improvements and positive environmental outcomes, there were areas that councils around the country needed to improve on.“The effective enforcement of environmental law is essential to identify polluters and noncompliant operators, and to hold them to account,” the EPA’s director of environmental enforcement Dr Tom Ryan said.“Local authority leadership is critical in delivering better environmental outcomes through…