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Johnny Depp: ‘I’m not remotely close to being normal’ ‘I’ve been scrutinised since I was 23 years old. Now I’m kicking 60 in the ass. That’s a long time!’ Johnny Depp, one of world’s most famous faces, is relaxing – adorned with tattoos and silver rings – on a hotel rooftop on the French Riviera. He’s conversational, friendly and refreshingly honest. ‘I’ve been very lucky and I can’t complain about anything. None of it. I won’t,’ he says. But fame does funny things to a man. ‘The thing hits you and then you can’t go anywhere without people looking at…

Front page summary The Independent – Starmer: Police must probe MP over party cash for bad people The Independent says Mark Menzies is accused of using thousands of pounds of party funds to pay off people who had locked him in a flat, but he disputes the allegations – while Labour says the Tories are a party of ‘stagnation, scandal and sleaze’.Elsewhere the front page features a large image of a BBC News presenter who is planning to sue the BBC over age and gender discrimination.  The Independent – Scandal of care home sex predators free to prey on the vulnerable By…

Front page summary The Guardian – State could be left with £15bn debt by Thames Water nationalisation The Guardian says Thames Water could be renationalised with the £15bn it owes added to the public debt.The paper says Whitehall officials are drawing up contingency plans that would see Thames Water, the country’s largest water company, renationalised and turned into an arms-length public body. The paper says the company’s finances have been left threadbare by dividend payments and fines for pollution, and that the plans would see most of the £15.6 billion it owes added to the public debt.Elsewhere, the SNP finance scandal,…

Front page summary Metro – MP: I need £5k to pay off bad people Metro reports on the claims surrounding Tory MP Mark Menzies. He has been suspended from the party while officials investigate claims he misused thousands of pounds of campaign funds. The paper says Menzies, the government trade envoy who represents Fylde in Lancashire, used the money for medical bills and paying off ‘bad people’. Elsewhere, Johnny Depp is pictured on the front page.  Metro – Deluged in DubaiBy WTX NewsApril 18, 2024 The main stories Like this article? why don’t you share it? its easy … just click the…

Front page summary Daily Mirror – I warned the Tories about him 3 months ago The Mirror leads on claims that Tory chiefs were aware of the allegations about MP Mark Menzies three months ago.The aide who reported Tory MP Mark Menzies to his party’s chief whip over his alleged misuse of campaign funds has spoken to the paper. Katie Fieldhouse, 78, tells the paper: “I put my faith in the party to deal with him. I cannot accept his behaviour.” Mr Menzies lost his party’s whip after the allegations, which he told the Times he “strongly” disputes, were revealed by…

Front page summary The Sun – Taylor Swift’s revenge The Sun says Taylor Swift has “savaged” one of her ex-boyfriends on her eagerly awaited new album. Ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn is thought to be the inspiration behind the brutal lyrics on her new album — hinting he cheated on her and broke her heart.The US superstar appears to have let rip her wrath on the Brit actor, 33, in her 11th album The ­Tortured Poets ­Department, released today— branding an ex-lover a lying coward she will never forgive.The PM’s upcoming speech about ‘sick note Britain’ and Prince William are also on the…

Front page summary The Sun – Taylor Swift’s revenge The Sun says Taylor Swift has “savaged” one of her ex-boyfriends on her eagerly awaited new album. Ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn is thought to be the inspiration behind the brutal lyrics on her new album — hinting he cheated on her and broke her heart.The US superstar appears to have let rip her wrath on the Brit actor, 33, in her 11th album The ­Tortured Poets ­Department, released today— branding an ex-lover a lying coward she will never forgive.The PM’s upcoming speech about ‘sick note Britain’ and Prince William are also on the…

Friday’s newspaper leads feature various stories, but almost all of them are domestic political news. A number of the headlines lead on plans from Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to challenge what he describes as Britain’s “sick note culture.” Elsewhere, the EU’s olive branch to UK students, Thames Water nationalisation plans and the Tory MP cash scandal make the front pages.

Several UK papers, and most of the Scottish front pages, of course, lead on news that former Scottish First Minister, Nicola Strugeon’s husband has been charged with stealing from the SNP. 

Most of the papers offer up a snippet of their review of the latest Taylor Swift album on their front pages. So far, it’s all glowing reviews for Taylor’s – The Tortured Poets Department.

Netflix has seen its profits soar in the first three months of 2024 in part due to its crackdown on password sharing. Netflix saw 9.3 million new customers in the first quarter, bringing its total number of subscribers to almost 270 million. The streaming giant said its profits in the first quarter jumped to more than $2.3bn.

US officials have once again warned Israel against their plans for military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where more than one million Palestinians are sheltering.