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The Guardian – Dissident Republicans have data from PSNI leak Summary of the front page The Guardian splash on the admission from the chief of the Police Service of Northern Ireland that Republican paramilitary groups have got their hands on the information leaked in a data breach last week. Simon Byrne is quoted saying that it is the force’s “planning assumption” that dissidents will use the list to “generate fear and uncertainty as well as intimidating or targeting officers”. The front page features a large image of Hawaii’s wildfire disaster. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK…

Financial Times – Saudi Arabia and UAE buy Nvidia chips Summary of the front page The news that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are buying up thousands of Nvidia chips as the join the global AI arms race is the splash in the Financial Times, with the paper reporting that there are fears the autocratic regimes in the countries could misuse artificial intelligence. The paper writes that the countries are “choking” the supply of the chips, crucial for building artificial intelligence, and that their aim is to be leaders in the field and to “turbocharge” their respective economies.…

Daily Star – The proof Summary of the front page The Daily Star leads on a photograph taken in Staffordshire which it claims proves big cats are indeed on the prowl in the UK. The picture on the front purports to show a panther like animal in the Smallthorne area of Stoke-on-Trent. Its front page says the image is proof “panthers are roaming our countryside”. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

Daily Mirror – Another day, another attack Summary of the front page The Daily Mirror splashes on a dog attack that left as five-year-old girl in hospital with her cheek torn open. The paper reports calls are growing for a law change to ban the so-called “bully” type dogs. Farrah-Leigh Nichol was left with “horrific facial injuries”, it reports. The paper says her mother has called for action against dangerous dogs. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

Daily Express – Dear France … for £480m can you actually stop small boats Summary of the front page The Daily Express splashes a headline imploring the French government to stop the boats crossing the English Channel after the UK agreed to give Paris £480m to do so. “Dear France… for £480m can you actually stop the boats?” is the question posed by the paper. Alongside a picture of a dinghy, packed with migrants, the paper carries a warning from Conservative MPs that the French must go “faster and further” to stop migrant small boats after being promised that sum…

Will other areas see a ULEZ?

At least 12 flights have bee cancelled today.

The track could be called Used To Be Young.

Compassion can produce better performance – just look at the Lionesses The Guardian says If you want to see a high‑performance team with compassion at its heart, there are regular 90-minute(-plus) masterclasses from the Lionesses free on UK screens at the moment. We’ve seen a few individual athletes start to role‑model self-compassion publicly over recent times, ranging from Simone Biles to Ben Stokes. Now we are seeing the power of compassion in team performance. Compassion has not been a traditional hallmark of sport. With its UK roots in 19th-century British public schools and universities, modern sport developed as way of…

The Lionesses will need to beat an entire nation in the grip of World Cup fever The Independent says It was the moment Australia stopped. In Sydney, thousands gathered outside the Olympic Stadium and huddled together in the crisp winter air. In Melbourne, the Saturday night crowds at the MCG forgot about the Aussie rules match they had paid tickets for and rushed to find a TV or phone screen to see the drama unfold. Even several miles in the air, rows of passengers on a commercial flight were all gripped by the same tension that was uniting a country…