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Financial Times – City regulator broadens probe into Odey firm after sexual assault claims Summary of the front page The UK’s finance watchdog is to broaden its investigation into hedge fund Odey Asset Management after 13 women made allegations of sexual misconduct against the company’s founder Crispin Odey, the Financial Times reports. The company strenuously disputes the allegations, the paper adds. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous image Next image

The Independent – British toddler stabbed in French playground horror Summary of the front page The Independent reports that a British girl is among the four children – and two adults – stabbed in a knife attack in a playground in a town in the French Alps. The front page is dedicated to the story – and shows a brave woman who attempted to stop the knifeman. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous image Next image

The Guardian – PM signs pact with Biden as hope of trade deal vanishes Summary of the front page The Guardian reports on the announcement of the “Atlantic Declaration” – a new UK-US agreement aimed at closer transatlantic co-operation in areas such as technology and defence. There is also a striking photograph of New York’s smog-filled skyline on the front page. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous image Next image

Daily Express – British girl, 3, knifed in park horror Summary of the front page A British girl, aged three, is one of the four young children stabbed in a knife attack in a French playground, the Daily Express writes. The paper also has a picture of a woman trying to block a man from running away. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous image Next image

Daily Mirror – Hero who fought to save the innocents Summary of the front page The Daily Mirror leads with a picture of a woman who attempted to stop a man during a knife attack at a French playground. Four young children, including a three-year-old British girl, were stabbed in the attack. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous image Next image

It’s warm out there.

Police were called to the school in the early hours of this morning.

Smoky haze is distorting the quality of images.

Former ministers’ peerages ‘scrapped to avoid by-elections’ THE TIMES SAYS Rishi Sunak will publish Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list as soon as today amid claims that two Conservative MPs have been taken off it to avoid by-elections. The former prime minister’s 50-strong list has been waved through by Sunak after being significantly pruned. Johnson’s father, Stanley, has been removed after No 10 raised objections. With Nadine Dorries, the former culture secretary, and Alok Sharma, the former Cop26 president, expected to stand down to take peerages, Sunak had been facing two by-elections. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/former-ministers-peerages-scrapped-to-avoid-by-elections-9gsh928cr

Official reactions are pouring in after home affairs ministers struck a major deal to revamp the European Union’s migration and asylum policy.