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Financial Times – AI claims first scalp as shares in education sector tumble Summary of the front page The Financial Times says shares in the education sector fell sharply yesterday as investors bet that artificial intelligence could upend business models. US company Chegg, which provides online study guides, said that a “significant spike in student interest” in AI tool ChatGPT was harming its customer growth. The paper says it marks “one of the first instances of a company acknowledging a hit to its finances as a direct result of advances” in the technology. The front page features an image of…

Daily Express – Lockdown at palace after man arrested Summary of the front page The Daily Express leads on Buckingham Palace being placed on lockdown after suspected shotgun cartridges were thrown over the gates. Multiple police vehicles and personnel can be seen near a line of cones apparently marking a police cordon. The front page also reports on Micheal Palin’s wife’s death. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

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Daily Mirror – Palace in lockdown after attack Summary of the front page “Palace in lockdown” tops the Daily Mirror as it reports on the arrest of a man who allegedly threw suspected shotgun cartridges over the gates of Buckingham Palace. The area around the Queen Victoria monument had to be evacuated so police could carry out the controlled explosion. The paper adds that the incident comes as security services prepare to oversee their “biggest operations in 70 years” at the King’s Coronation on Saturday. The front page also reports on the Met Gala and features an image of Princess…

The Sun – Palace shotgun terror Summary of the front page The Sun reports the arrest at Buckingham Palace. The paper says police carried out a controlled explosion at the scene and that it is not thought the King and Queen Consort were at the palace at the time. Kendall Jenner and the Met Gala makes the front splash. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers Previous Next

The Liberal Democrats leader also gave his verdict on who should play 007 after Daniel Craig.

The new rules on voter ID are a democratic scandal Telegraph says I wonder if, in all the deliberations about the results of the local elections on Friday, we will hear about the number of people who had turned up to vote without the right ID and were refused. Will these numbers be recorded? For this is the first time that the electorate has to use photo ID. Not just any photo ID, but only those specified. A passport, a driving licence, travel cards if you are over 60 but not for anyone younger. It’s a year since the Elections…

‘At age 93 I’ve never missed voting – but voter ID will force me to for the first time’ Mirror says A 93-year-old cancer sufferer says the new photo ID rule will exclude her from voting in tomorrow’s local elections. Oonagh Preece first went to a polling station in 1950 and has voted in every local and general election since. But the furious mum of three said the requirement for photo ID at polling stations now excludes her from democracy. The retired horse trainer said: “I’ve been voting all of my life, we all did in our family. Even my…

Half of local authorities spent just 11p per person on Voter ID awareness campaigns Mirror says Half of local authorities spent just 11p per voter on awareness campaigns for the new Voter ID requirements, research suggests. Of those who declared a specified budget to inform voters of the changes, half of authorities spent only £10,000 or less, according to freedom of information (FOI) requests. A local authority that might typically have around 90,000 electors would see the funding distributed at only 11p per head, research by Unlock Democracy showed. Some 12.2% of authorities had shockingly spent nothing at all on…

Man arrested outside Buckingham Palace A man was arrested outside Buckingham Palace for throwing suspected shotgun cartridges into the Palace grounds. The police have confirmed that the incident is not being treated as terror-related and that the man was arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon. There were no injuries reported. A controlled explosion was carried out following the incident. The rehearsal for the Coronation on Saturday went ahead as planned. The man was searched and found in possession of a knife and a suspicious bag. The incident is being treated as an isolated mental health issue. The…