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Euronews says Finland’s former interior minister has gone on trial in Helsinki accused of inciting anti-LGBT+ hate speech.

Sky News says Taylor Swift has hit back at Blur’s former frontman Damon Albarn after he claimed she does not write her own songs.

Six people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured in a crush outside Cameroon’s stadium hosting an excellent Africa Cup of Nations AFCON match. Video footage showed football fans struggling to get access to the Paul Biya stadium in a neighbourhood of the capital Yaoundé. Naseri Paul Biya, governor of Cameroon’s central region, said there may be more casualties, as search and rescue are still treating on the ground. Afcon 2021: Ghana’s humiliating group-stage exit  Deadly crush at Cameroon stadium Thea deadly crush at Cameroon stadium is being blamed on Covid restrictions. The stadium has a capacity of…

Sue Gray is the UK’s most talked-about woman right now, but who is she? 

Sue Gray is a senior cabinet office employee who works for the government and has been tasked with investigating allegations of parties held at Downing Street whilst the UK was in lockdown due to Covid-19. 

MPs and the public have been calling for the PM’s resignation since the parties – some of which he attended and was aware of – came to light. The PM has apologised for the parties but urged MPs to wait for the Sue Gray inquiry into the alleged law-breaking parties, which is expected to be published later this week. 

The parties were held at a time when parties were banned and you couldn’t see your friends or families and loved ones were dying alone in hospitals. 

The papers describe Sue Gray in different ways – some highlighting her former job as a pub landlord, whilst others focus on her reported character. The Guardian is amongst the papers that highlight fears the report will not be published in full and others question how fair the report will be.

Breaking News – A lone gunman opens fire in a German University targetting students and teachers. The gunman is shot dead by the police after injuring several people in a German lecture hall, say police. Police in a southern German city have said a large operation is underway at a university in Heidelberg. A single shooter reportedly opened fire inside a lecture hall, resulting in several injuries. Police have asked people, on Twitter, to avoid the Neuenheimer Feld area of Heidelberg, where the city’s university campus is located. A gunman opens fire in a German University Police in the southern…

The Guardian says Only the “findings” of Sue Gray’s report into alleged lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street will be published, Nadhim Zahawi has said.

FT says when the journalist Julian Glover began working as a speechwriter for then prime minister David Cameron in 2011, he was summoned to a room at the top of the Cabinet Office at 70 Whitehall.

Politico says She’s been a pub landlord and a civil service bouncer — now Westminster is wondering if Sue Gray really has what it takes to call time on Boris Johnson.

Huffpost says Emily Thornberry told BBC Question Time’s audience that Sue Gray’s report into Partygate is not necessary on Thursday night in a brutal rant about Boris Johnson.