Author: News Desk

Pep’s City give me nightmares! The Daily Mail’s back page also previews the upcoming City vs Real Madrid match. Madrid boss Ancelotti has said Manchester City are his team’s biggest rival.’ Madrid head to City tonight for the first leg of the Champions League knockout round. Arsenal’s Saka is pictured on the front page as he is back training with the Gunners following a period of injury.

Man City v Real Madrid – Real in our sights The back page of the Daily Mirror picks up on comments from Man City player Ruben Dias ahead of City’s clash with Real Madrid in the Champions League knockout round (first leg at the Etihad). Plymouth – who shockingly knocked out Liverpool in the FA Cup – will face City in the next round.

Retail chiefs warn perfect storm of taxes hitting jobs CITY AM says a heavyweight group of retailers has warned the Treasury that hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk in the retail sector due to unsustainable cost hikes this year. It’s the latest in a long string of warnings from the retail sector, which has been vocal about the coming damage to jobs and investment on the British high street.

Job losses will restrain price pressures, says BoE rate-setter The FT says companies will struggle to raise prices this year as consumers are hit by job losses and spending softens, according to a Bank of England rate-setter who argues the central bank should have cut interest rates more aggressively last week.

Starmer set to sidestep EU’s tariff war with US The Times says Britain is not expected to join the EU in responding with retaliatory tariffs. The paper says the government is hoping to negotiate an opt-out from the proposed 25 per cent tariffs, which UK Steel described as ‘devastating for the industry’. The Times also reports a second Labour MP has been suspended in relation to the ‘abusive’ text messages. The paper says Oliver Ryan, MP for Burnley was a member of a chat group with the sacked health minister Andrew Gwynne, who posted antisemitic and sexist remarks.

Ceasefire in peril as Hamas halts hostage releases The Independent lends further coverage of the story on its front page. The paper says Hamas is blaming delays in returning Palestinians to northern Gaza as the reason for a halt in freeing the hostages. The paper says Hamas has accused Israel of not allowing aid into the area – as part of the ceasefire agreement. The farmer’s protest in London is pictured on the front page.

Court signoff in assisted dying bill to be scrapped The Guardian reports MPs are considering scrapping the requirement for a high court judge to decide on assisted dying cases, with an expert panel to scrutinise decisions instead. There are concerns this could be a watering down of the safeguards contained in the legislation. King Charles is pictured with Angela Rayner giving her a tour of a housing project in Cornwall.

PM backs campaign: Keir – We must save pubs The Mirror’s lead reports that the prime minister is backing their campaign to save British pubs from closure. Keir Starmer has hailed the importance of Britain’s pubs and revealed that he sometimes slips out of No10 to go to his old local. The front page reports on a spat between Taylor Swift and Donald Trump after she was booed at the Super Bowl whilst the president was cheered by the crowd.

Andrew the security risk financier and an £8bn venture Daily Mail reports Prince Andrew is assisting a multi-billion-pound Middle East business venture with a former ambassador to Russia assessed as a ‘threat to national security’, it can be revealed. Following revelations about the duke’s friendship with an alleged Chinese spy, it has emerged that Andrew is also working with an entrepreneur who was banned from entering a Commonwealth country owing to government concerns.

Labour MP’s woke lunacy – It’s okay to identify as a Llama The Sun has a jovial take on the latest Labour news, reporting the party’s new health minister reportedly said it’s okay for people to identify as a llama. The paper says Labour has now stumbled into a “fresh wokery row”, because of Andrew Gwynne’s replacement as health minister, Ashley Dalton’s comments. Taylor Swift is pictured on the front page along with a report she’s had a bad year.