Author: News Desk

Arsenal 5 Man City 1 – Humbled The back page of the Daily Express reports on last night’s Premier League action as Arsenal thumped Man City 5-1. Man Utd boss Ruben Amorim says he has no regret in letting Marcus Rashford go on loan to Aston Villa.

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EU warns Trump: We will not be bullied European leaders are also on edge, with The Telegraph highlighting threats of retaliation if the EU faces similar tariffs. The front page reports on the changes to the Ofsted ratings. The paper says parents are “bewildered” by the plan to replace one-word reviews of schools with at least 40 points of comparison.

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French tell UK to eat humble pie on Brexit The Times claims that French President Emmanuel Macron will tell UK Labour leader Keir Starmer that his attendance at an EU summit signals the failure of Brexit. An unnamed diplomat told the paper, “In a complicated world, the UK will obviously be closer to Europe.”   Russians suspected of hacking into Starmer’s personal email says the front page.

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1,600 crimes linked to OnlyFans The Daily Mirror reveals that more than 1,600 alleged crimes tied to the adult content platform OnlyFans have been reported to police over the past five years. These include cases of rape, blackmail, and child abuse. OnlyFans has stated that proof of consent has been required from all performers in explicit videos since 2020. PM Starmer is featured on the front page as he lays out a school plan to end the writing off of working-class kids.

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Vlad’s drone kills Brit boy soldier The Sun shares the tragic story of 18-year-old James Wilton, a volunteer soldier from Huddersfield who was killed by a Russian drone just minutes into his first mission in Ukraine. Wilton, who had no prior military experience, had flown from Manchester to join Ukraine’s foreign legion. A US volunteer was also seriously injured in the attack. Arsenal’s 5-1 win over Man City in last night’s Premier League match makes the front page.

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Struggling businesses to pay price of Starmer’s Brexit reset The Daily Mail warns against “anti-democratic surrender” in its editorial, criticising plans to align the UK with EU net-zero policies, which could raise costs for British energy and manufacturing firms.  The paper says PM Keir Starmer is seeking to link Britain to the EU’s green scheme.

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Red card for Ofsted reforms The Metro adds that the sister of Ruth Perry, a headteacher who took her own life after her school was rated inadequate, has criticised the new colour-coded rating system as a “rehash of a dangerous system.”

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Donald Trump’s new tariffs on imports from China, Canada, and Mexico are making headlines, with fears of economic fallout and retaliation. The newspapers also speculate when tariffs for the EU and possibly the UK will come into effect.

Several papers call for the UK to move closer to the US now Trump has returned to the White House whilst other papers suggest moving closer to the EU.

Proposed changes to Ofsted school inspections in England are under fire, with headteachers and unions calling the new system “worse than the old one.”

The back pages are dominated by Arsenal’s 5-1 win over Champions Manchester City.

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