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Elementor #552594 September 29, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Sunak puts car drivers first in new election battle line  The Guardian says Rishi Sunak is to prioritise the interests of millions of car owners with a series of measures that will provoke environmentalists and curb the power of local councils. Sunak is set to use the Conservative Party Conference, which gets underway on Sunday, to set out…

Elementor #552582 September 29, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Bus stab victim family: She was the light of our lives  Metro carries a photo of Elianne Andam, the 15-year-old who was stabbed to death on her way to school. The paper focuses on a statement from her parents, who said: “Our hearts are broken by the senseless death of our daughter.” Today’s top stories Like this article? why…

Elementor #552576 September 29, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Our lovely girl went to school and never came home The Daily Mirror focuses on tributes to the teen killed on her way to school. A picture of Elianne Andam, the 15-year-old girl killed in a stabbing in Croydon, south London on Wednesday morning, appears on the front splash. The paper says Elianne’s “devastated” family paid tribute to…

Elementor #552570 September 29, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – Light of our lives  The Sun reports on the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl on her way to school on Wednesday morning. The teen was stabbed after she reportedly stepped in to help a friend who was arguing with an ex-boyfriend, The paper carries a picture of Elianne’s mother, Dorcas, being supported as she visits the scene.…

Elementor #552564 September 29, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – PM faces calls to ditch European courts  Daily Express writes Rishi Sunak is being urged to tell the European Court of Human Rights that the UK will quit unless it commits to major reforms. Earlier reports said Downing Street had authorised Home Secretary Suella Braverman to float the prospect of leaving the court in a speech on Tuesday…

This is what running 26 miles actually does to your body The Metro says This weekend saw Ethiopian runner Tigist Assefa pull off a remarkable feat: she set a jaw-dropping new women’s marathon record, of 2hrs 11mins 53secs. The 29-year-old ran her first marathon just last year, but on Sunday in Berlin, she smashed the previous record, shaving a whole 2mins 11secs off the time. For many runners, Tigist’s incredible achievement will be a reminder…

This 5-minute morning routine will banish stiffness pronto The Metro says At the ripe old age of 25, I’m constantly astounded by how stiff I am when I wake up.  My joints feel tight and immovable, and my lower back is always stiff to the point that if I don’t do something about it, I can barely access the range of motion of a 70-year-old who hasn’t exercised for decades. According to strength, conditioning and…

‘Looks so much more expensive’: We need to talk about how this £69 gold bangle is the perfect budget alternative to Cartier’s Love bracelet The Metro says Sure we’d all love to invest in Cartier pieces for our everyday collection, but let’s be honest, unless we’re going to win the lottery, there is a slim chance of that happening – so, good thing we’ve managed to track down this dazzling lookalike, eh? This has to…

Ava Evans: Support for journalist after Laurence Fox comments OxfordMail says SUPPORT has poured in for journalist Ava Evans following “unacceptable” comments made about her by Laurence Fox on GB News. It comes as the channel said it has launched an investigation over Fox’s remarks while host Dan Wootton has since apologised for an “unfortunate lapse in judgement” with regard to his reaction. During Tuesday night’s discussion on GB News the strapline on the screen…

Germany cracks down on neo-Nazi sect Artgemeinschaft for targeting children Far-right sect Artgemeinschaft has been banned in Germany for spreading Nazi ideology to children and young people. The group have been called “deeply racist and antisemitic” and the country’s interior minister said the group was trying “to raise new enemies of the constitution”. Artgemeinschaft used Nazi-era literature and cultural events to spread its ideology. Police have raided dozens of homes and offices across the country…

Telegraph Sport – Pep’s pain: City quad bid is over already The Telegraph’s back page leads on Manchester City’s Carabao Cup exit and reads: ‘City quad bid is over already’. Having won the Champions League, Premier League and FA Cup last season, there’ll be no League Cup success for City again this term after falling at the first hurdle – in a competition they won for a fourth successive year in 2021. Catch up on…

Elementor #552386 September 28, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – HMRC investigation tax affairs of one of Tory party’s largest donors  One of the Conservative Party’s biggest and most influential donors, Anthony Bamford, is under investigation over his tax affairs, The Guardian reports. The paper says that HMRC is investigating the tax affairs of the owner of JCB, Lord Bamford, who is one of the Conservative Party’s biggest…

Elementor #552374 September 28, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Machete ‘revenge’ on bus to school  Metro says police are questioning a teenage boy after a 15-year-old schoolgirl was stabbed to death with a machete on her bus trip to school. The paper reports that the attack took place after a row on a double-decker bus that was reportedly over the girl not wanting to date the boy. Today’s…

Elementor #552368 September 28, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Knife crime epidemic: Every parent’s nightmare  A 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death on a London street “packed with commuters”, the Daily Mirror reports. The girl is described as the “latest victim of our knife crime epidemic” by the paper. “Another young life gone in seconds, the lives of another family shattered,” it says, “This is a national…

Elementor #552362 September 28, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – Girl, 15, ‘knifed to death saving pal’  The Sun says a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death with a “zombie knife” on her way to school as she tried to protect a friend from an ex-boyfriend. The paper says two people made efforts to save the girl but that she died 50 minutes later. It adds that a…

Elementor #552356 September 28, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – Hero girl, 15, killed trying to save friend  The Daily Express says a girl was stabbed to death with a “foot-long” knife while on her way to her £19,000-a-year private school. The paper also carries a picture of forensic workers gathering evidence at the scene. The front page also reports on Storm Agnes sweeping Britain. Today’s top stories…

Biden’s dog bites another Secret Service agent in 11th incident White House announces The Metro says President Joe Biden’s two-year-old German shepherd has reportedly bitten another Secret Service agent. Commander, Biden’s younger dog, bit an agent at the White House on Monday evening in the 11th such known incident. ‘Yesterday around 8pm, a Secret Service Uniformed Division police officer came in contact with a First Family pet and was bitten, ‘USSS chief of communications Anthony…

£136,000,000 of cocaine seized in Ireland’s biggest ever drugs bust The Metro says Irish customs officers have seized 2,253 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine worth 157 million euro from a cargo vessel off the southeast coast of Ireland. An elite Irish army unit stormed the Panamanian cargo ship suspected of carrying significant amounts of drugs in a major operation on Tuesday. The large vessel was reportedly attempting to flee when the Naval Service closed in on…

Paranoid Putin claims UK and US helped plan strike on Black Sea Fleet headquarters The Metro says Russia has accused Ukraine’s Western allies of helping plan and conduct last week’s missile strike on the Black Sea Fleet’s headquarters in annexed Crimea. The Russian naval base was struck by a Ukrainian missile last Friday, destroying vital infrastructure and killing at least 34 officers. Following the attack, a furious Kremlin spokeswoman said at a briefing: ‘There is…

More than 100 killed in wedding fire in northern Iraq A fire at a wedding in northern Iraq has killed at least 100 people and left more than 150 injured, according to state media. Early reports suggest the fire broke out after fireworks were lit, but there has been no official confirmation as to what caused the blaze. Photos circulating on social media show the charred remains of the event hall in Qaraqosh in Iraq’s…

Elementor #552215 September 27, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – ‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save 800,000 women’s lives a year The Guardian leads with a study, published in the Lancet and drawing on evidence from 185 countries, that says a “feminist approach” to cancer treatment could save the lives of 800,000 women globally every year. The paper says the study found that “gender inequality and discrimination are…

Elementor #552209 September 27, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Suella: It’s too easy to be a refugee  The Metro leads with a speech by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, delivered on a visit to the US, in which she called for reforms to the UN rules governing the definition and treatment of refugees. The paper says Suella Braverman argued the threshold for claiming refugee status had fallen too low…

Elementor #552203 September 27, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Mirror – Braverman refugee attack: Poisonous  The Daily Mirror says Home Secretary Suella Braverman “sank to new depths with a vile attack on asylum seekers in a bid to mask her own dismal failings.” The paper describes the speech as “poisonous” and Sacha Deshmukh, chief executive of Amnesty UK, calling the speech a “display of cynicism and xenophobia”. David Walliams…

Elementor #552197 September 27, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Daily Express – Off the rails! ‘Shameful’ salaries of HS2 fat cats  Massive salaries given to executives running the “ballooning £100bn HS2 railway project” have been blasted as “shameful”, the Daily Express says. Three bosses on the HS2 rail project have been given salaries worth a combined total of £1.3m, while more than 40 others picked up at least £150,000 each,…

Elementor #552191 September 27, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – BA pilot snorts coke off topless woman … then tries to fly plane The Sun says a British Airways pilot “snorted cocaine off a woman’s breasts before trying to fly a packed jet to the UK”. The paper says the pilot has now been sacked. He attempted to fly a jet full of people from South Africa to…