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The Observer – Revealed: how water giants recruit top staff from regulator Summary of the front page The Observer reports that two-thirds of England’s biggest water companies are employing key executives who used to work at the industry’s watchdog Ofwat. It says the findings have raised fresh concerns over what it calls a “revolving door” between the regulator and industry. The water companies insist on the paper that all their employees have complied with the…

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The Sunday Times – 10,000 killed by asbestos in schools Summary of the front page The Sunday Times reports that former pupils and teachers are dying after exposure to asbestos in classrooms decades ago, while children continue to be taught in schools full of the material. The paper cites one estimate that as many as 10,000 pupils and staff may have been killed by exposure to toxic asbestos fibres, since the 1980s. It says it’s…

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Daily Star – Boozed up hornets on the rampage Summary of the front page The Daily Star leads with boozed-up hornets on the rampage. The paper says that Britain is facing “an invasion of alcoholic hornets” according to experts. The paper claims the insect’s “favourite tipples” are beer and bubbly. The front page also reports on the football robot. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

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Sunday Express – Rwanda scheme foiled by £1.5bn of your money Summary of the front page Hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money have been handed to organisations fighting plans to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda, according to the Sunday Express. According to the paper, most of that total went to the International Organisation for Migration and another United Nations body, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, over a period…

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Sunday Mirror – Suspect No.6 was there Summary of the front page The Sunday Mirror writes that a sixth suspect in the Stephen Lawrence murder was there, it is claimed. The man who survived the racist attack which killed Stephen Lawrence tells the paper that a sixth suspect, recently identified by the BBC, was there. Duwayne Brooks says he would have picked out Matthew White from an identity parade if he’d been given the chance. …

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The Sun on Sunday – Zac to back love-split Ellie Summary of the front page The Sun on Sunday leads on Ellie Goulding and Tory peer Zac Goldsmith went for dinner together amidst news that the singer’s marriage is in peril. The paper says the pop star and Tory bonded over their “eco passion.” The front page reports on Maddie McCann, questioning whether the lock on the holiday apartment she was left it, could have…

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