The Metro says The family of a black man shot dead by police while he was unarmed say his criminal record didn’t give officers ‘the right to kill him’.
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The i says South West Water boss Susan Davy has more than trebled her annual salary with an award of more than £1m in bonus and benefits despite overseeing the closure of beaches after raw sewage was pumped into the sea around Devon and Cornwall.
The i says the end of the global Covid-19 pandemic is now “in sight”, the head of the World Health Organisation has said.
The i says It was the same route down The Mall, the same London plane trees that struck a vivid green in the autumn sunshine, the same shadow cast on red asphalt by a gun carriage carrying a coffin.
The Guardian says Children are much more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to tobacco smoke when he was growing up, a new study has found.
The Guardian says Setting a new example in environmental corporate leadership, the billionaire owner of Patagonia is giving the entire company away to fight the Earth’s climate devastation, he announced on Wednesday.
The Guardian says A fireball was witnessed crossing the night sky over Scotland and Northern Ireland on Wednesday, in what one astronomer described as an “incredible” sight.
The Metro takes a slightly different approach to the royal coverage with a front page story exploring the Queen’s crown on top of her coffin. The purple Imperial State Crown seen on the coffin in the pictures is different to the Crown of Scotland, which was placed on Her Majesty’s coffin while in Edinburgh.
The i looks at the “long goodbye”, with queues to view the Queen lying in state. Members of the public are now able to pay their respects over four days, with the i describing it as the nation’s “long goodbye”. The paper reports that tens of thousands of people lined the Mall and Whitehall to catch a glimpse of the procession.
The Guardian has a picture of the King following his mother’s coffin and also leads on a story about the occupation of Izyum in Ukraine.
The paper splits its front page with a haunting description of the Russian occupation of the town of Izium in Ukraine, which was recaptured by Ukrainian forces last weekend.
The Prince and Princess of Wales appear on the front of the Daily Mirror, alongside the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The paper reports on Prince William and Prince Harry taking part in the procession route – walking side by side on Wednesday.
The Daily Express leads with an image of the Queen lying in state, with mourners filing past. The paper highlights the scale and grandeur of the occasion, with the Queen’s coffin towards the bottom of an image that includes the magnificent hammer-beam roof of Westminster Hall.
“We share your pain”, reads the front page of The Sun, in a heartfelt message to the Royal Family as they join the rest of the nation in saying goodbye to the Queen.
All of Thursday’s newspapers focus on the start of the Queen’s four days lying in state.
The school attended by Liverpool shooting victim Olivia Pratt-Korbel have dedicated the day to her – ahead of her funeral today.
Prince William and Harry walled side by side behind the Queen’s coffin as it made the procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday.
Homes have been flooded following Russian missiles striking a reservoir dam near the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, official say.
Sweden’s prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, has resigned after her government was defeated in Sunday’s election.
Yvon Chouinard, the billionaire founder of the outdoor fashion retailer Patagonia says he has given away his company to a charitable trust.
Ukraine’s president Volodymr Zelenksy has been involved in a car accident, but he is not seriously hurt, according to a spokesman.
Queen Elizabeth updates: Coffin goes to London LONDON – The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II left the monarch’s beloved Scotland and landed Tuesday evening in London, where crowds gathered along the route to Buckingham Palace. The late queen’s loving daughter, Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, has been by her mother’s side in Scotland since the queen died last week at age 96 at Balmoral Castle. Anne issued a heartfelt statement after the plane landed, thanking the throngs who paid respects on the late monarch’s final journey.
The Metro says Lord Ashcroft has pledged a £50,000 reward to anyone who helps catch Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s killer.
The Metro says Flights at Heathrow Airport have been axed so they do not disturb the Queen’s coffin procession this afternoon.
The Metro says People who worked for King Charles before he acceded to to the throne have been told they face the threat of redundancy – while a thanksgiving service for the Queen was taking place.
The Guardian says Falling petrol prices pushed Britain’s inflation rate back below 10% in August in the first easing of upward pressure on the cost of living in almost a year.