Bus tickets capped at £2 by 130 companies amid cost of living Next month, more than 130 bus operators outside London will begin capping single adult fares at £2 as part of a government-funded scheme to help people save money. National Express and Stagecoach are amongst the operators who will introduce the cap in England. It will start from 1 January to 31 March. In England, single local bus fares cost £2.80 on average but…
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The Guardian – Tories join calls for Sunak to open pay talks with nurses Summary of the front page Four Conservative former ministers have joined health service leaders in calling for the prime minister to put an end to the nurses’ pay dispute – that’s on the front of The Guardian. The paper describes PM Rishi Sunak as being under growing pressure to open pay negotiations with striking nurses. Four Conservative former ministers have pleaded…
Metro – Still time to care Summary of the front page The Metro leads with the story of striking nurses who crossed their own picket line to help a man who collapsed in front of them. The front page also features a picture of Prince William and Princess Kate along with their children – Prince George and Princess Charlotte. The royal outing to a Westminster Abbey Christmas service came on the same day Harry and…
The i – NHS crisis puts every ambulance trust under extreme pressure Summary of the front page The i newspaper says England’s 10 ambulance trusts are all on highest alert as the winter crisis worsens. The headline says they are under “extreme pressure.” Elsewhere on the front page, the paper says calls for Dominic Raab, the justice secretary and deputy prime minister, to resign have intensified as bullying claims against him widen. Today’s top stories…
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Daily Express – For nurses, For Britain, sit down and sort this out Summary of the front page The Daily Express says senior Tories want Rishi Sunak to sit down with nurses and negotiate a pay deal. Ex-chairman Sir Jake Berry is among the senior Tories urging the prime minister to hold fresh talks with nurses and offer a better pay deal, the paper says. Many of Friday’s papers look at claims made by Prince Harry…
“This is what compassion looks like” – the Daily Mirror leads with the two nurses who left their picket line to help a man who had collapsed. The front page leaves space to report on the four boys of the Solihull lake tragedy – as they are named and images released. A picture of the Prince and Princess of Wales along with their children Prince George and Princess Charlotte makes the front splash. The paper…
The Sun – The traitor and the dutiful Summary of the front page The traitor and the dutiful – The Sun has its take on the day’s royal news. The paper is its usual dramatic self saying Harry and Meghan are declaring war on the royal family. The paper picks up on the comments made by Harry in the documentary – that brother Prince William ‘screamed’ at him and called his dad a ‘liar’. The…
Four people are fighting for their lives after a crowd crush at Brixton’s O2 Academy, the four boys who died in the Solihull frozen lake tragedy have been named and the ONS figures show Black Friday failed to deliver retail sales boosts. Elsewhere: Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series, Elon Musk banning journalists’ Twitter accounts and Russia launching a fresh wave of strikes this morning, dominate the news. Today’s Daily News | Solihull boys named, Crowd…
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Four boys who died after falling through ice on Solihull lake are named The Guardian says The four children who died after falling through ice into a lake in Solihull have been named as brothers Finlay and Samuel Butler, their cousin Thomas Stewart, and Jack Johnson. The four boys were pulled from the freezing Babbs Mill lake in cardiac arrest on Sunday and taken to hospital, where eight-year-old Finlay, 11-year-old Thomas and 10-year-old Jack died…
Young brothers and their cousin pictured as all four frozen lake victims named The Metro says Two brothers and their cousin have been named among the young children who died after falling into an icy lake in Solihull. The latest victim, six-year-old Samuel Butler, is thought to have gone to Babbs Mill Lake on Sunday afternoon with his older sibling Finlay, eight, and their cousin Thomas Stewart, 11, to feed the ducks. When the icy…
Solihull: Four boys who died after falling into a frozen lake named The Independent says Four boys who died after falling into a frozen lake have been officially named. Brothers Samuel and Finlay Butler, aged six and eight, both died in the tragedy, as well as their 11-year-old cousin Thomas Stewart, West Midlands Police said. Ten-year-old Jack Johnson also lost his life. The four boys fell into an icy lake in Babbs Mill Park, West…
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk There are a few talking points for the Friday newspapers, including the nurse’s strikes, the death of the fourth child in the Solihull frozen lake tragedy and the NHS being put on high alert for a flu outbreak this winter. Elsewhere, the final part of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix show is featured across several of the tabloids’ front pages, along with a picture of Prince William and his family…
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