UK refugee scheme and plea to help orphans makes the front pages of the Sunday Papers.
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Sarah Everard: Metropolitan Police breached vigil organisers’ rights, High Court judges rule
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The Metro says Roman Abramovich has “blood on his hands” after the Chelsea owner was slapped with sanctions by the government.
Priti Patel’s changes to the UK’s scheme to welcome Ukrainian refugees do not go “anywhere near far enough“, The Independent says.
Relentless shelling by Russian forces is leaving a trail of utter devastation on the streets of Mariupol, The Guardian writes.
The Daily Mirror describes Mr Abramovich and Russian President Vladimir Putin as “Blood Brothers”.
“Skintski” is The Sun’s take on the Roman Abramovich story. It says Chelsea Football Club is facing going bust after its owner was hit by sanctions.
The Daily Express says Vladimir Putin hit back at the West’s crippling sanctions on Thursday by threatening to send global food prices soaring and imposing his own export bans.
The Metro says Furious Vladimir Putin is said to have sacked eight top generals in anger over the slow pace of the Ukraine invasion.
The Metro says an 83-year-old serial killer who spent over 50 years in prison was arrested in connection to the murder of another woman whose body was found missing a head, arms and legs, stuffed inside a garbage bag on a street in Brooklyn.
The Metro says the coronavirus pandemic is not over and the number of older people falling ill with the virus is increasing, experts have warned.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson’s promise to hire 20,000 more police officers has increased the risk of introducing misogynist and racist recruits.
The Independent says the actual number of deaths due to the Covid-19 pandemic may be more than three times higher than official records suggest, according to a new study.
The Independent says the Partygate threat to Boris Johnson’s position has receded after Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross withdraw his demand for the prime minister to resign.
The Independent says Netflix is raising its prices for both new and existing customers, it has said.
The Metro says the British public will be asked to open their homes to Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of their country under new plans to be announced next week.
The Independent says two senior judges are due to give their ruling over whether the Metropolitan Police breached the rights of the organisers of a planned vigil for Sarah Everard with its handling of the planned event.
Friday’s front pages.
Sky News says Boris Johnson says it has been “deeply upsetting” and “absolutely agonising” to refuse President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
The Guardian says Rishi Sunak will take some limited action to tackle the cost of living crisis in this month’s spring statement but will reject calls to beef up his much-criticised energy bill reduction scheme.
Euronews says Expectations were low when Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba and Russia’s Sergei Lavrov met in Turkey on Thursday.