The Independent says police were seen visiting Will Smith’s home in Los Angeles two days after he slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars 2022 ceremony.
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The Independent says Germany said it has activated the first “early warning” stage of a gas supply emergency, after Russia’s repeated demands that it be paid for energy supplies in rubles.
The Independent says An urgent search has been launched for a missing 11-year-old schoolgirl in south London.
The Independent says a Tory MP asked a teenager if he was “a true Scotsman” and lifted his kilt, before sexually assaulting the youth’s 15-year-old brother in a bunkbed, a court has heard.
The Metro says the Ukrainian soldier who made headlines for telling a huge Russian warship to ‘go f**k yourself’ after being threatened with bombs was given a medal.
The Metro says a cabinet minister finally accepted the 20 No 10 staff fined over Covid lockdown parties did break the law – after Boris Johnson tried to avoid saying they did.
The Metro says President Joe Biden will sign the first federal legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime into law on Tuesday.
The Guardian says the UK’s poorest families will see the amount of spare cash at their disposal drop by a fifth this year with £850 less to spend on non-essentials as shop prices hit a decade high.
The Guardian says a police misconduct hearing involving three senior officers after accusations of a sexual offence at a drinks party will be held in private, with the public and media banned.
The Guardian says gunmen have attacked a train travelling from the Nigerian capital, Abuja, to the city of Kaduna, in an “unprecedented” act of violence.
Wednesday’s front pages.
France24 says five people were killed in gun attacks Tuesday near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, emergency responders said, in the third fatal gun or knife spree in the Jewish state in a week.
Arab News says the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen announced on Tuesday that it will stop all military activities in Yemen starting Wednesday March 30 at 6 a.m.
The Metro England defender Harry Maguire was booed by fans at Wembley before and during the friendly with Ivory Coast on Tuesday night.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson faced a renewed threat to his position over the partygate scandal after the police decision to fine 20 people for lockdown breaches.
The Title What is happening? What are the facts? Perspective Twenty fines will be issued as part of the police inquiry into Downing Street parties that broke Covid rules.Met police will not be saying who is fined or which events the fixed penalty notices relate to.Downing Street has said before that it would confirm if the prime minister was facing a fine.Fixed penalty notices are a sanction for breaking the law, and mean a fine,…
PartyGate had dropped out of the news for some time – with the ongoing war in Ukraine dominating the papers, it was easy to forget the Downing Street scandal.
PartyGate fines show Boris Johnson ‘a proven liar’, says shadow minister The Guardian says Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, says the Met announcement about people being fined over Partygate shows that Boris Johnson is a “proven liar”. Many people will agree with Streeting. As the psephologist John Curtice wrote in the i last month, voters do believe Johnson has lied over Partygate. Curtice said: “According to Savanta ComRes, 65 per cent feel that throughout…
The Independent says Downing Street has refused to say if Boris Johnson will resign if he is fined over lockdown-breaching parties at No 10 after the police announced it is issuing fines.
The Times says PM has not yet been told whether he will be fined for lockdown-breaching Downing Street parties and is refusing to say whether he accepts that the law has been broken.
The Sun says SCOTLAND Yard will today hand out the first 20 fines in their probe of Downing Street parties during lockdown.
The Met Police are issuing 20 fines to individuals who unlawfully attended pirates in Downing Street and the Cabinet Office – confirming PM Boris Johnson misled the House of Commons on December 8.
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The Dean of Westminster pays tribute to Prince Philip in the opening address.
Some senior members of the Royal Family are arriving at the abbey and being directed to their seats.