Wednesday’s front pages.
Author: WTX News Editor
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 latest round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine have been overshadowed by poisoning claims, says The Guardian.
Prince Andrew is set to make his first public appearance with the Royal Family since settling his US sex abuse case, reports Metro.
Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian peace negotiators suffered symptoms of suspected poisoning after meeting in Kyiv earlier this morning, reports The Independent.
Roman Abramovich was “poisoned” during peace talks with Ukraine, reports The Sun.
The Metro says Queen Elizabeth will attend a memorial service for her late husband Prince Philip this morning, Buckingham Palace has said.
The Metro says the Metropolitan Police is expected to issue the first tranche of fines over ‘partygate’ today, it has been reported.
The Metro says three people have been killed after a small plane crashed into a supermarket in Mexico, reports say.
The Independent says Boris Johnson should resign as prime minister if he is fined over lockdown-breaching parties at 10 Downing Street, Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner has said.
The Independent says claims that Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich suffered suspected poisoning during attempts to aid peace talks in Ukraine are “very concerning”.