The Metro says people caught taking or selling cocaine at football matches could be banned from stadiums for five years and have their passports confiscated.
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The Metro says Britain’s biggest ever lottery winners who scooped a ginormous £184m will go public on Thursday.
The Metro says George W Bush accidentally called the Iraq invasion ‘brutal’ and ‘unjustified’ in a very unfortunate ‘Freudian slip’.
The Guardian says several major UK fossil fuel projects have been approved since Cop26 concluded, an analysis has found, while about 50 schemes are thought to be in the pipeline between now and 2025.
The Guardian says police investigating an alleged on-pitch attack on Sheffield United’s Billy Sharp have charged a 30-year-old man with assault.
The Guardian says more than 42 million adults in the UK will be overweight or obese by 2040 and at higher risk of 13 types of cancer, an “alarming” report reveals.
The Guardian says New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she has lost her sense of taste after testing positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.
Thursday’s front pages have a variety of stories on the cost of living crisis.
BBC Sport says ministers are facing growing calls to bring forward large increases in benefits and the state pension which will be paid from next April.
Sky News says Amber Heard’s sister has described a fight in which she said the actress and Johnny Depp hit each other.
France24 says several southern French towns sizzled in record high temperatures for May on Wednesday, while the month as whole is on track to be the hottest since records began.
Arab News says the UN warned that a growing global food crisis could last years if it goes unchecked, as the World Bank announced $12B to mitigate its “devastating effects.”
TRT World says the leader of Lebanon’s Shia group Hezbollah has acknowledged his party and its allies had lost their parliamentary majority.
VOA says millions of U.S. voters are casting ballots in state primary races to determine which candidates face off in November’s midterm elections.
Alarming concerns over Russian abuses against Mariupol defenders. Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment. The US has gathered intelligence that shows some Russian officials have become concerned that Russian forces in the ravaged port city of Mariupol are carrying out grievous abuses, a US official said Wednesday. Hundreds of the fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city.…
The Sun says BRITS heading to Spain have been warned of soaring temperatures, with part of the country expected to hit 42C.
The Sun says BORIS Johnson has blasted plans for a Tube walkout during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday.
The Sun says POLICE are urgently searching for a 12-year-old girl after she vanished overnight near a bypass.
Daily Express says A BOY has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed outside the gates of a London school in broad daylight, causing concerned parents to panic over safety fears.
Daily Express says SIX Russian tanks have been pictured submerged in muddy water after a “failed river crossing” in eastern Ukraine.
Daily Mirror says Reports Roman Abramovich has struck a deal with the UK government which will push through Todd Boehly’s takeover of the club and finally bring an end to his ownership of Chelsea, are not true.
Daily Mirror says the first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes in Ukraine has pleaded guilty.
Daily Mirror says A brave schoolgirl told how she hid in a milk fridge when a white supremacist opened fire at a US supermarket.
PMQs Live – 18/05 – PM should sack chancellor
PMQs Live – 18/05 – ‘Labour is for the working people’ & Govt will do a U-turn on windfall tax – Starmer Starmer says Johnson cannot make his mind up. The chairs of Tesco, John Lewis, and the education committee are among those in favour. Who is against it? Jacob Rees-Mogg, going round putting notes on people’s desks “like some overgrown perfect”. PM says oil companies are already taxed at 40%. The UK needs investment.…