The great inflation swindle is the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror which covers the soaring inflation.
Author: WTX News Editor
Vardys to flee the UK reads the headline on the front page of the Sun which continues its coverage of Coleen Rooney libel trial.
The Daily Express reports that pensioners are struggling to cope with the rising cost of living.
The Independent says the director of a multi-million dollar ad campaign for a bitcoin exchange has said he has “no idea how cryptocurrency works” after being questioned about the recent market crash.
The Independent says a dust cloud from the desert could see ‘blood rain’ fall across the country as it mixes with incoming thunderstorms, forecasters have said.
The Independent says a policing minister has rejected a suggestion from the HM chief inspector of constabulary that officers should use “discretion” when deciding whether to prosecute desperate shoppers during the cost-of-living crisis.
The Metro says Tory MPs have voted down plans to trigger an emergency budget despite the worsening cost of living crisis.
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.
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.