The Guardian says Rebekah Vardy has been accused of throwing her former agent and friend “under a bus” in a last-ditch attempt to save her reputation in the “Wagatha Christie” libel trial.
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The Guardian says North Korea has announced its first Covid-19 death amid an “explosive” outbreak of fever, state media said on Friday, one day after the regime admitted for the first time that it was tackling a coronavirus outbreak.
The Metro says Boris Johnson has ordered ministers to cut around 90,000 Civil Service jobs to free up cash for measures to ease the cost-of-living crisis.
The Guardian says more than 90,000 civil servants are likely to lose their jobs in an attempt by Boris Johnson to find money to ease the cost of living crisis.
The Independent says the government could cut as many as 90,000 civil service jobs in a cost-saving exercise touted by Boris Johnson.
Friday’s front pages.
BBC News says Boris Johnson has demanded his cabinet comes up with a plan to cut about 90,000 civil service jobs to free up cash to tackle the cost of living.
Sky News says an estimated 60,000 NHS workers are believed to be living with post-traumatic stress as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.
France24 says veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh will be buried alongside her parents in a cemetery near Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday.
Euronews says Spain could become the first Western country to allow women to take several days of “menstrual leave” from the workplace each month under new proposed legislation to be outlined next week.
TRT World says at least 11 people have died in a shipwreck off the coast of an uninhabited island near Puerto Rico, the US Coast Guard has said.
Arab News says the coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen on Friday said Houthi allegations of deaths in the Al-Raqu border region by Saudi forces “are untrue”.
The death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and Israel and around the world.
Missing ‘vulerable’ teeenager Madison – also known as Maddie, has been found at an address in Bristol, police have said.
The Met Police have issued more than 50 new fines for breaches of Covid rules in No 10 and other government buildings – in the latest round of Partygate fines.
According to The Guardian, fossil fuel firms are planning oil and gas projects that would drive the climate past the internationally recognised temperature limits.
MP blames poor: ‘can’t cook, won’t cook’ – that’s the headline on the front page of the Metro which reports on controversial comments.
Step back from brink of EU trade war, Truss told is the headline of the Independent’s front splash.
The poor can’t cook says the headline of the Daily Mirror – which reports on a Tory MP claims that the poor can’t cook or budget properly.
Desperate cry for help we cannot ignore reads the headline of the Daily Express which reports on the cost of living crisis.
Bride of a monster reads the headline on the front page of the Sun which reports that killer Levi Bellfield has got engaged.
The Metro says North Korea has imposed a nationwide lockdown to control its first acknowledged Covid-19 outbreak of the pandemic.
The Metro says a Tory beckbencher has provoked outrage by claiming there is not much need for food banks – instead blaming people being unable to cook for the surging demand on them.
The Metro says someone in the UK has claimed the record-breaking £184 million EuroMillions jackpot prize.
The Independent says activist and member of the Russian band Pussy Riot has fled the country disguised as a food courier after criticising Vladimir Putin’s regime.