The Independent says A military helicopter has crashed in southern India while carrying the country’s most senior general, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Bipin Rawat.
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The Guardian says More than 56,000 homes and businesses in Ireland have been left without power after Storm Barra made landfall.
The Independent says Covid cases could hit 90,000 a day by Christmas, experts have warned, as hospital admissions begin to increase even before the more transmissible omicron variant takes hold across Britain.
The Metro says Gavin Williamson ‘threw party for staff while millions were under lockdown’.
The Sun says Boris Johnson accused of cover-up after aide revealed to have stepped in on Afghanistan animal rescue.
The Daily Express says SAJID JAVID has cancelled a series of media interviews this morning as No10 struggles to contain the backlash over a leaked video.
The Daily Mirror says The UK is set to be battered for a second day by Storm Barra bringing strong winds, rain and ice for much of the country.
Russia set to limit Europe’s reliance on Gazprom energy supplies by order of the Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly ordered the government to outline detailed proposals for the state-run energy giant Rosneft to supply up to 10 billion cubic meters of pipelined natural gas exports to Europe. In the latest surrounding Russia news surrounding the gas pipelines. The proposals are set to be worked out in close cooperation with Rosneft management and rival energy major Gazprom by March 1, Interfax news agency reported on Tuesday. Gazprom energy supplies Gazprom currently holds a monopoly on European gas supplies. The project…
The Sun says ADELE has banned unvaccinated fans from attending her upcoming Las Vegas residency – ruling that even half vaccinated supporters can not attend.
The Daily Express says BORIS JOHNSON is set to urge people to work from home over the Christmas period under new plans drawn up by the Government as the heavily mutated Omicron variant continues to spread.
The Daily Mirror says As millions of children faced the misery of Christmas under strict Covid rules, ex-Education Secretary Gavin Williamson threw a party.
Photos of the prime minister’s former press secretary, Allegra Stratton, laughing feature on many of Wednesday’s front pages – as the claims that Downing Street held a Christmas party during lockdown last December were given fresh impetus.
BBC News says A video obtained by ITV shows senior No 10 staff joking about holding a Christmas party – days after one was held there during lockdown.
The Metro says Boris Johnson has been told to resign after a video emerged appearing to show top Downing Street officials joking about a Christmas party they later denied occurred.
The Guardian says French police have arrested a man on suspicion of being a former member of the Saudi royal guard accused of being involved in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
France24 says Olaf Scholz will become chancellor of Germany, turning the page on 16 years with Angela Merkel at the helm as a new centre-left-led coalition takes the wheel of Europe’s top economy.
The Independent says Kyle Rittenhouse has said he wants to become a lawyer following his trial and acquittal by a Wisconsin jury. “I want to be a lawyer. I want to go to law school,” he said.
Aljazeera says Australia will not send officials to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the event and risking a further souring of relations with China.
BBC Sport says Liverpool became the first English side to win all six Champions League group games as they completed a perfect journey into the knockout stage with victory over AC Milan in Italy.
Bank of England’s deputy governor Ben Broadbent has said inflation is likely to rise “comfortably” above 5% next spring, the Daily Express reports.
The cladding fire risk was covered up by government ministers for years before Grenfell, reports the Daily Mirror.
The Independent leads with a story about failures in Whitehall crippling the government’s Afghan evacuation operation.
According to The Sun, Prince Harry has been mocked after telling anyone unhappy at work to quit.
The Guardian – ‘Afghans left to die at Kabul due to UK red tape chaos’
The Metro leads with the trial of Ryder cup golfer Thorbjorn Olesen.