A variety of stories lead the Sunday papers, with Jubilee preparations and royal news being a popular lead for the tabloids whilst most broadsheets are leading with a political splash.
Author: WTX News Editor
EasyJet to cancel 200 flights from Gatwick airport. EasyJet is to cancel more than 200 flights over the next 10 days, causing disruption for families heading abroad on half-term holidays. The airline said about 24 flights a day from London’s Gatwick airport would be cancelled between 28 May and 6 June. It said the cancellations were necessary “to provide reliable services over this busy period”. Flight cancellations impact half-term holidays On Thursday a software failure forced…
Protesters gather outside NRA convention. A huge and passionate group of protesters angered over the shooting deaths of Texas elementary school students converged Friday outside the gun lobby annual convention in Houston. The protesters held crosses with photos of shooting victims and shouted, “NRA go away,” and “Shame, it could be your kids today,” as hundreds of members of the nation’s biggest gun lobby arrived at the conventional hall. https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1530246463468412929?s=20&t=2IonnXcd-RbGoTUWMtU-GQ Protesters gather outside NRA convention National…
NRA supporters push back in the wake of the Texas shooting massacre. Donald Trump said ‘the various gun control policies made by the left would have done nothing to prevent such attacks.’ ‘Evil’ like Texas massacre a reason to arm, not disarm: Trump. Suggesting that we should arm our teachers and students to defend themselves. Former US President Donald Trump rejected calls for tightened gun controls Friday following the Texas school massacre, saying decent Americans…
In a scathing report headed by The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, MPs have strongly criticised the UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan last year, labelling it as a ‘disaster’.
Gov. Abbott cancels appearance at NRA convention for fears of public backlash. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott — who was scheduled to speak Friday on the first day of the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting — is cancelling his in-person appearance to attend a press conference on the school shooting in Uvalde. Abbott will speak to the convention instead “through prerecorded video,” spokesman Mark Miner told US News Thursday. Gov. Abbott cancels appearance at NRA The NRA event takes…
Texas school shooting – the Husband of killed teacher dies of grief. His heart simply couldn’t take it anymore. The husband of Mrs Garcia, one of the teachers slain in Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has died of a heart attack. Joe Garcia was the husband of Irma Garcia, who taught for 23 years at Robb Elementary School. Mrs Garcia was one of two teachers killed by a teenage gunman in the shooting that…
‘Failure of leadership’ is how the i leads with the findings from the Sue Gray report which was released yesterday.
“Drinking, fights, vomiting: All in a day’s work, says PM” – that’s the Guardian’s take on the Sue gray report.
Boris Johnson has insisted he is “moving on” from Partygate despite “sickening revelations of drunken behaviour inside Number 10”, the Metro reports.
A Mercedes SUV driver jailed in Stockport, Greater Manchester, for 5 years after killing a woman while using his phone whilst driving. Mohammed Javadpour, 53, has been jailed for five years following Elaine Goodwin’s death. After failing to cover his tracks by trying to remove his phone from the scene of the accident. Javedpour who killed a woman after ploughing head on into her car while using his phone whilst driving then tried to blame…
“Partygate official report: Laughing at us all” reads the headline of the Daily Mirror which gives a damning verdict on Sue Gray’s report.
Really… Is this what all the fuss is about? is the front page of the Daily Express which reports Partygate wasn’t a big deal.
The Party(gate) is over is the headline of the Sun – the paper wants readers to know they don’t think its a big deal and its time to move on.
The Guardian says The Texas gunman who shot and killed 19 children and two teachers was inside the school for about 40 minutes before being killed by Border Control agents.
The Independent sats Warnings from relatives of Star Hobson were recorded as “malicious” by social services months before she was murdered by her mother’s partner, a government review has found.
The Independent says Several major cities in Pakistan have become battlegrounds as supporters of ousted prime minister Imran Khan march toward Islamabad.
The Metro says The mother of Texas elementary school shooter Salvador Ramos has claimed that he was not violent and that she was shocked he opened fire and killed 21 people.
The Metro says Eleven newborn babies have died in a fire that ripped through a hospital’s neonatal wing in Senegal.
The NRA’s annual meeting starts Friday in Texas, but republicans feel no pressure to act on gun control. The National Rifle Association is set to hold its 2022 annual meeting in Houston on Friday, bringing together its top brass and several notable conservatives, including former President Donald Trump, for the first time in three years. The NRA’s two previous annual meetings were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But this year the…
The Metro says A clear majority of voters in the UK think Boris Johnson should resign over partygate, a new poll has revealed.
The Independent says On the eve of publication of the long-awaited Sue Gray report on Downing Street parties, the historian Peter Hennessy has described current British political standards as being a “bonfire of decencies”.
The Guardian says Well, there we had it. It had been heavily briefed that Boris Johnson would be the model of remorse for his statement to the Commons on the Sue Gray report.
Today’s news summary – Thursday’s front pages are split on the seriousness of the Sue Gray report which features on most front pages.
Wind power a vital source of energy for Finland – energy bills to rise as the Finns move towards an independent energy supply. The end of Russian electricity imports in mid-May reduced one 1,300-megawatt import opportunity, further increasing the importance of other pipelines and renewable energy sources. By the end of 2023, at least another 1,300 megawatts of wind-powered electricity will be completed, bringing the total rated capacity to about 6,500 megawatts. Wind power a…