Front page summary Metro – SNP crisis: You’ve only got Yousaf to blame The Metro leads on the resignation of Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf, saying he quit “in tears” on Monday. He has seen his authority crumble in the days since he announced his government would withdraw from a political partnership with the Scottish Greens. Mr Yousaf, 39, explained his decision to call time on his leadership in a statement at the first minister’s…
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Front page summary The Guardian – Yousaf quits as first minister after coalition gamble triggers SNP crisis The Guardian reports on what it calls the latest in a series of crises in the SNP, the resignation of Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf. During a dramatic day largely orchestrated by party managers, Yousaf announced he would step down as first minister just as a veteran former leader, John Swinney, quickly emerged as the favourite to succeed…
Front page summary Daily Mirror – Mobility scooter horror: Pure Evil The Daily Mirror leads on Lee Byer admitting to killing 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran, who was stabbed to death while on a mobility scooter. “Pure Evil” is the headline after the man admitted the killing which happened just five days after he was released from prison. The front page also promotes its guide to the Euros 2024. Daily Mirror – Election date demand: Time is…
Front page summary The Sun – Honour hero teen: Amazing Grace The Sun calls for a George Cross to be awarded to Grace O’Malley-Kumar, one of the victims of Valdo Calocane in Nottingham last year. The paper’s headline is “Amazing Grace”. The paper is calling for Grace to be given the award for attempting to fight Valdo Calocane when he attacked her friend Barnaby Webber in June. Grace and Barnaby, both 19, were killed in…
Front page summary Daily Express – Hunt: Tax cuts are priority The Daily Express leads on the chancellor’s plans for pre-election tax cuts. Jeremy Hunt has promised more tax cuts are on the way as he delivered a rallying cry to boost Tory election hopes. The Chancellor said it’s the government’s “absolute priority” to bring down the tax burden for millions of families. His upbeat message comes as Rishi Sunak faces one of the most…
Many of Tuesday’s newspaper leads on the resignation of Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf. He resigned ahead of two votes of no-confidence – one in him and another in his government, which was due next week, and unlikely he’d survive. Both the Scottish and English papers lead on the SNP chaos, with the English papers focusing on his resignation and speech, whilst the Scottish papers are looking ahead at his successor.
At a joint press conference in Kyiv, President Zelensky said: “The Russian army is now trying to take advantage of a situation when we are waiting for supplies from our partners, especially from the United States of America.
“The general impact of climate change on the Philippines is warmer temperatures. The heat that we are experiencing, it could steadily increase in the coming days,” Mr Estareja said.
Australia’s newest budget airline – Bonza – has gone into voluntary administration, after cancelling all of its flights on Tuesday. The airline’s financial difficulties have left thousands of passengers stranded around the country. “We apologise to our customers who are impacted by this and we’re working as quickly as possible to determine a way forward that ensures there is ongoing competition in the Australian aviation market,” Bonza said in a statement.
“The pen drives were kept on bus seats, at bus stands and were given to people in public places like parks,” an official told the daily. “These pen drives had more than 2,000 files which included videos and photos. After a few hours, we saw these being widely shared on WhatsApp.”
Paedophile agrees to be castrated after getting girl, 14, pregnant A 54-year-old man who raped a 14-year-old girl in the US is set to be physically castrated as part of his punishment. Glenn Sullivan Sr, from Springfield, Louisiana, groomed the girl and ‘used threats of violence against her and her family’ to stay quiet, state prosecutors say. After the girl came forward and told detectives he had raped her ‘multiple times’, it was discovered she…
Girl, 10, ‘stabbed to death by 17-year-old sister’ A young girl has reportedly been stabbed to death by her older sister in Australia’s Lake Macquarie region. Emergency services were called around 3.45pm to a home in Boolaroo, New South Wales. A ten-year-old girl was found at the scene with multiple stab wounds, believed to have been inflicted by her older 17-year-old sister, according to initial reports. NSW Police said in a statement: ‘NSW Ambulance paramedics…
Front page summary Daily Express – Dame Esther: I am fighting for my family and a lot of others Dame Esther Rantzen has told the Daily Express she is “fighting for my family and lots of others” ahead of a debate in parliament on assisted dying.The journalist and campaigner, who has stage four lung cancer, is campaigning for people who have physical illnesses, and a life expectancy of six months or less, to have the right…
Front page summary Daily Mirror – Election date demand: Time is up, Mr Sunak”Time is up, Mr Sunak,” is the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror, as the paper reports on Rishi Sunak’s interview with Sky News in which the prime minister refused to rule out the possibility of a general election five times.The paper says Prime Minster Rishi Sunak is under pressure to call an election and a vote would allow…
Front page summary The Sun – Gogglebox exclusive: I love you mum The mother of Gogglebox star George Gilbey has revealed the last words he said to her before his death, the Sun reports. Gilbey, a self-employed electrician and dad-of-one, died after falling from a height while working in March. The paper says he called mum Linda just hours before the accident and quotes her saying: “He was happy. He ended the call with ‘I love you’.…
Front page summary Metro – Prices coming a cropper The Metro says beer, bread, and biscuit prices are expected to rise because of a poorer-than-usual harvest of wheat, barley, and oats, caused by a wet autumn and winter. The paper says forecasts suggest production of wheat, barley, oats, and oilseed rape could fall by 17.5% on last year, and notes that it comes just as prices are beginning to fall after the inflation of recent years.Elsewhere,…
Front page summary The Guardian – Home Office to detain UK asylum seekers in shock Rwanda move The Guardian reports that the Home Office is planning to launch a major operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK from Monday, in preparation for their deportation to Rwanda.The paper says officials plan to pick people up or hold them when they arrive for meetings with immigration services or bail appointments. It adds that campaigners have warned the…
Front page summary The Independent – Why are women still forced to sleep next to men in hospitals?The Independent leads on its own investigation. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said patients were left feeling humiliated and at risk, adding: ‘The use of mixed sex wards has gone through the roof under the Tories’The use of mixed-sex wards has gone “through the roof” after the number of men and women being put in beds next to…
Monday’s front pages lead on a variety of stories. Several of the papers cover the UK’s Rwanda policy with different approaches to the story. Elsewhere, the latest from the UK government also makes a couple of the newspapers – with reports that Tory MP rebels are plotting to oust the prime minister ahead of what is expected to be disastrous local elections for the Conservatives.
The back pages lead on Arsenal’s win over Spurs to take them to the top of the Premier League table – the Gunners got off to a great start but Spurs managed to claw a few goals back in what was a nervy end to the match.
Mass rallies have taken place across Australia in response to a wave of recent violence against women. The protesters want gender-based violence to be declared a national emergency and stricter laws put in place to stop it. Aussie PM Anthony Albanese said the issue was a national crisis.
Taoiseach Simon Harris has asked Ireland’s justice minister to bring legislation to cabinet to enable asylum seekers to be sent back to the UK. Around 80% of recent arrivals to the Republic came from the UK, across the Irish border, Helen McEntree has revealed.
A month after seven aid workers for the World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli air strike, the food charity has resumed distributing food in Gaza. The charity said it has 276 trucks with eight million meals to enter through the Rafah crossing. “Ultimately, we decided we must keep feeding,” the charity said on Sunday.
Front page summary The Observer – Top Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisisIn an interview with the Observer, Mr Poulter, who is also a part-time mental health doctor, says the experience of working more than 20 night shifts in A&E over the last year has been “truly life-changing” and that he feels the Conservative government has been “failing on the thing I care about most, which is the NHS and its…
Front page summary The Sunday Times – Threat to MPs over cash for blood victims The Sunday Times reports that Conservative MPs were warned the government would drop plans for tax cuts ahead of the election if they supported calls for immediate compensation for victims of the contaminated blood scandal. The paper says the warning was delivered by Tory whips after Labour tabled an amendment to create an independent body to oversee financial recompense. It is believed…
Front page summary The Sunday Telegraph – Tory rebels on warpath after MP defects to Labour Tory rebels are working on a 100-day roadmap to reverse the party’s fortunes after an MP defected to Labour – that’s on the front of The Sunday Telegraph.The front page says a group of Tory MPs are hoping the defection will help them persuade colleagues to oust Rishi Sunak from No 10 and bring Penny Mordaunt in as his successor.…