Daily Express – Ban them now! We bought deadly crossbow in 2 minutes
The Daily Express is calling for a ban on sales of crossbows after one of its journalists bought one in “just two minutes”. The newspaper’s investigation found just hours after the nation was shocked by a crossbow attack that left three women dead, the Express was able to buy a similar weapon with no questions asked. Elsewhere, the water bill rises and 50,000 England fans heading to Germany for the Euros final make the front splash.
Shocking Express investigation discovers you can buy a crossbow in just TWO MINUTES
Just hours after the nation was shocked by a crossbow attack that left three people dead, the Express was able to buy a similar weapon with no questions asked.
Today we call for a ban on sale of the deadly devices, which can be purchased over the counter by any over-18. In less than two minutes, having paid just £42.99, we left a shop with a powerful 80lb self-cocking Cyclone crossbow.
It could be set up straight from the box in seconds and came with three ready-to-fire bolts. The weapon was obtained without ID or paperwork from a shop that sells an array of “hunting” equipment, including assault-style BB guns.
England fans driving 10 hours to Euros final in Berlin as flights double to £552
England fans who want to be in Berlin for Sunday’s Euro 2024 final face a 10-hour drive unless they can get booked on a flight. Some 50,000 supporters are expected to travel to the historic match, England’s first overseas final.
Just a few hundred tickets priced at £847 (€1,000) are expected to be released via UEFA’s website on Friday (July 12) ahead of the big game.
Return flights from London to Berlin, leaving on Saturday and returning on Monday, have soared from £265 before yesterday’s semi-final triumph, to £552 on Thursday, according to kayak.com.
How much your water bill could rise by as Ofwat makes announcement
Customers in England and Wales are bracing themselves for a potential hike in water bills over the next five years, as they await to hear what companies will do to enhance their services. The regulator Ofwat is set to release its ‘draft determinations’ on Thursday, which will approve or reject firms’ requests for bill increases based on their proposed spending plans, with a final decision due by year-end.
Southern Water has asked for the steepest increase among utility companies, a whopping 73% rise to £727 annually, while Wessex Water has requested a 36% hike to £690 per annum. Thames Water, serving 16 million customers in London and the Thames Valley region, unveiled plans in April to boost spending to a staggering £19.8 billion to upgrade its infrastructure and curb sewage spills.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 12 July 2024.
As it has been for much of this week, the front pages continue to be dominated by domestic politics and football. Friday sees stories on prison reform, the prime minister’s first overseas trip to attend a Nato summit in Washington, the two-child benefit cap and the rise in the value of the pound on the foreign currency markets.
Elsewhere, almost all of the front pages splash on the England football team ahead of the European Championship final on Sunday. England will face Spain at the Olympiastadion Berlin. The back pages continue the Euros coverage.