A mostly dry day on Tuesday but staying cloudy with the best of any brightness to the lee of high ground, mainly in the north. Any drizzle will be confined to hills in the west. Light southerly winds.
Editorial 06 September 2024.
Friday’s headlines reflect a variety of domestic and international news stories. Several of the papers continue coverage of the Grenfell inquiry report which was published on Wednesday.
Elsewhere, domestic politics is splashed across several papers. The tabloids feature showbiz and royal news – with many of the papers across the spectrum this morning featuring a picture of Prince William.
Premier League news makes up the back pages along with the latest from the US Open as British star Jack Draper is through to the semi-finals.
The Guardian leads with coverage of Grenfell. The paper says there may not be prosecutions brought before the end of this decade. In May, police said the scale of the investigation meant they expected to be able to announce charges in late 2026 at the earliest.
The Times says Studio E – the firm behind the Grenfell refurbishment – has been prevented from closing down. The flammable cladding added to the outside of the building is why the fire spread so rapidly. The company was found by the inquiry to bear a “very significant degree of responsibility” for the disaster of the cladding used in the refit and that it had a “cavalier attitude to safety”.
Studio E has been in liquidation for more than four years but cannot be dissolved as investigations are ongoing.
Other domestic stories make the front pages.
The Metro leads on the inquest into a guest of the Jeremy Kyle show – who committed suicide after reportedly being humiliated by the daytime tabloid talk show. The presenter has denied humiliating Steve Dymond, who died of an overdose a week after appearing as a guest on the reality talk show.
“The production, the producing, the aftercare, the lie detector test were not my responsibility,” Jeremy Kyle said.
The i newspaper that checks on fruit and veg being imported from the EU are to be delayed again amid fears they will push food prices up. The introduction of checks is set to be delayed until July 2025.
The Daily Mail says Germany is planning to send migrants who arrive in their country illegally to facilities in Rwanda paid for by the UK government. The idea has been floated by Joachim Stamp, Germany’s special commissioner for migration agreements.
The Telegraph reports on plans to tackle overcrowding in Britain’s jails which report which could see prisoners sent to Estonia to serve their sentences. The paper says Estonia has offered to rent out its spare capacity to other governments.
The Daily Express says a survey of pensioners has suggested a majority want to see a comparison deal under which only the wealthy lose the winter fuel payment.
The Mirror reports a new statue of Queen Elizabeth is set to be announced this weekend. The sculpture will be in St James’s Park and will be unveiled in 2026.
The impact this has on the UK people as general is – we will never know the truth about what actually transpired, partially because it involves the Royal Borough of Kensington and secondly the civil service who signed off on the project.
The BBC have tried to portray balance, but in reality they have failed the public. It may seem like Laura Kuenssberg was pressing the Prime MInister in her show, but ten years later? that is just done for show.
No doubt you will hear the likes of Farage shouting at the top of their voices, oh no wait, you won’t because the building was mainly populated by immigrants and ‘British citizens’.
Podcast host Joe Rogan has endorsed Donald Trump for president, citing Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s arguments as influential. “Musk makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you’ll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.”
It’s election day in the United States and millions of Americans will head to the polls to cast their ballot for either Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump. The polls will start to open at 05:00 ET (10:00 GMT) and results are expected to trickle in over the early hours of Wednesday morning.
Boeing workers have ended their seven-week strike after voting to accept the company’s latest pay offer. The new contract will give the workers a 38% pay increase over four years, along with a $12,000 one-time bonus and updates to retirement plans.
Human rights activists are calling for the release of a woman detained in Tehran after she removed her clothes in an apparent protest. A video shared on social media showed the woman sitting in her underwear on the steps of the university before walking away. In another clip, she is seen removing more clothing before being forced into a car by plainclothes agents.
Barcelona experienced significant flooding on Monday as heavy rains swept through the region, just days after devastating floods struck Valencia. The Spanish weather agency placed parts of Catalonia on red alert, with local media showing images of partially submerged cars on highways.
At least 10 people were killed when Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Flores Island in Indonesia early Monday, officials reported. The eruption began just before midnight, sending lava and rocks toward nearby villages, and causing significant damage to homes.
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HSBC has unveiled its latest multibillion-pound share buyback after beating profit estimates in the third quarter as the Asia-focused bank gears up for a major restructuring.
The announcement drove HSBC’s share price 4.7 per cent higher in London and up 3.7 per cent in Hong Kong during earlier trading – with both at their highest level in around six years.
The London-based lender reported a pretax profit of $8.5bn (£6.6bn) between July and September, up from $7.7bn (£5.9bn) a year earlier. Analysts had expected a profit of $7.6bn (£5.9bn).
HSBC announced a $3bn (£2.3bn) share buyback and dividend of 10 cents (7.7p) per share to reward investors, bringing its total shareholder distributions to $18.4bn (£14.2bn) this year alone.
FTSE 100 oil giant BP has reported strong-than-expected earnings for the third quarter.
On Tuesday, it posted an underlying replacement cost profit, used as a proxy for net profit, of $2.3bn (£1.8bn) for the three months to 30 September.
The figure beat analyst expectations of $2.1bn (£1.6bn), according to an LSEG-compiled consensus.
However, the figure was worse than the $2.8bn (£2.2bn) profit reported for the second quarter of 2024 and far below the $3.3bn (£2.5bn) reported for the third quarter of 2023.
Yougov shares jumped 13 per cent on Tuesday as the data firm reported revenue and operating profit narrowly ahead of full-year expectations.
In unaudited results for the year to 31 July, 2024, Yougov posted a three per cent organic revenue increase, with reported revenue up 30 per cent to £258.3m, driven by its recent CPS acquisition.
This outpaced guidance offered in August, owing to higher-than-expected research activity in July.
Adjusted operating profit inched up from £49.1m in 2023 to £49.6m, with trading this year tracking last year’s levels and reflecting slower sales bookings in the second half.
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