The Sun – I shouldn’t be here after my Top Gear smash
England cricket great Freddie Flintoff opens up to The Sun about being “crippled with anxiety” after his crash during filming for Top Gear in 2022. The England Ashes legend, 46, has laid bare for the first time the physical and emotional fallout from the horrific car crash in 2022. At the top of the paper is a teaser for an article regarding ‘shameless’ Elon Musk whose reckless comments about a ‘civil war in the UK’ have been met with backlash.
Freddie Flintoff breaks silence on life-changing injuries after Top Gear crash and says ‘I shouldn’t be here’
FREDDIE Flintoff says his Top Gear accident left him such a bundle of nerves he had to leave social gatherings to cry.
The England Ashes legend, 46, has laid bare for the first time the physical and emotional fallout from the horrific car crash in 2022.
Freddie, who has had several operations on his face, reveals in his new TV show that he sometimes finds himself “in situations which I’m never quite sure I can get through”.
The former cricketer, famed for his larger-than-life persona, adds: “There’ll be times when I take myself off and you won’t see me for half an hour. I’ll go cry in my room and come back.”
Now Elon Musk turns fire on British cops after spat with Keir Starmer over UK ‘civil war’ claim
SHAMELESS Elon Musk has turned his fire on British cops after a spat with Keir Starmer over the tech boss’s claim that the UK faces “civil war”.
Downing Street said there was “no justification” for the Musk’s comments, sparking a war of words.
Musk had replied to a Tommy Robinson tweet falsely claiming Muslims are responsible for the riots saying “civil war is inevitable”.
The PM hit back at his comments and said the government would not “tolerate attacks on Muslim communities”.
In response, Musk said Starmer should be concerned about attacks on “all communities”.
Shameless Musk also turned fire on British cops, saying their response has been “one-sided”.
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 06 August 2024.
Tuesday’s front pages lead heavily with two stories: the ongoing riots and violence across towns and cities in the UK and Team GB athlete Keely Hodgkison winning Gold at the Olympics.
Several of the papers cover the backlash facing American billionaire Elon Musk for his ‘reckless’ comments claiming that a civil war was ‘inevitable’ in the UK – even though it’s a small minority of far-right thugs and the majority of violence, racism and looting from them has been widely condemned across the political spectrum and the nation. Musk is among several online celebrities that have been accused of whipping up fear.
The back pages continue the Paris 2024 coverage.