What’s on the front page of Western Mail this morning?
The front page of Western Mail this morning – 03/12/2024 – reports the Welsh Government has announced a new £8.8m plan to get truanting kids back to school.
- More than four years after classrooms first closed in the pandemic school attendance in Wales still trails more than 4% below pre-pandemic levels. Persistent absence is also a stubborn problem with 3% of Wales’ 469,00 pupils missing 10% or more school sessions in the last school year, rising to 7.2% of those eligible for free school meals, latest Welsh Government data shows.
- Rhian Wilkinson says Wales have nothing to fear over their Euro 2025 play-off final and trying to reach a major tournament for the first time. Wales welcomd the Republic of Ireland to Cardiff on Friday, which ended in a 1-1 draw, with Dublin’s Aviva Stadium hosting the return leg on Tuesday.
‘BBC won’t pull Gregg Wallace show’ & ‘French government on brink of collapse’ – Paper Talk UK
Tuesday’s tabloids continue coverage of the Gregg Wallace scandal – reporting that he has since apologised for his comments that his accusers are just “middle-class women of a certain age”. Several papers report MPs want a cultural change at the BBC, noting this is another in a string of allegations made against a BBC presenter, whilst other headlines reflect news that the BBC will continue to air his show MasterChef, despite the growing list of accusations.
The prime minister’s foreign policy speech at the Lord Mayor’s banquet on Monday has provoked contrasting reactions from the press.
International news also finds a place on the UK front pages this morning. Donald Trump has threatened to release and pardon January 6 rioters, in response to Joe Biden issuing a ‘full and unconditional’ pardon to his son Hunter Biden.
There are fears that the French government is about to collapse after the French prime minister pushed through his ‘austerity’ budget.
The latest Premier League gossip dominates the back pages.
