The Sun – New Strictly blow: Dance floored
Strictly Come Dancing bosses are concerned after the first live show of the new series had disappointing viewing figures, The Sun reports.
The ongoing freebie scandal plaguing Labour ministers makes the front page as the education secretary defended her free Taylor Swift concert tickets.
Man City’s angry clash with Arsenal and Daniel Dubois’s fight with AJ also makes the front page.
Strictly hit with fresh blow as first live show viewing figures plummet to LOWEST of all time following scandals
STRICTLY bosses are fretting after the lowest viewing figures for the first live show of a series since it began.
A peak of 6.7 million fans watched on Saturday — down from 7.3 million last year and a high of 10.2million in 2020.
The blow followed poor ratings — down a million in a year — as the celebrity pairings were revealed in the previous week’s launch show.
A TV insider said: “Strictly bosses were worried enough by the pre-recorded launch show.
“But the fact that the first live show saw a drop too will be of concern to them — particularly if the drop continues into next week, which is the first elimination show.
“They now face an anxious wait to see whether the drop in on-the-night viewers is made up for by an increase in fans watching Strictly on iPlayer, but those figures take days and weeks to compile.
Bridget Phillipson claims gifted Taylor Swift tickets were ‘hard to turn down’ as Labour’s freebie row deepens
LABOUR’S freebie row deepened last night despite a minister’s attempts to Shake It Off — claiming gifted Taylor Swift tickets were “hard to turn down”.
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has become the latest figure dragged into the goodies saga.
She said she could not refuse the hospitality offer worth £552 from The FA for the August gig as thousands of normal fans struggled to get Eras Tour tickets.
Stoking the debate further, Ms Phillipson said at the start of her party’s annual conference in Liverpool: “Look, I’ll be honest, it was a hard one to turn down.
“I appreciate there was a big demand for the tickets, it was a privilege to be there.
“One of my children was keen to go along.
Why Arsenal goal should NOT have stood and Man City stars were absolutely right to be furious with referee
HERE SunSport’s whistleblower Mark Halsey picks out the key incidents from Sunday’s fiery Prem clash at the Etihad.
From Manchester City star Kyle Walker’s fury at Arsenal’s equaliser to that disputed dismissal of Gunners ace Leandro Trossard, our former man in black gives his assessment on the 2-2 epic.
The tone was set after just eight seconds when Kai Havertz ran into Rodri and the City midfielder fell to the ground holding his face.
But Havertz did nothing wrong as he is absolutely entitled to run into space.
In fact, you could argue that Rodri was the one fortunate to escape without a booking.
He was trying to get Havertz sent off — and you never want to see that.
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 23 September 2024.
“No More Austerity!” – Monday’s newspaper front pages are heavily dominated by the chancellor’s party conference speech later today. Rachel Reeves will lay out the plans to get Britain’s economy back on track with a speech that is set to offer a positive version of the future after dire warnings about the economy since they came to power.
The Labour Party conference is taking place in Liverpool and marks the first annual conference in government for 15 years.
Beyond politics, there is continued coverage of the allegations about former Harrods owner Mohammed Al-Fayed.