What’s on the front page of the Metro this morning?
The front page of the Metro this morning – 03/12/2024 – reports on the government’s clampdown on stalkers.
Victims of online stalking will get the right to learn the identity of their tormenters as part of a new government clampdown on the terrifying crime.
At the moment, those whose lives are thrown into turmoil by chilling messages and pictures sometimes need to wait until a court appearance to find out who is responsible for them.
But the Home Office has today announced plans to introduce a ‘Right to Know’, which would allow the police to reveal a stalker’s identity at the earliest opportunity.
A Russian spy discussed sending a ‘true sexy bitch’ to discredit an award-winning journalist in a ‘honeypot’ trap, a court has heard.
Austrian national Jan Marsalek was found to have exchanged a series of encrypted messages with Kremlin spy Orlin Roussev, in which they plotted to ruin the reputation of Bellingcat investigative journalist Christo Grozev in 2021.
‘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.
