Daily Express – Princess Anne in hospital after horse accident
Princess Anne’s recovery in hospital is the splash story for the Daily Express. The tabloid also features an image of Holly Willoughby and the trial of the man accused of allegedly plotting to kidnap, rape and murder the TV presenter. Elsewhere, the paper hears from Women and Equalities Minister Kemi Badenoch who says Labour’s plans to ease gender transition are a “nightmare”.
Everything we know about Princess Anne’s injury after being ‘kicked in the head by horse’
Princess Anne has been admitted to hospital after she suffered minor injuries and concussion while out walking on her Gloucestershire estate, Buckingham Palace has said. The Princess Royal, 73, remains in Southmead Hospital, Bristol, “as a precautionary measure for observation” but is expected to make a full and swift recovery. [https://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/1914675/princess-anne-kicked-by-horse-head-injury]
Labour’s plans to ease gender transition are a ‘nightmare,’ warns Kemi Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch warned Labour’s plans to make it easier for people to legally change gender will make protecting girls and women a “nightmare”. The Equalities Minister said the proposals will create more loopholes for “predators” to exploit and allow them to “infiltrate” single-sex spaces. In the Express, she cautioned that trans-activists who promote self-identification – where a person can officially change their gender without any medical assessment- would be “emboldened”. [https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1914862/labour-gender-transition-nightmare]
Holly Willoughby trial LIVE: Plumb plotted to take star ‘where screams can’t be heard’
A security guard from a shopping centre is facing trial over an alleged plot to kidnap, rape and murder This Morning and Dancing on Ice host Holly Willoughby. Gavin Plumb, from Harlow, Essex, is currently in the dock at Chelmsford Crown Court, Essex after being charged with soliciting murder, and incitement to commit a kidnapping and incitement to commit rape, between 2nd and 5th October in Harlow, Essex. [https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1914501/holly-willoughby-kidnap-trial-gavin-plumb]
Editorial 25 June 2024.
Tuesday’s front pages have a little more variety than what we’ve seen over the past few weeks – with other domestic topics away from the general election finding themselves as the lead story.
The tabloids lead on the opening day of a trial of a man accused of plotting to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby. Princess Anne’s accident at home – which has seen the 73-year-old taken to hospital, as well as England’s upcoming Euros match also make the front splash.
Elsewhere, politics make up the rest of the front pages with the left-leaning newspapers picking up on comments that the IFS think tank has said Labour and Conservative plans to improve public services are “essentially unfunded.” The right-leaning papers offer up their scrutiny of Labour’s plans if they are elected to government on 4 July.