The Independent-Uniformed soldier is stabbed multiple times near barracks
The Independent leads on a British army soldier who was repeatedly stabbed in an attack outside his home, as a woman thought to be his wife watched on in distress. The uniformed serviceman, aged in his 40s, was reportedly attacked by a man on a motorycle carrying kitchen knives on a residential street.
The front page features a large image of Charlotte Dujardin who has been provisionally suspending the rider for six months with immediate effect after footage of her emerged showing her “engaging in conduct contrary to the principles of horse welfare” according to The International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI).
Army soldier stabbed in attack near barracks as ‘wife screams for help’
A British army soldier was repeatedly stabbed in an attack outside his home, as a woman thought to be his wife watched on in distress.
The uniformed serviceman, aged in his 40s, was reportedly attacked by a man on a motorycle carrying kitchen knives on a residential street.
The victim was airlifted to hospital, where he remains in a serious but stable condition after the stabbing in Sally Port Gardens in Gillingham, Kent – not far from Brompton Barracks, the headquarters of the British Army’s 1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment.
A 24-year-old local man was arrested in Mooring Road, Rochester, around 35 minutes after Tuesday night’s attack, on suspicion of attempted murder. On Wednesday night, officers were granted a 24-hour extension to question him.
Charlotte Dujardin out of Olympics 2024 over allegedly ‘whipping horse 24 times like circus elephant’
Charlotte Dujardin, one of the stars of Team GB ahead of the Olympics, has been banned from the Paris Games and dropped as ambassador for an animal charity over allegations she whipped a horse “24 times” like it was “an elephant in a circus”.
Dujardin, a three-time Olympic champion, earlier withdrew from all competitions due to a video that shows the dressage star “making an error of judgement during a coaching session” for a young rider four years ago.
Welfare campaign group Brooke said Dujardin was no longer an ambassador.
“We were deeply disturbed to learn about this video,” a spokesperson said. “Our whole ethos is around kindness and compassion to horses, and to see the opposite of this from someone with such a high profile is beyond disappointing. There can never be a justification for mistreating animals.”
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 25 July 2024.
Thursday’s front pages offer a variety of headlines, mostly domestic stories, with no single lead story dominating the front splashes. Several papers report on the stabbing of a soldier in Gillingham in Kent, while the ongoing bullying scandal on the popular TV series Strictly Come Dancing continues to be heavily covered by the tabloids. There’s a handful of UK political stories and a look at the UK’s energy plans.
The back pages report Ben White is considering playing for England again now Gareth Southgate and Steve Holland have departed. Olympics 2024 is also covered on the back – with Morocco’s win over Argentina a popular story.