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‘Blood on their hands’ report lays bare failings that left Calocane free to kill – Paper Talk 

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Tuesday’s front pages cover various domestic and international political stories as tensions across the Middle East and Europe continue to escalate. Many of the newspapers feature images of British diver Tom Daley – who announced his retirement just weeks after securing a silver medal at the Paris Olympics. 

Elsewhere, many of the papers react to the report on the failings in the treatment of the Nottingham attacker, Valdo Calocane. The papers pick up on comments that a doctor had warned years earlier that Calocane could end up killing someone.

‘Parents pay tribute to Bebe King’ – Sunday Papers 

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There are various leads on the Sunday front pages, with the tribute to Bebe King being one of the most dominant for the tabloids. Most papers feature some UK riot-related story on their front splash. 

Ongoing coverage of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and showbiz stories are also featured on the front splashes. There’s a little domestic politics news as well though not the focus of the papers.

‘UK riots thugs jailed and shamed on TV’ – Paper Talk 

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Friday’s front pages have a few different stories as their leads. One of the most popular is the continued coverage of the recent riots and unrest across parts of England and Northern Ireland after the Southport mass stabbings. Whilst there are hopes the unrest has come to an end, police are still preparing for this weekend. 

Elsewhere, a 19-year-old has been arrested for an alleged terrorist plot at a Taylor Swift concert. The three Swift concerts in Austria have since been cancelled and the suspect has admitted plans of a machete and explosives attack as well as plans to drive his car into the crowds.

‘Tens of thousands of anti-racism protesters protect UK’ – Paper Talk 

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Almost all of Thursday’s front pages report on the anti-racism protestors taking to England’s streets yesterday – in peaceful demonstrations. There is also coverage of the first far-right thugs that have been sentenced for their roles in the rioting and disorder we have seen over the past week – following the stabbing deaths of three young girls and misinformation about the attacker spreading rapidly online. 

Many front pages feature images of Matt Hudson-Smith – who narrowly missed out on Gold at the Olympics. His Olympics 2024 silver dominates the back pages and the UK sports pages.