Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
Sunday’s front pages cover a variety of topics. Several of the papers feature an image of Prince George with his father Prince William and PM Rishi Sunak watching the Ashes at Lords.
Sundays papers
The Sunday Telegraph leads on the French protests. The paper says President Macron dispatched the elite police tactical unit to Marseille, as the protesting continues. The paper quotes one police union as saying clashes on Friday night were “apocalyptic.”
The Sunday Mirror leads with the man who survived the racist attack which killed Stephen Lawrence. He tells the paper that the sixth suspect, which was recently identified by the BBC, was there. Duwayne Brooks says he would have picked out Matthew White from an identity parade, if he’d been given the chance. He says he was certain White was kept out of any line-up because rogue officers made him a “witness” rather than a suspect.
The Sunday Express leads on new analysis which suggests some of the groups that oppose government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are receiving funds from the taxpayer. The paper claims that most of the £1.5bn went to the International Organisation for Migration, and another United Nations body, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, over a period of about nine years.
The Sunday Times reports on an investigation into asbestos in schools. The paper cites one estimate that as many as 10,000 pupils and staff may have been killed by exposure since the 1980s.
The Observer front page reports that two-thirds of England’s biggest water companies are employing key executives who used to work at the industry’s watchdog Ofwat. The paper says the findings have raised fresh concerns over what it calls a “revolving door” between the regulator and industry.
The Sunday Telegraph reports pylons carrying hundreds of miles of overhead electricity cables could be fast-tracked through planning processes, to help the government meet its net zero target.
The Mail on Sunday’s front page claims the Met Police have banned its officers at Pride celebrations in London from wearing commemorative blue line badges – the badge mark those who died in the line of duty. Met police staff are said to be worried that the flag is too similar to far-right groups in America.
