The front page of the Daily Mirror this morning, 14-04-2025, reports on the Manchester Arena plotter who attacked three prison officers with boiling oil and a homemade knife. The attack has left the three officers with life-threaning injuries, and unions are calling for change to ensure better safety for those working in prisons. Celebrity news makes the front splash, with Mikey Rouke being booted from the Big Brother house over his vile behaviour and Katy Perry preparing to go into space.
Why on earth did he have boiling oil?
- Why on earth did he have boiling oil?: An alleged attack on three prison guards by Manchester bomb plotted Hashem Abedi has triggered a review by the ministry of Justice (MoJ). Abedi is alleged to have thrown hot cooking oil over three officers on Saturday before stabbing them with “home-made weapons”, the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) said.
- Katy Perry roars into space: Perry prepares for lift off on the Blue Origin rocket with five other women on the first all-female space mission in 62 years.
- Mikey Rourke’s rift: Mickey Rourke was shown the exit during tonight’s episode of Celebrity Big Brother. Here is his apology in full as he leaves the house for the final time.
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