Heathrow ‘pepper spray attack’ and ‘Harry gun cop U-turn’
Spoiler alert: The winner of the I’m A Celebrity award is… Get Me Out of Here! It was revealed in Monday’s article review.
The incident at Heathrow on Sunday was on the front page of Metro. A three-year-old girl was among 21 people injured after men allegedly used what police believe was pepper spray during a suitcase robbery at an airport multi-storey car park. The paper notes that at one of the airport terminals “flights were canceled or delayed as armed police hunted down suspected attackers”, causing train and metro lines to suspend services.
The lead story in the Financial Times is the predictions of leading economists for a rate cut in the US. He writes that a majority of leading experts at Chicago’s Booth Clark Center predict that the federal reserve will cut borrowing costs by 25 basis points “in response to fears that the labor market is slowing and affordability pressures are rising.”
The Independent leads the probation watchdog in saying the government should think “very, very carefully” about overhauling the justice system to allow “more criminals in society to be tagged and punished electronically”. Probation Service Chief Inspector Martin Jones told the newspaper the system was already in “permanent crisis” and could be “set up to fail” under the new proposal.
In the lead news of the Times, it is stated that, within the scope of the “new regulation on workers’ rights”, “bosses will be legally obliged to tell employees about their rights to join the union.” “It will be Christmas every day for unions if this proposal becomes law,” Shadow Jobs Minister Andrew Griffith told the newspaper, while a government source said “people have the right to join a union if they want to in their workplace.”
The Sun is leading a review into the Home Office’s decision to deny the Duke of Sussex “armed police protection on his visits to the UK”. “The U-turn could pave the way for a reunion between King Prince Harry and his children Archie and Lilibet,” the letter reads.
The Daily Mail leads the way with a new survey showing that “1 in 4 people are confident they will receive good treatment from their healthcare if diagnosed.” The newspaper writes that “many Britons live in fear of being neglected in a failing hospital or care home”.
Emergency caregivers hired for short periods of time do not fall under “regulatory oversight due to a legal anomaly,” the Express reported. The statement claims the “gap” means “children in need of urgent protection could fall directly into the hands of predators.”
A survey by NHS watchdogs found that “one in seven” GP referrals were “lost, rejected or delayed”, the Guardian reported. The paper says the “black hole of referrals” has led to many patients “damaging their physical or mental health.” A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Social Care said the results were “unacceptable” but noted that “improvements have been made since the survey was conducted in March.”
The campaign to knight Kevin Sinfield after the rugby league star completed “seven ultramarathons in seven days” is being spearheaded by the Daily Mirror and has raised £11.3 million for motor neurone disease charities and research.
Angry Ginge has been crowned King of the Jungle and announced the winner of reality TV series I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, Daily Star reports.
The Daily Telegraph quotes concerns from “free speech campaigners” who accuse the government of using “bogus safeguarding concerns” to silence people with “patriotic views”. The report on some cases identified by the Free Speech Union (FSU) states that “laws intended to protect children from harm by adults are being used to suppress Right-wing views.”
