UK Newspapers Front Pages: 8 April 2023

UK Newspapers Front Pages: 8 April 2023

The Sun

The sudden death of S Club 7 member Paul Cattermole is the lead on the Times, with the paper describing the rest of the band as “truly devastated” by the news.

The Times

Housing targets being scrapped by 50 local authorities, amid warnings that government reforms are creating a “nimby’s charter,” tops The Times.

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph leads on the two British sisters who were shot dead, and their mother left seriously injured, after a Palestinian militant opened fired in a West Bank shooting.

Daily Star

“Sun’s out buns out” tops the Daily Star as it reports on 25C (77F) weather hitting the UK later next week.

Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror also leads with the King inviting 850 local heroes to his “People’s Coronation” in May. 

Daily Express

The Daily Express leads on the King “shunning tradition” by inviting hundreds of charity workers to witness his historic coronation.

Daily Mail

The Princess of Wales found the Windsor walkabout with Prince Harry and Meghan after the death of the Queen “one of the hardest things she’s ever had to do,” reports the Daily Mail.

Financial Times Weekend

The Financial Times splashes on a business registered to a small house in north London that has appeared to have arranged the sale of around $1.2bn (£965m) of electronics into Russia, since the start of the invasion of Ukraine. 

The Independent

“How could they stoop so low?” The Independent asks, as they report on the growing pressure on Sir Keir Starmer to withdraw a Labour advert claiming that Rishi Sunak does not think people who sexually abuse children should be jailed.  

i Weekend

The i reports that former prime minister Tony Blair-  who brokered the historic Good Friday Agreement – is warning of the ongoing threat to peace in Northern Ireland on the 25th anniversary.

The Guardian

Personalised jabs for diseases such as skin cancer could be ready in as little as five years, according to The Guardian. 

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