Wednesday’s UK newspaper front pages: 21 June 2023

Wednesday’s UK newspaper front pages: 21 June 2023

The Times

Serious safety concerns had previously been raised about the missing Titanic sub, The Times reports.

The Sun

A Briton who signed up for a dive in the missing Titanic sub told The Sun he pulled out questioning if the firm running the tour was “cutting too many corners”.

Daily Mirror

The Daily Mirror says the distraught relatives of Britons on the missing Titanic sub face an agonising wait in the town where they set sail.

Daily Express

Distraught family and friends of three British men in the missing Titanic sub are praying for a miracle as the vessel’s oxygen supply runs down, the Daily Express says.

Daily Mail

Rescuers have as little as 24 hours to save those missing on the Titanic sub, the Daily Mail reports.

The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph splashes on the country’s former top doctor telling the COVID Inquiry that lockdown damaged a generation of children.

The Guardian

Tory MPs are split over whether the government should intervene to defuse Britain’s mortgage timebomb, according to The Guardian.

i

Pressure is growing on the Bank of England to increase the base rate by 0.5 percentage points on Wednesday in the latest attempt to tame inflation, the i reports, with mortgage costs set to soar again.

Financial Times

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will call in banks to address what one Tory MP has called a “mortgage bomb that is about to go off”, but has ruled out giving fiscal support to households struggling with rising mortgages, according to the Financial Times.

Daily Star

The missing Titanic sub is steered by a £42 video game controller available on Amazon, the Daily Star says.

Metro

The missing Titanic submersible has 40 hours of oxygen left but a dive expert says the US delayed a bid for help, the Metro reports.

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