The Sunday Express leads with an exclusive on Conservative leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch’s vow to “crush” fellow contender and “favourite”, Robert Jenrick. She tells the paper she will do “whatever is necessary” to “end illegal smuggling” and stop the migrant boats.
The conflict in the Middle East features on many of today’s front pages. “Iran threatens vengeance” over the the assassination of Hezbollah’s chief Hassan Nasrallah, reads the front page of The Observer. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei promises his death will “not go unavenged”, as his country holds five days of official mourning.
The Sunday Mirror leads with the families of the Nottingham stab victims official complaint following Panorama’s show on the killer’s family. “BBC made trauma a million times worse,” reads the headline. Valdo Calocane stabbed two students and a school caretaker in 2023. It quotes a line from the BBC: “Complaints will be looked at according to our procedure.”
The exclusive from the Sunday People claims UK police have joined the “probe” into US rapper P Diddy over fears women here were also sexually abused by him, as US investigators arrive in London. A US source tells the paper: “Outside the States, he enjoyed no place more than the UK.”
Labour MP Rosie Duffield quitting the Labour party over the “freebies” scandal dominates the front page of The Sunday Telegraph. The paper says she leaves after accusing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of “sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice”.
Benjamin Netanyahu calls the killing of Hezbollah’s leader a “historic turning point”, The Sunday Times reads. But as Israel claims it has “settled the score”, the threat of “revenge” and full-blown war in Lebanon looms, where 50,000 people have fled.
Footballer Andy Carroll and Towie star Billi Mucklow’s divorce leads the front page of The Sun. The paper says the couple split in July, with Carroll saying: “We are under way with divorce proceedings.”
The Daily Star warns people that used underwear might be “harbouring” spiders. “Beware” if you’re planning on wearing them as the “beasties” could bite you, the paper says.
