A range of stories feature on the front of Tuesday’s newspapers, with some touching on Storm Isha which left thousands of people without power in the UK after bringing heavy rain and winds of up to 99mph, the i says, noting that the country is braced for another storm within hours. Scotland, Northern Ireland, north-west England and Wales were badly hit on Monday while two people died, including an 84-year-old man after the car he was in crashed into a fallen tree in Grangemouth near Falkirk. The paper warns these storms “will become the norm” citing the Royal Meteorological Society.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is on the front of the Daily Mail as it cites Conservative MPs hitting back at a speech he made in central London where he said the Tories had become “tangled up in culture wars of their own making”. Tory MPs tell the paper they have been “speaking up for traditional values”.
The top of the Sun on Tuesday mentions the late night news that the US and UK launched fresh strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. Elsewhere, the paper’s lead story pictures King Charles alongside the headline ‘Slow Down’ – as it quotes Queen Camilla telling her husband to take things easier after his “recent health scare”.
The spring and summer 2024 fashion season kicked off with a bang in Paris as models took to the catwalks of the French capital – a model appears in a Lena Erziak show on the front of Tuesday’s Guardian. The lead story in the broadsheet focuses on new guidance which says health staff should not report women suspected of illegally ending pregnancies to police, the paper reports, citing the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
According to the front of the Daily Telegraph, the Royal Family are rallying around the Duchess of York after news of her cancer diagnosis broke over the weekend. Elsewhere Elon Musk says he was “naïve” about antisemitism during a visit to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland – where at least one million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust. Also on the front is a story about Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch pledging to intervene as companies are told to collect data based on how workers identify rather than biological sex.
Elon Musk is also photographed on the front of the Times as the X (formerly known as Twitter) CEO visited Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland following uproar over antisemitic messages on his social media platform. The lead story suggests that routine Alzheimer’s screening for over-50s could be a step closer, after a study used commercially available testing kit to identify disease-causing proteins.
The news Alzheimer’s sufferers may soon be able to receive a diagnosis for the disease years before symptoms appear also features on the front of the Daily Express. The tabloid also touches on the defeat for Rishi Sunak in the House of Lords as it votes against the prime minister’s controversial Rwanda Safety Bill – ‘Predictable!’ is the headline.
The chair of the Electoral Commission John Pullinger is on the front of the Financial Times warning the “very, very tight” rules which will force voters to carry ID at the general election risk disenfranchising certain groups. He also expresses concerns in the broadsheet that the “bad behaviour” of some politicians has put the younger generation off voting.
The Metro leads with a story on a “revolutionary” gastric balloon pill, saying the treatment for obese patients has been used by the NHS for the first time. Marked in the inset image is 20-year-old Morgan Ribeiro who died in Serbia after she travelled to Turkey for weight-loss surgery.
“Devastating” is the headline on the Daily Mirror as Morgan Ribeiro’s death also features on the splash as it says she wrote a “harrowing post” on TikTok before she passed away. The tabloid says the 20-year-old booked the procedure in Turkey after enduring “cruel taunts from bullies for several years”.
Finally, the Daily Star also mentions the huge gusts of wind which battered parts of the UK, while its main story centres on staff at a wildlife park in Lincolnshire who are taking a high-risk approach to tackling its parrots’ swearing problem.
A number of Tuesday’s papers are leading with a study from Sweden which has found that a blood test can detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
The Times says it could have “huge implications” for routinely screening the over-50s for their risk of the disease. The test – the paper reports – can detect the “proteins” which can cause Alzheimer’s which build up in the brain for 10 to 15 years before symptoms start to show, and allowed researchers to assess how “likely” someone was to develop the disease.
According to the Daily Express, the brand new diagnostic tool has been praised by experts as it may “ultimately bring us closer towards a cure for dementia”.
The Daily Telegraph takes the view the “simple and cheap method” can measure how likely people are to develop the illness up to 15 years before they show symptoms, citing research from the study.
In other news, the Sun describes the UK’s “Second Blitz” in Yemen on the Houthis for refusing to stop their attacks on ships in the Red Sea. The tabloid says RAF Typhoon jets unleashed “laser-guided bombs” on targets in Yemen.
Image source, Reuters
Waves bash against Newhaven harbour in Sussex amid fierce winds brought on by Storm Isha
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is on the front of the Daily Mail as it focuses on his speech accusing the Conservatives of attacking institutions such as the National Trust. “Starmer Wades into Culture Wars on the side of the Woke” – is the paper’s headline.
A spectacular photo of waves crashing against Blackpool Pier during Storm Isha catch the eye on the front of the i newspaper. It also carries a prediction from the Royal Meteorological Society citing an increase in “severe storms” over the next decade. As the country prepares for Storm Jocelyn – its headline claims these storms “will become the norm”.
The front page of the Daily Mirror is dedicated to telling the story of 20-year-old Morgan Ribeiro – who died earlier this month in Serbia after travelling to Turkey for weight-loss surgery. Speaking to the paper – her mum – Erin Gibson – said she never wants this to happen to “another daughter” – or for Morgan’s life “to be in vain”.
Finally, Tuesday’s Daily Star splashes on the problem of “swearing parrots” at Lincolnshire Wildlife Park. According to the paper, the park has now decided to reintroduce them to their 1,000 strong flock in the hope – it says – that their profanities will be drowned out by the other birds.
