“No justice” exclaims the Daily Mirror after a report into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster was published, which it says leaves “police shame”. Not one officer of 12 that could have faced gross misconduct charges over the stadium crush that killed 97 will do so as they have all retired, it writes. The Mirror is also among several papers to feature a photo of television presenter Holly Willoughby on its front page after she pleaded guilty to “driving without care” and was fined £1,653.
The i Paper echoes the Mirror with a headline reading “Still no justice”, after 36 years of investigations. It features photographs of all 97 victims of the disaster in a grid, saying lives were lost after “failures” on the day – citing the latest inquiry’s findings.
The Guardian quotes families of those that died in the Hillsborourgh disaster as saying that it is “a bitter injustice” that no officers will face proceedings. Also on the front page, the Guardian reports Vladimir Putin made “hard-edged remarks” before meeting US officials for talks over the Ukraine war by saying that “Russia does not intend to fight Europe, but if Europe starts, we are ready right now”. The paper also highlights criticism from MPs that the handling of the China spy case was “shambolic”.
A photo of Sarah Everard, who was abducted, raped and murdered by police officer Wayne Couzens in 2021, is splashed across the front page of the Daily Express. Her mother has spoken at an inquiry into her death as a new report warns “more lives are at risk” from violent sexual attacks on women and girls. There is “no better time to act”, the Express adds, quoting the report.
A warning from economists of “low growth and higher bills” leads the Times. The paper also features a photo of Sarah Everard as her mother says she continues to suffer “sadness, rage and guilt” more than four years after her murder.
Sarah Everard’s mother is “still tormented by the horrors” of her daughter’s final hours, writes the Independent. The chair of the inquiry into her death is quoted by the paper as saying it is “shocking” that her police vetting recommendations are yet to be fully implemented after nearly two years.
Metro headlines on Justice Secretary David Lammy’s decision to end jury trials for thousands with a headline reading “the jury’s out”. MPs “from all sides” have “railed” against the call according to Metro, which Lammy made to cut a backlog of 80,000 cases.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has told party donors that he expects a “deal or merger” with the Conservatives before the next election, according to the Financial Times. This “suggests he believes he cannot sweep to power alone”, it writes. In Russia, US special envoy Steve Witkoff has been in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The discussions, at a large white table, are shown on the FT’s front.
The Daily Telegraph continues to focus on questions over whether the chancellor may have misled the public over the state of the UK’s finances before the Budget. It reports senior figures at the Office for Budget Responsibility said Treasury permanent secretary James Bowler – the department’s top civil servant – approved the publication of a letter showing the chancellor knew “the financial hole was smaller than previously thought”.
Royal rents are “under fire” as “cut-price”, writes the Daily Mail. Following the scandal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s peppercorn rent of Royal Lodge, now MPs will “scrutinise deals enjoyed by Sophie, Edward and Princess Alexandra”, it reports.
The Daily Star focuses on the Holly Willoughby court case. The paper reports the TV presenter collided with man on a scooter near her home in London, who was knocked to the ground and sustained a fracture to his neck.
For the Sun, it is the “great game robbery” as it says tickets at the World Cup in the US, Canada and Mexico next year will be “the most expensive ever seen”. Fifa has “grabbed” a share of the resale market and tickets are already going for £1,000, it reports.
Photos of all 97 victims of the Hillsborough disaster feature on the front page of the i paper, after the publication of what the Times calls a “damning” report on the police’s actions during the stadium crush.
The Daily Mirror says it confirms what families “have feared all along”: that nobody will face justice. The paper claims that officers, criticised for their failures, have been allowed to simply “walk away”. One woman whose son was killed in the tragedy is quoted in the Guardian as saying: “How lucky they are to grow old”.
A Reform UK donor tells the Financial Times that Nigel Farage has said he expects the party to either make a deal or merge with the Conservatives before the next election. The unnamed donor says the move would be aimed at “easing Reform’s route to victory”. But Farage tells the paper that he would never do a deal with a party he does not trust, adding that a deal with the Tories “as they are” would cost his party votes.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the top civil servant at the Treasury has been dragged into the row over whether the chancellor misled the public about the state of the UK’s finances. It reports that James Bowler “approved the publication of a letter that showed Rachel Reeves knew the financial hole was smaller than previously thought”. An MP on the Treasury Select Committee tells the paper he was “probably uncomfortable with the way the political team were leaking stuff”. But Treasury insiders deny any split, and insist Reeves approved the letter’s release.
The Daily Mail says that following what it calls Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s “rent scandal”, Pandora’s box has been opened, with a new investigation into homes owned by the Crown Estate. The paper says the probe will scrutinise the deal on the Prince and Princess of Wales’s new family home in Windsor Great Park.
And the Sun says that England fans are being “clobbered” with “the most expensive World Cup tickets ever seen”. The paper says Fifa has “grabbed a share of the resale market”, taking a 15% cut from both the buyer and the seller. According to the report, tickets are already going for £1,000, with some listed for nearly £33,000.
