Several of Tuesday’s newspapers lead the day with the discovery that a doctor warned three years before the Nottingham attacks that Valdo Calocane’s mental illness was so severe he could “end up killing someone”. The Daily Mail focuses on the response of the “furious” families of the victims, who are quoted as saying that medics and police have “blood on their hands”.
“They knew for three years he was a danger,” the Metro declares in its story on the Calocane medical report. It reports that breaking into a neighbour’s flat was “among a litany of missed chances to intervene” before he carried out the fatal attack in June of last year.
The Daily Telegraph leads with a warning from UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to the Iranian government against an escalation with Israel. In a “rare telephone call” with Tehran on Monday night, the paper says Sir Keir told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that “there was a serious risk of miscalculation and urged Iran to refrain from attacking Israel”. In other international news, the Telegraph also reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “has piled pressure on Britain to allow missile strikes deep inside Russia” as Ukrainian troops claim to control a slice of Russian territory on the border.
The latest from Ukraine leads the Times, covering Mr Zelenksy’s warning to Vladimir Putin that the war was “coming home” to the Russian president. The attack has been the largest incursion on Russian territory in more than two years of war, the Times reports, prompting Mr Putin to claim it was intended to “intimidate society and to undermine stability”.
The Guardian’s top story covers a climate study that suggests hot weather “inflamed by carbon pollution” killed nearly 50,000 people in Europe last year. The paper reports that the toll would have been “80% higher if people had not adapted to rising temperatures”, which it says shows that “efforts to adapt societies to heatwaves had been effective”. Beside that report is a photo of British Olympic diver Tom Daley, who has announced his retirement from the sport.
The Financial Times leads its Tuesday edition with Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal’s acquisition of a 24.5% stake in British telecom giant BT. The investment is a “vote of confidence in the telecoms group and the UK”, the paper quotes Mr Bharti as saying, praising BT’s “glorious past”, “national status” and “tremendous” infrastructure.
The Daily Mirror also features the disclosure of the Nottingham attacker’s medical history as its top story, reporting the victim’s “families’ anger and calls for a public inquiry”. Also covered by the tabloid are the latest additions to Strictly Come Dancing’s 2024 line-up as Sam Quek, Nick Knowles and Paul Merson join the programme.
Rising tensions in the Middle East take the top story slot in the i, as the paper reports that it has learned of a UK plan to “airlift British nationals from across Middle East if Iran retaliation on Israel triggers wider regional conflict”. Citing Whitehall sources, the i reports “significant concerns” about escalations, but that there is hope that “Iran will rely on show of strength”.
Comments from Shadow Home Secretary James Cleverly lead the Daily Express, telling the government to “get a grip and fast” or the Channel migrant crisis will escalate. The front page of the paper also features the Nottingham attack latest and a farewell to Tom Daley, reporting that the “teary Olympic hero retires from diving”.
It’s an “invasion of the angry, drunken German wasps”, the Daily Star reports, warning picnic lovers to beware of “millions of invading German lager-lout wasps looking for a bit of mindless aggro”.
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Ian Coates, Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar were stabbed to death by Calocane
The i reports that the government is drawing up plans to evacuate British nationals from across the Middle East in the event that an Iranian attack on Israel triggers a wider war in the region. Whitehall sources tell the paper that officials are “really, really concerned” about what they call an “uncontrollable” move towards escalation. According to the Daily Telegraph, such a strike “could come within days”, possibly before Gaza ceasefire talks resume on Thursday.
The former home secretary, James Cleverly, tells the Daily Express that the government needs to “get a grip, and fast” on illegal migration, after more than 700 people crossed the Channel in a single day. The Conservative leadership hopeful accuses Sir Keir Starmer of “doing nothing” to “stop the boats”. Downing Street insists it is working to “smash the gangs responsible”.
According to the Telegraph, one way Sir Keir is planning to do that is by working with his Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni. The paper says he has expressed support for Ms Meloni’s plans to overhaul the EU’s police force, to make it focus on tackling people smuggling. Sir Keir is said to have floated the idea of officers from the UK conducting joint operations with Europol.
The Guardian says that Labour MPs are closing their accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter, because of what they call the spread of hate and disinformation on the platform. One backbencher tells the paper that the website has become a “megaphone for foreign adversaries and far-right fringe groups” with an unnamed government minister saying they have cut down on posting on the site and are “reluctant to return”.
And the Times reports on the dying out of an age-old British tradition – a trip to the pub after work. It highlights research by the think tank, the Work Foundation, which suggests that remote working, and a tendency among some younger employees to remain sober, mean that companies should instead host “breakfast socials and away days”. But, defending a post-work pint in its leader column, the paper says the pub ” remains the best place to let off steam, imbibe the wisdom of elders and turn workmates into lifelong friends”.
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