Broadcaster and assisted dying campaigner Dame Esther Rantzen, who has terminal cancer, features on the front of the Daily Express describing how she felt “great relief” after MPs voted to back proposed legislation on assisted dying in England and Wales in November. The story is back in the headlines due to a possible change to safeguarding measures contained in the bill. It features on a number of Wednesday’s front pages.
The i newspaper reflects on the other side of the assisted dying debate – saying the move to replace oversight of applications with a committee rather than a judge is galvanising opposition to the bill among MPs. The i also looks back at Manchester City’s last-gasp defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League and in its lead story says more than 30 banks and building societies have cut the rates on their savings accounts since interest rates were cut last week, giving customers worse returns than before.
The future of the assisted dying bill is in “jeopardy” after the latest legal tweak as MPs waver on support, the Times reports. Elsewhere on the front and in other domestic news, the Princess of Wales clutches an umbrella as she arrives at HMP Styal, in Cheshire, where she met pregnant convicts and mums of babies born behind bars.
In an extended interview with the Guardian, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky says he will offer US firms lucrative reconstruction contracts to try to get Donald Trump onside with its war effort against Russia. It comes ahead of the Ukrainian leader travelling to Munich later this week to meet US Vice-President JD Vance.
President Donald Trump features as the main image on the front of the Financial Times during his meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday and insisted he would move forward with his vision for the US to control Gaza. The US leader also features in the lead story with the headline “Trump trades” with the paper saying his latest moves are starting to “backfire” as the dollar starts to weaken.
Sticking with Gaza, the Daily Telegraph reports on a warning from the Home Office that refugees’ successful use of Ukraine settlement scheme will open “floodgates”. The paper says a family of six seeking to flee Gaza have been allowed to join their brother in Britain after an immigration judge ruled that the Home Office’s rejection of their application breached their human rights.
“Go Complain” is the headline on Wednesday’s Sun newspaper as it reports that Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne is set to take BBC to tribunal over a “sex joke” which led to him being taken off the show’s tour, according to the tabloid. The paper says the BBC has refused to comment on the latest development.
According to the Daily Mail, John Tuckett, the Labour government’s choice for the next “borders watchdog” has hinted he plans to work from his home in Finland part of the time in his role. Meghan Markle is pictured enjoying a beer at an Invictus Games party in Vancoucer, Canada, with singer Michael Bublé.
The Daily Mirror’s front page is dominated by tributes to Scottish football legend Dennis Law. Sir Alex Ferguson joined past and present Manchester United stars to pay respects at the funeral of Law – as fans gathered at Manchester Cathedral to the mourn club legend. The paper captures a bit of Fergie’s eulogy in which “Denis was my hero”.
Finally, according to the Daily Star the FBI has unearthed thousands of new files on the assassination of John F Kennedy after 62 years.
Much is made of the High Court’s ruling against the Metropolitan Police’s policy of sacking officers who fail their vetting.
The ruling should serve as a “prompt to action” for ministers because “successive governments have allowed the police to enjoy greater job protection than most employees do”, according to the Times.
Leading the Daily Telegraph is a report that a family of six Palestinians have been granted the right to live in the UK after applying through a scheme meant for Ukrainian refugees.
The Daily Mail says the government’s preferred candidate to be Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, John Tuckett, has hinted he plans to work part of the time from his home in Finland.
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President Zelensky gives an interview to the Guardian where he tells the paper that “security guarantees without America are not real security guarantees”.
Photographs of the Princess of Wales under an umbrella on a visit to a women’s prison make many of the papers – “Oh brolly good show, Ma’am”, is the Daily Mirror’s headline.
The Daily Express reports there were cat calls and a wolf whistle as the Princess toured the grounds of HMP Styal.
Finally, “United for our hero”, is the Daily Star’s headline, accompanying its coverage of the funeral of the former Manchester United and Scotland footballer, Denis Law.
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