The face of the man charged in the Liverpool victory parade incident is splashed across the front pages of Friday’s papers. The Guardian leads their coverage saying Paul Doyle, from West Derby, is being charged with “grievous bodily harm” after the car he is alleged to have been driving crashed into a crowd during Liverpool’s Premier League victory celebrations. Sharing the top spot, Britain is “on the brink” of signing a “£1.6bn trade agreement with Gulf states”, the paper reports. However, rights groups say the deal “makes no concrete provisions on human rights, modern slavery, or the environment”.
The Daily Telegraph also shares a photo of the Liverpool parade suspect, saying he will appear at Liverpool Magistrates’ Court on Friday and is charged with seven offences. The paper adds that police say the investigation is still at “an early stage” and prosecutors are “continuing to work at pace to review a huge volume of evidence”. Alongside, the Telegraph reports on comments from Attorney General Lord Hermer, who compared “threats by politicians to ‘abandon’ international law” to “1930s Nazi Germany”.
The Times also headlines their front page with Lord Hermer’s “Nazi jibe”, saying the attorney general is likening “Tory and Reform politicians who want to pull Britain out of international courts to Nazis”. The paper reports Lord Hermer saying Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch’s “policy to disengage from the ECHR” and other bodies if they “no longer served British interests” is a “pick and mix approach similar to that pursued by Nazi Germany”.
“Middle-class former Royal Marine charged over Liverpool parade horror”, announces the Daily Mail. Also dominating the paper’s front page is an exclusive on Kemi Badenoch’s criticism of Nigel Farage and Sir Keir Starmer’s “race to the bottom” on welfare handouts.
The Sun also leads the front page with the “ex-Royal Marine” charged over the Liverpool victory parade car crash. The paper also teases a potential Spice Girls “comeback”, albeit “virtually”.
The “face of Kop parade suspect” dominates the Daily Star. Also featured is Donald Trump’s statement that he’s “on a mission from God” as he vows to fight a trade court ruling blocking his global tariff regime.
“Seven charges”, blasts the Daily Mirror in their story of the Liverpool suspect. Also prominent is a photoshopped image of Nigel Farage in a Liz Truss-style wig as the paper covers Sir Keir’s warning of “Farage and his Trusst issue”.
Donald Trump has pledged to “fight on” after a US trade court ruled his “Liberation Day” tariff scheme as “illegal”, reports the Financial Times. The paper quotes Trump’s top trade adviser Peter Navarro saying “nothing has changed” and that the administration has “a strong case” in their appeal. Elsewhere, the paper issues a “red alert” as French business schools are extending application deadlines for foreign students in “an attempt to attract some of the brightest minds in academia” after the US ordered a pause on visa applications for international students.
“The end of the world is Nige!”, warns the Metro as it reports on Sir Keir’s “surprise onslaught” against Farage. The paper says Sir Keir is warning that the Reform leader will “splurge billions” and “wreck Britain’s economy” if he is handed power. “Can you trust him?” the prime minister asks.
A “revolutionary” blood test for cancer is being rolled out by the NHS in a “world-first”, reports the Daily Express. The paper says the new “liquid biopsy” can deliver a diagnosis “up to two weeks earlier” than the usual tissue biopsy, “allowing doctors to select the right targeted therapy sooner”.
Rounding out the coverage is the i Paper’s lead on disability benefit claimants in Labour heartland set to be “hardest hit” by plans to restrict welfare. Analysis by the paper shows up to 90% of current claimants in some key Labour areas could face “cutbacks” under new cost-saving proposals on personal independence payments.
By saiphnews
