Hello! Welcome to loadnaija, lets takes a look at the headlines on Saturday’s national newspaper front pages.
1: The Daily Telegraph
Police are scrambling to track down the Epping migrant whose sex offences caused nationwide protests – after “human error” meant he was released from HMP Chelmsford, The Daily Telegraph writes.
2: Daily Mail
“A blunder that beggars belief” is the Daily Mail’s headline – with the paper describing the mistaken release of the Epping asylum hotel attacker as the “latest catastrophe for Starmer’s government”.
3: The Sun
A picture of Hadush Kebatu is on the front of The Sun, which says: “After ‘one in, one out’ fiasco, one out… by mistake.”
4: Daily Star
Rylan Clark and Zoe Ball are the preferred choices as the new hosts of Strictly Come Dancing, according to a poll of Daily Star readers.
5: The Independent
After a “humiliating drubbing” in the Caerphilly by-election, The Independent says the prime minister is the target of a “Labour blame game” – and “time is running out” to turn things around.
5: The Guardian
A wipe out for Labour in next May’s local elections would spell the end of Keir Starmer’s premiership, The Guardian claims.
6: Daily Mirror
Prince Andrew may give up his 30-room Royal Lodge mansion, the Daily Mirror claims, with the King’s team “stepping up attempts to get him out”.
7: FT Weekend
Donald Trump has triggered a fresh bout of global trade turmoil, FT Weekend writes – by clearing the way for new tariffs on China and hitting out at Canada.
8:The Times
A national inquiry into grooming gangs may only begin next year – with The Times reporting that ministers have been forced to restart the process to find someone to lead it.
9: The Independent
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has told The Independent that fresh strikes by doctors are a “slap in the face” for the NHS – and Nigel Farage will be the only beneficiary.
10: Daily Express
Along with most of the tabloids, the Express hits out at the government’s new one-in, one-out asylum scheme, which has apparently allowed a deported Iranian man to return to the UK.
