What the papers say – July 30
A knife attack which killed two children and injured nine others in Southport dominates the front pages of Tuesday’s newspapers.
A 17-year-old suspect is being held on suspicion of murder and attempted murder with The Guardian, Daily Mail, i and The Daily Telegraph leading on the attack.
GUARDIAN: Two children dead and nine injured in ‘ferocious attack’ at dance class #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/lM4EXwyR0r
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
MAIL: Two children dead in holiday club carnage #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/USyGajbPiN
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
I: Deadly knife attack at children’s dance class #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/qdtmUiHTAD
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
TELEGRAPH: Knifeman kills two children in holiday club horror #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/21V9PyAd3w
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
One witness likened the knife attack to a “horror movie” with The Times, Daily Express and Daily Mirror using the quote for their headline.
TIMES: Knife attack on children was ‘like a horror movie’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/buwb1Zm9LQ
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
EXPRESS: Like scene from a horror movie #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ZX6MBvys3E
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
MIRROR: Knife horror at holiday kids club #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/5GGJWUaSwo
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
The Daily Star concentrates on the same story with the headline “carnage at the kids club.”
STAR: Carnage at the kids club #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/z4pi5IdOpz
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
Former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children, reports the Metro.
METRO: TV Huw kid porn charge #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/TZy72bBIjF
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
Both The Independent and Financial Times concentrate on Chancellor Rachel Reeves announcing a series of spending cuts in the House of Commons.
INDEPENDENT: Pensioners hit by Reeves plan to fill £22bn black hole #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/jPnpo2y5Y1
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024
FT UK: Reeves unveils ‘incredibly tough choices’ to plug £22bn fiscal hole #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/wtXmrW1EUP
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 29, 2024