The four teenage boys who were reported missing during a camping trip in Snowdonia have been found dead inside an overturned car. The boys, identified as Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Henderson, and Hugo Morris, were aged between 16 and 18. The car was found near the village of Tremadog in north Wales. The police have not confirmed the identities of the deceased. The incident has been described as a “tragedy” by the Metro.
The Daily Mail ran a headline stating that the boys were “four pals who went camping and never came home.” According to the paper, the boys’ parents were frantically searching for them after they did not return home from the camping trip on Sunday. The sixth-form students, who may have been lying undiscovered in the overturned car for 48 hours, have been described by the family and friends as wonderful individuals.
The Daily Express reported tributes to the boys featured on its front page. One of the tributes was from Wilf Henderson’s girlfriend Maddi, who expressed her love for him and said, “I’m going to miss you forever.” Meanwhile, the Sun gave a brief account of the tragedy on its front page, with a composite photo of the four friends. And the Daily Mirror’s headline, “So Tragic,” was a succinct summing up of the situation.
The Conservative Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s upcoming announcement, regarding the biggest tax cut in 50 years for businesses that will generate growth, also made the front page news of several dailies. The Telegraph reported that Hunt will reject big government, high spending, and high tax. The Times stated that 28 million people will benefit from the lower national insurance rates proposed in this announcement. The Guardian suggested that Hunt is bowing to pressure from within his own party, in an effort to close the gap with Labour ahead of the next general election.
The i newspaper revealed that among the tax reforms expected to be announced by the chancellor are cuts to national insurance, but interest rates are expected to remain high until the end of next year. The same newspaper reported on Israel and Hamas being nearly ready to release 50 women and children held in Gaza. As for a lighter news item, the Daily Star featured a story about Glen Matlock, bass guitarist in the original line-up of the Sex Pistols, confessing that he and other members of the punk rock band were big fans of Sir Cliff Richard
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