The front pages of Thursday’s newspapers are dominated by the conviction of two teenagers over the murder of Brianna Ghey. The Daily Mail leads with the schoolgirl’s parents’ quote: “What they did to our beautiful Brianna will haunt us forever.” The trial of the teenagers revealed they were intelligent and “high functioning” but had a “thirst for killing.” The Daily Mirror features a tribute to Ghey and a call from Dame Esther Rantzen for assisted dying in the UK, following her diagnosis with stage four lung cancer.
The Daily Express highlights more reaction from Ghey’s parents, and calls for MPs to debate assisted dying, currently outlawed in the UK. The paper also features a report on falling inflation, which has reached its lowest annual rate of price rises in more than two years. The i newspaper previews tax cuts planned by the government for next year, following a surprise fall in inflation.
The Times focuses on the economy, with its headline reading: “Cheaper mortgages set to ease living costs.” The paper predicts that over a million homeowners will benefit from the falling rates. The Financial Times offers its take on the interest rate fall and reports an interview with India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, about allegations of an Indian assassination plot in the US.
The Guardian leads with a report about a law change allowing police to run facial recognition searches on a database of Britain’s drivers’ license holders. The paper writes that the law’s critics believe it “poses a risk of bias and threat to civil liberties.” The Daily Telegraph headlines a report on Ireland’s intent to commence a legal challenge against the UK government over its decision to offer immunity for Troubles-era crimes.
Finally, the Daily Star features an apocalyptic front page warning about global warming and suggesting that elderly people’s intestinal gas carries some of the blame
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