Newspapers lead with different stories on their front pages today. The Sun publishes the first photos of the Princess of Wales out since having surgery in January, photographed shopping with Prince William. The Daily Mail headline reads ‘Harry and Meghan downgraded’, stating that the couple’s profiles have been replaced with a shorter entry on the official Royal Family website. The Daily Express report Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s hopes that the first deportation flights to Rwanda will take off in the coming months. Metro leads on a study which claims intermittent fasting almost doubles the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Lastly, The Daily Telegraph leads on Labour’s Rachel Reeves promising a “1979 moment” – referring to a decade of national renewal if her party is elected – and a second photo released by Kensington Palace, taken by the Princess of Wales, which appeared to have been edited, featuring Queen Elizabeth II.
The Times reports on the Government’s plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda which could face further delays after Labour promised to oppose it in a crucial vote in the House of Lords this week. The Daily Express states Rishi Sunak is still committed to his Spring deadline for deportation flights leaving with 200 migrants having already been selected to be the first to be deported. The Daily Telegraph looks ahead to a speech that the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves will make later where she is expected to vow that a Labour government would work with businesses to create a decade of “national renewal” and promise to “hardwire” economic growth into future budgets.
The i newspaper reports that energy customers are set for payouts worth billions of pounds in a scandal which it calls “bigger than PPI”. It comes after a small business won a landmark legal case against a French energy company, with a judge ruling the energy broker had hidden additional fees in the business’s bills. The Times and Metro both report on research from scientists on a popular diet. The study claims that intermittent fasting may be linked to an increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease.
Lastly, The Daily Star reports that divers intend to recover gold bullion apparently worth some £13bn. The gold sank to the bottom of the Caribbean after a British ship sunk a Spanish galleon 315 years ago – but the paper says there is uncertainty over who owns the haul
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