Sunday’s newspapers are reporting on a range of stories across politics, crime, and society.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, the UK government is considering providing new forms of support to the Ukrainian government, with options including the possibility of sending armed forces personnel to the country for the first time to train their counterparts, providing naval support to protect commercial vessels in the Black Sea, and encouraging British arms firms to set up factories in Ukraine.
The Sunday Express headline is focused on the Prime Minister’s announcement that £1.1 billion will be spent in neglected high streets across the UK, aimed at providing a much-needed boost following the Covid-19 pandemic. The paper describes this package as a “levelling-up windfall” that will be spent across 55 locations.
The Business Secretary’s comments on leaving the European Convention on Human Rights has “piled pressure” on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, according to the Sunday Times, which carries serious accusations against British millionaire Hamish Ogston. Mr. Ogston strongly denies the accusations and said he did not recognize the paper’s account.
The Observer reports that the UK’s education department has been monitoring the social media activity of school experts, with nine people uncovering information held on them via subject access requests. The department has declined to comment on individual cases.
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has criticized “pampered, out-of-touch” celebrities who are critical of her immigration policies. In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, she hit out at what she describes as “a virtue-signalling elite”.
Finally, the Sunday Mirror is reporting on the story of children suffering due to drought in Somalia. It tells the story of the “baby who can’t cry” due to dehydration, with one and a half million children facing extreme hunger
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