‘Riots engulf Britain’ and ‘summer of discontent’
The UK is in the middle of a “summer of discontent” according to the Mail on Sunday, as days of unrest at far-right demonstrations continue. Tensions have been high after the killing of three young girls in Southport, and the paper says some of those present are “hijacking” their killing. Pictured on the front page are two young men in Liverpool, wearing balaclavas and throwing objects.
One rioter shouted “she deserves it” at a police officer who was lying injured on the ground in Liverpool, the Sunday Times reports, as “wave after wave of protesters” clashed with police outside the city’s Liver Building. It adds that families in cars had to make “desperate U-turns” to get away from the large crowds.
Ministers have said rioters will “pay the price” for the violence seen across the country over the last few days, according to the Observer. The paper has called it “the worst outbreak of civil disorder in Britain for more than a decade”, that now “poses the first major challenge” for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
The Sunday Express, meanwhile, says that “secret agents” have been called in to help security services in the wake of the unrest, by “infiltrating far-right groups believed to be behind much of the rioting”. The paper adds that the home secretary is preparing to call on the Army to help, if the violence continues.
And courts will “sit for 24-hours” to help fast-track the sentencing of those responsible for some of the unrest, the Sunday Telegraph says. The Ministry of Justice is thought to be in discussions with the judiciary, the paper adds, about keeping magistrates courts open all night to deal with an “unexpected surge” in the number of people in custody.
Elsewhere the Sunday Mirror reports that the young person at the centre of the original allegations against former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has called for the head of the organisation, Tim Davie, to “quit” over the handling of the case. Earlier this week Mr Davie defended the decision not to sack Edwards, despite knowing that the presenter had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children.
And the Daily Star reports that “Britons are their brainiest on the bog”, after a survey showed two thirds think they come up with their “cleverest ideas” while going to the toilet. The paper says Brits believe they are “more creative than in the office”.
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