An outbreak of whooping cough and a “tug of war” over interest rate cuts lead the Friday papers.
The Daily Mail, Metro and the Daily Mirror report on an outbreak of whooping cough that has cost five British babies their lives and puts thousands of other infants across the country at risk.
MAIL: Worst whooping cough outbreak outbreak in forty years #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/6AlIvJbE44
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
METRO: Five babies die as cough bug strikes #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7ldIV9i3aQ
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
MIRROR: Whooping Cough Warning #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/E8wJjXgTh0
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
The Daily Express and the Daily Telegraph both run stories on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s warning to the Bank of England to halt the easing of interest rates.
EXPRESS: Who’ll win the tug of war over interest rates?#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/4AucnCazmn
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
TELEGRAPH: Hunt urges banks not to rush rate cuts #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/SaUMW2uSi5
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
The Independent runs with a piece on Tory politics as fears rise that more Conservatives could cross the floor to join Labour.
INDEPENDENT: More Tory MPs want to defect says Labour as panic grips party #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/tWV1htApJj
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
The i splashes with Dominic Cummings’ first major interview since leaving Number 10, with Boris Johnson’s ex-chief adviser saying that he and the former prime minister “saved thousands” of lives during the pandemic.
I: Cummings: Boris and I saved thousands from Covid – but we won’t talk again #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/wNgOqFItPJ
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
The Times reports Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has hit out at parents who pull their kids out of school on Fridays to enjoy long weekends away or holidays, as she says truancy numbers for the final day of the school week are significantly higher than on a Monday.
THE TIMES: Truancy up by a fifth on Fridays #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Y3B0KXfZnL
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
The Guardian splashes on the latest bombings by Israel against the Palestinian city of Rafah, with 100,000 people forced to flee.
GUARDIAN: ‘Fear and trepidation’ as 100’000 people flee Rafah bombardment #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/MBMj7vDGcH
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
The Financial Times reports that Anglo American’s South African investors are open to improved bids by Australian mining firm BHP.
FT UK: Anglo’s investors in South Africa open to sweetened takeover offer #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/dckKUmKkb2
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
And the Daily Star says Nasa has embarked on a mission involving our galaxy’s “best named” planet.
STAR: We want to see big pictures of Uranus #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/5mK2d1ftPV
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) May 9, 2024
