Newspaper review: King's new portrait and US warnings to Georgia
BBC News - Staff
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A fresh portrait of King Charles features on a number of Wednesday's front pages including the Daily Telegraph. The paper also notes Manchester City have one hand on retaining their Premier League crown after seeing off Spurs in north London on Tuesday. Also on the front of the Telegraph, government minister Chris Philp tells the paper stop and search is a “vital tool” in taking knives off the streets but warns it is “not used nearly often enough” by police. [BBC]
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The Times also features a story about school pupils reportedly not being taught about gender ID before the age of 13. The paper reports guidance issued by the government will explicitly tell schools to avoid proactively teaching children about gender identity. A sidebar story carries an investigation by the broadsheet which cites leaked records as identifying more than 100 British convicts, fugitives and bankrupts who have secretly invested millions in the United Arab Emirates. [BBC]
Featuring in red on the front of Wednesday's Daily Mail is the first official portrait of King Charles - it was commissioned by The Drapers' Company in 2020 ahead of celebrations of the then Prince of Wales' 50 years as a member in 2022. The tabloid's lead story says government ministers are set to unveil a ban on schools teaching sex education to children aged under nine. Education Secretary Gillian Keegan is due to speak about the plans on Wednesday, the paper says. [BBC]
The King's new portrait makes an appearance on the front of Wednesday's Daily Express as does Nigel Farage - as the tabloid reports Rishi Sunak is considering a general election on 14 November to stop Nigel Farage "wreaking havoc on the Tories' campaign". The paper also touches on Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane's sentence being ruled as not unduly lenient, following a review at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London. The lead story reports there is a "fighting chance" net migration will fall to 150,000 which the paper says would give Rishi Sunak "crucial boost". [BBC]
"New weight loss jab gold rush" is the headline on Wednesday's i newspaper as it leads with a new study which reports obesity injections could cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes in people even if they fail to lose much weight. Elsewhere, the paper quotes former Nato secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen who urges the alliance to call Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bluff and use weapons based in Poland and Romania to shoot down Russian missiles. [BBC]
Britain's Got Talent presenter Ant McPartlin has become a father for the very first time after his wife Anne-Marie gave birth to their bundle of joy, the Daily Mirror's headline says the Geordie is "a mess" - citing an Instagram post by the celebrity. Elsewhere, according to the paper Coronation Street star Beverley Callard is under investigation after her acting firm failed to settle a £100,000 tax bill. A statement issued by her spokeswoman said once the legal dispute is resolved she "will set the record straight". [BBC]
A dominant photo of American actress and writer Greta Gerwig features on the front of Wednesday's Guardian as this year's jury president arrived at the Cannes Film Festival's jury photocall on Tuesday. Also catching the eye is the paper's tribute to Alice Munro - the first Canadian to win the Nobel literature prize - who died aged 92. She won the award in 2013, with the citation praising her mastery of the contemporary short story. The lead story focuses on the US says it will "reassess" ties with Georgia after the government in Tbilisi pushed through a law barring, what it calls, "foreign influence". [BBC]
The Financial Times follows up with another splash on mining titan Anglo American after it announced plans to sell off the world's long-dominant diamond supplier De Beers, with analysts pointing to pressure from cheaper lab-grown stones and volatile consumer demand. The paper says this is being done to thwart a takeover from Australian rival BHP. India's Narendra Modi is pictured launching his election candidacy in the northern holy city of Varanasi. [BBC]
The splash story on Wednesday's Metro is a report by the food bank network Trussell Trust which says the number of emergency food parcels handed out across the UK in a single year has reached its highest level - at more than three million. Elsewhere, the paper features celebrities gracing the Cannes Film Festival and the yellow masthead at the top carries more news from France touching on the huge manhunt after two prison officers were killed and three seriously injured when their van was ambushed in Normandy. [BBC]
Finally, Ant McPartin's new baby arrival features on the front of the Daily Star which also carries a photo of Manchester City's Erling Haaland - after the Norwegian striker scored twice against Tottenham to lift his team to the summit of the Premier League with one game to go. [BBC]
A new portrait of King Charles unveiled on Tuesday features on the front of many front page newspapers.
In other news, the Daily Telegraph leads with a call from Policing Minister Chris Philp for forces to increase their use of stop-and-search to tackle knife crime.
The Daily Mail is one of several papers to report government plans to ban all sex education for under-nines. It says the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, will unveil the proposals tomorrow.
The Guardian's front page includes a report on Georgia being warned by the US not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow, as its parliament defied mass street protests to pass a “Kremlin-inspired” law.
A protester wearing a Georgian and European flag faces off policemen blocking a street in Tbilisi, Georgia [Reuters]
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Elsewhere, the Metro says a record three million food parcels have been handed to desperate UK families. Quoting figures from the Trussell Trust food bank it says the number has doubled in five years.
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