Friday's front pages focus on a range of stories from a record surge in child respiratory cases to an 8 per cent increase in domestic violence reports in 2023.
The Irish Times reports record levels of a common respiratory illness that particularly affects babies is putting children’s hospitals under unprecedented pressure.
The Irish Examiner lead with a piece about an 8 per cent rise in domestic violence reports this year compared to 2022, with 54,000 complaints made to date in 2023.
The Echo reports a 'predator' in Cork has been found guilty of trespassing with intent to rape a woman in her early 20s.
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Today's front page of The Irish Sun. pic.twitter.com/VQrD1dXcu6
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In the UK, the front pages on Friday cover various topics, including Rishi Sunak’s revised Rwanda plan and the related Conservative Party fallout.
The Times leads with a story on the new version of the Government’s Rwanda plan, with top lawyers warning the British Prime Minister the new legislation still risks failing despite Mr Sunak touting that it “blocks every single reason” for legal challenges against migrant flights.
Friday’s TIMES: “Rwanda plan risks failing, top lawyers warned PM” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/lnGwkW83Yh
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The Guardian splashes with a story on Mr Sunak, who is understood to be fighting to hold his party together as party unity fractures in the wake of the newly announced updated legislation.
Friday’s GUARDIAN: “Sunak fights to hold Tories together over Rwanda plan” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/mZilNjY7X0
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The i and The Independent focus on the “growing rebellion” within the Conservatives, as Mr Sunak “pleads” with his party to form a united front.
Friday's front page: 'Wounded' PM faces growing rebellion#TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by @singharj @HugoGye: https://t.co/yuY7meDuUu pic.twitter.com/bnKVNmQItK— i newspaper (@theipaper) December 7, 2023
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The Daily Mirror runs with a somewhat similar lead story, one that tells of an imploding party on the brink of civil war, 18 no-confidence letters from “raging right-wingers”, and a Prime Minister fighting for his job.
Friday's Front Page 📰
Tories are imploding
🔴Sunak fighting for job as immigration row sparks civil war
🔴18 no confidence letters submitted by raging right-wingers
Read more: https://t.co/Nri4NMfOaE#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/nHov9ueQ4w— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 7, 2023
The Daily Telegraph runs with a Friday headline that takes the Conservative civil unrest one step further, as the Tory chairman has labelled the possible axing of Mr Sunak as “insanity”.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Ousting PM would be insanity, says Tory chairman'#TomorrowsPapersToday
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The Daily Mail leads with a headline on the increase of the BBC licence fee, which is set to rise by £10.50. The paper also called the possibility of sending defaulters to prison “indefensible”.
Friday’s Daily MAIL: “Minister: Immoral To Threaten Jail Over Licence Fee” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/9Jr8JaEvxL
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 7, 2023
The Sun also runs with a front page that centres around British TV, instead placing its focus on the staff of Channel 4’s This Morning and the fallout after former host Philip Schofield’s affair.
Friday’s SUN: “Staff Too Scared To Speak Out” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/wKRX74ryDK
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 7, 2023
The Metro leads with a piece on the “callous and perverse inhumanity” of Ofsted in the wake of the death by suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry, aged 53.
Friday’s METRO: “Ofsted’s ‘Brutal Inhumanity’ “. #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/srEWNcMeA6
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 7, 2023
The Financial Times splashes with a front on Labour’s shadow City minister, who says her party stopped “sneering at business” by appointing 10 new City advisers.
Friday’s FINANCIAL Times: “Labour enlists 10 City advisers to help cement confidence of business sector” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/UOKvqESzXP
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 7, 2023
And the Daily Star carries a piece on an airport smuggler who stuffed a prairie dog and two otters down their pants while attempting to thwart border officials.
Friday’s Daily STAR: “Is that a prairie dog and two otters in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/n6l2eg7rZK
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) December 7, 2023
