What the papers say: New Year's Day's front pages

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What The Papers Say: New Year's Day's Front Pages
All the top stories from the first day of 2024.
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A fire at a pub in Dublin, comments from the Taoiseach on the far-right, and plans to ease the cost of living are some of the stories on the front pages for the first day of the new year.

The Irish Times reports Gardaí suspect a fire at a premises in Ringsend in Dublin was arson.

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The Irish Examiner leads with comments from Leo Varadkar, who said threats from the far-right 'won't force me to change'.

The Irish Daily Mail's headline reads: 'Coalition's blitz of good news to ease cost of living', looking ahead to a busy year of elections and referendums.

Finally, both the Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star also cover the fire in Dublin, reporting the alleged perpetrators believed the premises was due to house asylum seekers.

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In Britain, the newspapers herald the arrival of 2024 with a range of topics on their front pages.

For those who dread airport security, The Times brings good news as it says facial recognition scans will see travellers from 50 different nationalities go without passports at UK airports.

The Daily Mail also focuses on passports, revealing 259 applications were approved in 2022 to change the “sex marker” on British travel documents.

The Daily Mirror concentrates on the results of a poll which shows the British public has made up its mind on assisted dying.

The Daily Express focuses on frustrated people “crammed” into five-minute appointment slots with their doctors.

The i says police officers across England and Wales are conducting hundreds of lie detector tests to make decisions on suspects. 

The Guardian runs a piece on a health initiative linking pollution data to patient files to better understand the full picture of child and youth health at Great Ormond Street.

The Daily Telegraph leads on an article penned by US defence secretary Grant Schapps, who said the UK was “willing to take direct action” to protect the shipping lanes in the Red Sea.

And the Daily Star says the UK will guzzle 400 million pints this month as people shun Dry January.

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