“Wills & Kate on love island” reports The Sun as the royal pair make a “romantic getaway” to the Isle of Mull in western Scotland. The trip marks the 14th wedding anniversary of the Prince of Wales and Catherine, Princess of Wales, who are known as the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when in Scotland. The visit includes trying “whisky and haggis in Tobermory”, the tabloid writes. Meeting a young girl who also survived cancer, Kate is said to have told her “well done, girl”.
Kate is dubbed “lady of the smiles” by the Daily Mail, sharing a photo of her laughing. In parallel, the paper highlights the “notorious hackers” behind the “M&S cyber raid”. It reports that “a shadowy group operating under the name Scattered Spider” were to blame for the attack, “which has crippled the retailer for more than a week”. The group is “made up of 1,000 mainly British and American youths and young men”, according to the Mail.
Former Labour Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair has told Sir Keir Starmer “net zero is doomed”, The Daily Telegraph reports. In its top story, the paper says Sir Tony called the current environmental policy solutions “inadequate” and said that they were “increasingly viewed as unaffordable, ineffective or politically toxic”.
The Times echoes the Telegraph with Sir Tony’s warning. Unlike the Telegraph though, the paper reports on the end to the Canadian election: “Trump will not break us, vows Carney” after his “triumph”. Elsewhere on the front page, “pupils say toodle-oo to playing the recorder” as the instrument “risks going the way of the lute and the harpsichord” and falling out of favour.
“Blair blows hole in Labour’s net-zero plan” writes The i Paper, highlighting the former PM’s comments that plans to stop using fossil fuels will “fail”. Sir Tony’s alternate solution of “tech such as AI and small nuclear reactors” is something “government insiders insist” Sir Kier agrees on. A small picture of opposition leader Kemi Badenoch features below larger portraits of the two Labour leaders with the caption “Badenoch the blunderer walks into another fine mess”. The i also marks 100 days of US President Donald Trump’s second presidency saying “Musk is biggest loser of inner circle”.
Clapping and grinning amid supporters, Canadian election victor and now Prime Minister Mark Carney makes the front page photo of the Financial Times. The Liberal party leader “capitalised on a patriotic surge in the face of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs”, it writes. Below, “US trade gap breaks record” as Trump’s tariffs trigger a “surge in imports”. The deficit between American imports and exports has widened from $92.8bn this time last year to $162bn, the FT reports. It also writes of how the “golden passport” scheme in Malta has been “ruled illegal” by the European Court of Justice.
A large picture of newly elected Carney also features on the front page of The Guardian with the headline “America will never own us”. Several stories from the US also make top billing: Trump’s trade deal with the UK has been made a “second-order priority” according to officials and the White House has accused Amazon of a “hostile and political act”. The tech giant had planned to inform shoppers of the amount Trump’s tariffs would cost them “as they shopped”, the Guardian writes. The paper also reports on a story of a Ukrainian journalist who reportedly died by torture in a Russian jail.
“Our children are starving” writes the Daily Mirror in block capitals. It draws attention to “mums’ desperate plea” as the Israeli blockade on Gaza which cut off aid supplies on 2 March “leaves 65,000 kids suffering from malnutrition”. A photo of a young girl in the crush of a crowd with bowls outstretched around her fills the page.
The duo accused of chopping down the 150-year old sycamore on Hadrian’s Wall were “on a moronic mission” says Metro. Friends Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers drove 40 minutes to fell the tree, sending each other videos of its downfall afterwards, it writes.
“Women’s battle for safe spaces goes on” headlines the Daily Express in reference to the recent Supreme Court judgment that confirmed the term “woman” refers to a biological woman in the 2010 Equality Act. Transgender former judge Victoria McCloud has written to the European Court of Human Rights saying the judgment “violated her civil liberties”. Academic Kathleen Stock, who is a “gender critical campaigner”, called her a “moron”, according to the paper. Also on the front page of the Express, former MasterChef presenter Gregg Wallace “did make sex act remark to my male friend”.
“Give us sun days off boss” asks the Daily Star as the UK faces “siesta sizzler”. Without a day off, the Star writes “we’ll call in sick, or, ahem, work from home.”
