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| Newspaper headlines: Truss call for unity and 'bitter blow' for Putin | Newspaper headlines: Truss call for unity and 'bitter blow' for Putin |
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| Prime Minister Liz Truss will issue a "stark warning" to Tory MPs to unite under her leadership when Parliament returns this week, the Sunday Telegraph reports. A Downing Street source warns in the paper's lead story that Ms Truss needs the full backing of the party and time to implement her plans as PM, otherwise a Labour and Scottish National Party coalition will succeed her in government. | Prime Minister Liz Truss will issue a "stark warning" to Tory MPs to unite under her leadership when Parliament returns this week, the Sunday Telegraph reports. A Downing Street source warns in the paper's lead story that Ms Truss needs the full backing of the party and time to implement her plans as PM, otherwise a Labour and Scottish National Party coalition will succeed her in government. |
| The Mail on Sunday also focuses on Conservative Party infighting for its front page story. The paper quotes an unnamed No 10 aide who labels former cabinet minister Michael Gove a "sadist" who risks ushering in a Labour government. Mr Gove is reported to have met Liz Truss before last week's party conference where he later "led a revolt" against the PM's plan to cut the 45p top tax rate, says the Mail. | The Mail on Sunday also focuses on Conservative Party infighting for its front page story. The paper quotes an unnamed No 10 aide who labels former cabinet minister Michael Gove a "sadist" who risks ushering in a Labour government. Mr Gove is reported to have met Liz Truss before last week's party conference where he later "led a revolt" against the PM's plan to cut the 45p top tax rate, says the Mail. |
| Both the prime minister's call for unity to MPs and claims that Michael Gove risked helping put Labour in power make the story leading the Sunday Express. The paper also references Liz Truss's "battle cry" to Conservative MPs that she will lead them with a "heads down and charge" strategy. | Both the prime minister's call for unity to MPs and claims that Michael Gove risked helping put Labour in power make the story leading the Sunday Express. The paper also references Liz Truss's "battle cry" to Conservative MPs that she will lead them with a "heads down and charge" strategy. |
| While more problems for the PM are reported on the front page of The Observer, the paper leads with the explosion on a bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland. Vladimir Putin has been "dealt a bitter blow" after the Kerch bridge was "crippled" in the blast, the paper says, stating that the link was a "personal prestige project" for the Russian president. | While more problems for the PM are reported on the front page of The Observer, the paper leads with the explosion on a bridge connecting Crimea to the Russian mainland. Vladimir Putin has been "dealt a bitter blow" after the Kerch bridge was "crippled" in the blast, the paper says, stating that the link was a "personal prestige project" for the Russian president. |
| The Sunday Times features the same picture as the Observer of a freight train ablaze on the Kerch bridge after Saturday's explosion. The paper says the blast will have dealt "a powerful symbolic and strategic blow" to Vladimir Putin's war effort against Ukraine. While Ukraine has not directly claimed responsibility for the attack, it reportedly "sparked jubilation" in Kyiv. | The Sunday Times features the same picture as the Observer of a freight train ablaze on the Kerch bridge after Saturday's explosion. The paper says the blast will have dealt "a powerful symbolic and strategic blow" to Vladimir Putin's war effort against Ukraine. While Ukraine has not directly claimed responsibility for the attack, it reportedly "sparked jubilation" in Kyiv. |
| An exclusive interview with the ex-wife of serial killer Peter Tobin, who died on Saturday, is the main story for the Sunday Mirror. Tobin, convicted of murdering three women, is described as a "monster" by his former partner Cathy Wilson. "There is a feeling of relief that he is now dead," she tells the paper. | An exclusive interview with the ex-wife of serial killer Peter Tobin, who died on Saturday, is the main story for the Sunday Mirror. Tobin, convicted of murdering three women, is described as a "monster" by his former partner Cathy Wilson. "There is a feeling of relief that he is now dead," she tells the paper. |
| The Sunday People also leads with the death of Peter Tobin, who passed away in prison at the age of 76. Its front page story is an exclusive interview with the parents of one of Tobin’s suspected victims, who share their "agony" of "never knowing if he killed our daughter". | The Sunday People also leads with the death of Peter Tobin, who passed away in prison at the age of 76. Its front page story is an exclusive interview with the parents of one of Tobin’s suspected victims, who share their "agony" of "never knowing if he killed our daughter". |
| "Clean me up Scotty" is the headline on the Daily Star Sunday's front page which features a story on Star Trek actor William Shatner. According to the paper, the actor had to step off stage during a comedy gig recently after experiencing some "tummy trouble". | "Clean me up Scotty" is the headline on the Daily Star Sunday's front page which features a story on Star Trek actor William Shatner. According to the paper, the actor had to step off stage during a comedy gig recently after experiencing some "tummy trouble". |
| And the Sun on Sunday leads with the breakup of former Strictly Come Dancing Star AJ Pritchard and dancer Abbie Quinnen. Quinnen tells the paper she is "heartbroken" and "completely devastated". | And the Sun on Sunday leads with the breakup of former Strictly Come Dancing Star AJ Pritchard and dancer Abbie Quinnen. Quinnen tells the paper she is "heartbroken" and "completely devastated". |
| Several of Sunday's front pages feature large photos of the bridge between occupied Crimea and Russia, after Saturday's huge explosion. Clouds of black smoke are billowing from a burning freight train, and parts of the structure have collapsed into the sea. | |
| The Observer thinks the attack is a "bitter blow" for Russian President Vladimir Putin, while the Sunday Times suggests it has boosted Ukraine's hopes of re-taking the occupied peninsula. | |
| The Sunday Telegraph warns that Moscow will step up attacks on Ukraine in response. It quotes a Russian senator, Alexander Bashkin, describing the blast as "a declaration of war without rules". Lord Dannatt, the former head of the British Army, tells the paper there is a risk that President Putin "might go nuclear". | |
| The cartoonist in the Sunday Times , Newman, pokes fun at the situation. A Russian general is seen standing next to one of the huge tables that Mr Putin sits at during meetings. "We need a new bridge to Crimea," he is saying. "Can we borrow your table?" | |
| Kerch bridge in Crimea after Saturday's explosion | |
| The front page of the Mail on Sunday focuses on what it calls the "feud" between Liz Truss and the former Conservative cabinet minister, Michael Gove. Writing in the paper, Nadine Dorries, who recently stepped down as culture secretary, says Mr Gove should remain "out in the cold" because of his rebellion against the government's tax plans. | |
| The Mail's editorial takes a dim view of the continuing divisions within the party. "How many times are we going to have to offer this advice?" it asks. "If you fight among yourselves, the voters will believe that you are not fit for government". | |
| The Sun on Sunday is equally frustrated by the in-fighting, stating that: "Liz Truss is not so much running a government as a political shark tank". It continues: "So many rival factions are circling that her chances of creating the stability she needs to govern are vanishingly small". | |
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| An unnamed "red wall" Conservative MP tells the Sunday Mirror that if the prime minister pushes ahead with her plans for a below-inflation rise in benefits she will face a major rebellion. The MP is quoted saying: "There is no way we can allow those with little money to be left with less, even if it does mean the government falls and an election follows". | |
| The People suggests that as many as a 120 letters of no confidence in Liz Truss may have been submitted by Tory MPs to the chairman of the 1922 committee of backbench MPs. | |
| And finally, the Observer reveals how in 1884 the novelist Bram Stoker frightened residents of Aberdeenshire, where he was staying as he worked on Dracula. It reports that Stoker was normally quite genial, but was inspired by his theatrical links to get under the character's skin, in the same way a method actor might. | |
| His wife Florence is quoted saying that, while visiting Cruden Bay, north of Aberdeen, Stoker would "sit for hours like a great bat, perched on the rocks of the shore". A local historian, Mike Shepherd, hopes his discoveries will shed light on how the remote area helped shape the famous horror story. | |
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