A woman is pictured shouting and pointing over a barrier fence at a vigil for the victims of the Manchester synagogue attack as The Daily Telegraph writes that “mourners vent their anger at Lammy”. The paper’s main headline is “Chinese spy trial sabotaged by Labour” after it says ministers withdrew a “star witness who was to testify that China was an ‘enemy’ of the UK”.
“PM’s warning on protests” tops The Times, as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told Palestine activists to “respect the grief of Jews” following the synagogue attack. Photos of the two men killed in the attack, Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz, also feature on its front page.
The Daily Mirror leads with the “Hero Rabbi”, Daniel Walker, who it quotes as saying “I looked evil in the face… we can’t let evil win.” A photo of the rabbi dominates its front page under the headline “terror at the synagogue”.
The i Paper headlines on “the hero who gave his life to save others” in the Manchester synagogue attack. Adrian Daulby blocked the attacker from entering the synagogue before being shot dead in error by police, the paper reports, a moment his family have called an act of “profound courage”. The i also says it has revealed a “Tory plot to replace Badenoch with Jenrick”.
The Financial Times also leads with the Manchester synagogue attack saying “police officers shot victim killed” as it notes the “calls to halt pro-Palestine marches”. Also on the FT’s front, “super-luxury London apartment block entices US billionaires – and their pets”.
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy was told “you have blood on your hands” at the vigil for victims of the Manchester synagogue attack, according to the Daily Mail. The paper also has an exclusive from Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch who says “I will free Britain from human rights straitjacket”.
“Terrorist on bail for rape” is The Sun’s headline on the Manchester synagogue attack, adding that the “synagogue killer was held over sex attack”. The paper also covers the hecklers faced by David Lammy at the vigil.
The Daily Star echoes The Sun with “terror nut on bail for rape”. Also on its front, “Diddy gets four years in prison” after the hip-hop mogul’s sentence was handed down for prostitution-related charges.
The Guardian runs “synagogue terrorist was on bail for alleged rape” in its top slot, also featuring pictures of the victims of the attack. In political news, the paper reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged by colleagues to “axe manifesto pledges” instead of risking a “pasty tax” budget.
“Antisemitism crackdown failure shames Britain” writes the Daily Express. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is under “mounting pressure” to “root out the cancer” of antisemitism after Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick called on him to do so, the papers says.
The aftermath of the Manchester synagogue attack features on all the front pages.
The headline hails him as “the hero who gave his life to save others”. The paper’s Letter from The Editor calls Thursday’s attack “a window into the direction our public life has been moving”.
The shadow justice secretary, Robert Jenrick, writes in the Daily Express that “it’s a damning indictment of how bad things have got that the Met Police have been reduced to begging the organisers on social media to stand down”.
The Daily Telegraph says Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy was met with calls to “stop the marches” at a vigil yesterday. The paper’s leader column says the heckling “spoke to the mood of the nation”, with a protester saying what was needed was “action now, not words”.
“Lammy told: you have blood on your hands” is the headline in the Mail. The Daily Mirror says Lammy vowed “unity” despite the boos from the crowd.
The Guardian says Chancellor Rachel Reeves is being urged by colleagues to ditch Labour’s manifesto promises not to raise National Insurance, income tax or VAT. Someone described as having knowledge of the discussions is quoted as saying there’s a risk next month’s budget will look like “a hodgepodge” – with money raised through a slew of small measures.
The paper brands that a “pasty tax” budget – referring to George Osborne’s budget in 2012, which prompted a furious response to changes to the tax on pasties. A Treasury source tells the paper there’s “a lot of rubbish out there from people who claim to know what is in the budget before decisions are made”.
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