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Newspaper headlines: ‘Volcano horror’ and ‘war’ over boy on A&E floor
“No sign of life” is the headline on the front page of the i newspaper, accompanying a picture of tourists looking at the plume of ash and smoke from White Island Volcano in New Zealand. Five people have died and eight are missing after the eruption on Monday.
Metro’s front page says there are “fears for Brits” who were among the group of tourists visiting the island. Its lead story reports on the “war of words” after Prime Minister Boris Johnson initially refused to look at an image of a four-year-old boy treated on a hospital floor because of a lack of beds.
“Here’s another picture you won’t want to look at, Mr Johnson,” says the front page of the Daily Mirror, which was the first national paper to pick up the story of the four-year-old being treated on a hospital floor. This time it shows a baby, left to wait six hours on a chair in A&E, according to the paper.
The Guardian’s main story says the Conservatives have been accused by Labour of lying to distract from the criticism of the hospital incident. The paper says the Tories falsely briefed that an aide to Health Secretary Matt Hancock was punched by left-wing activists on a visit to the Leeds hospital – a claim disproved by video footage.
Mr Johnson’s “slip-up” in initially refusing to look at the photo of the boy sleeping on the hospital floor “dominated the day’s news”, says the Financial Times. The paper’s main story reports that £1.4bn was wiped off the value of oil and gas exploration company Tullow Oil after it admitted it had overstated its projected output.
Two British women are among the injured in the New Zealand volcano eruption, the Times reports on its front page. It also says Boris Johnson has floated the idea of scrapping the BBC licence fee and making it a commercial subscription service.
“Boris: I might scrap TV licence,” says the Daily Mail. The paper says a government review of the TV licence is being led by the prime minister’s chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, and could mean introducing a “Netflix-style” subscription or forcing the BBC to run adverts.
The Daily Express says the “surprise announcement” about the TV licence marked an escalation in the “Tory war with the BBC”.
The Conservative Party fears that the chances of Jeremy Corbyn winning the election have been “seriously underestimated”, according to the Daily Telegraph. A party memo says tactical voting in just 12 seats could remove Mr Johnson from Downing Street.
“You’re fired, Corbyn,” is the Sun’s headline, as the paper reports that former Labour peer and star of The Apprentice Lord Sugar is backing the Conservatives. The front page also says “Brit killed in volcano horror”, but the story inside reports that a Briton is “feared dead” in the New Zealand eruption.
And the Daily Star reports on what it describes as a spate of crimes by “cruel dognappers”. It says up to 10 dogs a day are being stolen, causing “untold misery” for families at Christmas.
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