âRiots engulf Britainâ and âsummer of discontentâ
The UK is in the middle of a âsummer of discontentâ according to the Mail on Sunday, as days of unrest at far-right demonstrations continue. Tensions have been high after the killing of three young girls in Southport, and the paper says some of those present are âhijackingâ their killing. Pictured on the front page are two young men in Liverpool, wearing balaclavas and throwing objects.
One rioter shouted âshe deserves itâ at a police officer who was lying injured on the ground in Liverpool, the Sunday Times reports, as âwave after wave of protestersâ clashed with police outside the cityâs Liver Building. It adds that families in cars had to make âdesperate U-turnsâ to get away from the large crowds.
Ministers have said rioters will âpay the priceâ for the violence seen across the country over the last few days, according to the Observer. The paper has called it âthe worst outbreak of civil disorder in Britain for more than a decadeâ, that now âposes the first major challengeâ for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
The Sunday Express, meanwhile, says that âsecret agentsâ have been called in to help security services in the wake of the unrest, by âinfiltrating far-right groups believed to be behind much of the riotingâ. The paper adds that the home secretary is preparing to call on the Army to help, if the violence continues.
And courts will âsit for 24-hoursâ to help fast-track the sentencing of those responsible for some of the unrest, the Sunday Telegraph says. The Ministry of Justice is thought to be in discussions with the judiciary, the paper adds, about keeping magistrates courts open all night to deal with an âunexpected surgeâ in the number of people in custody.
Elsewhere the Sunday Mirror reports that the young person at the centre of the original allegations against former BBC newsreader Huw Edwards has called for the head of the organisation, Tim Davie, to âquitâ over the handling of the case. Earlier this week Mr Davie defended the decision not to sack Edwards, despite knowing that the presenter had been arrested over the most serious category of indecent images of children.
And the Daily Star reports that âBritons are their brainiest on the bogâ, after a survey showed two thirds think they come up with their âcleverest ideasâ while going to the toilet. The paper says Brits believe they are âmore creative than in the officeâ.
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