âBlood on their handsâ and âStarmer warns Iranâ
Several of Tuesdayâs newspapers lead the day with the discovery that a doctor warned three years before the Nottingham attacks that Valdo Calocaneâs mental illness was so severe he could âend up killing someoneâ. The Daily Mail focuses on the response of the âfuriousâ families of the victims, who are quoted as saying that medics and police have âblood on their handsâ.
âThey knew for three years he was a danger,â the Metro declares in its story on the Calocane medical report. It reports that breaking into a neighbourâs flat was âamong a litany of missed chances to interveneâ before he carried out the fatal attack in June of last year.
The Daily Telegraph leads with a warning from UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to the Iranian government against an escalation with Israel. In a ârare telephone callâ with Tehran on Monday night, the paper says Sir Keir told Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that âthere was a serious risk of miscalculation and urged Iran to refrain from attacking Israelâ. In other international news, the Telegraph also reports that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky âhas piled pressure on Britain to allow missile strikes deep inside Russiaâ as Ukrainian troops claim to control a slice of Russian territory on the border.
The latest from Ukraine leads the Times, covering Mr Zelenksyâs warning to Vladimir Putin that the war was âcoming homeâ to the Russian president. The attack has been the largest incursion on Russian territory in more than two years of war, the Times reports, prompting Mr Putin to claim it was intended to âintimidate society and to undermine stabilityâ.
The Guardianâs top story covers a climate study that suggests hot weather âinflamed by carbon pollutionâ killed nearly 50,000 people in Europe last year. The paper reports that the toll would have been â80% higher if people had not adapted to rising temperaturesâ, which it says shows that âefforts to adapt societies to heatwaves had been effectiveâ. Beside that report is a photo of British Olympic diver Tom Daley, who has announced his retirement from the sport.
The Financial Times leads its Tuesday edition with Indian billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittalâs acquisition of a 24.5% stake in British telecom giant BT. The investment is a âvote of confidence in the telecoms group and the UKâ, the paper quotes Mr Bharti as saying, praising BTâs âglorious pastâ, ânational statusâ and âtremendousâ infrastructure.
The Daily Mirror also features the disclosure of the Nottingham attackerâs medical history as its top story, reporting the victimâs âfamiliesâ anger and calls for a public inquiryâ. Also covered by the tabloid are the latest additions to Strictly Come Dancingâs 2024 line-up as Sam Quek, Nick Knowles and Paul Merson join the programme.
Rising tensions in the Middle East take the top story slot in the i, as the paper reports that it has learned of a UK plan to âairlift British nationals from across Middle East if Iran retaliation on Israel triggers wider regional conflictâ. Citing Whitehall sources, the i reports âsignificant concernsâ about escalations, but that there is hope that âIran will rely on show of strengthâ.
Comments from Shadow Home Secretary James Cleverly lead the Daily Express, telling the government to âget a grip and fastâ or the Channel migrant crisis will escalate. The front page of the paper also features the Nottingham attack latest and a farewell to Tom Daley, reporting that the âteary Olympic hero retires from divingâ.
Itâs an âinvasion of the angry, drunken German waspsâ, the Daily Star reports, warning picnic lovers to beware of âmillions of invading German lager-lout wasps looking for a bit of mindless aggroâ.
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