âCould anyone still be alive?â on yacht and PMâs warning on unions
âCould anyone still be alive?â asks the Daily Mail, reporting that divers have been âfranticallyâ hunting for survivors of the superyacht disaster off Sicily âwho could be trapped in air pocketsâ aboard the vessel which sank in a storm on Monday. Dominating the page is a photo of missing teenager Hannah Lynch, daughter of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch who has also not been found.
Italian prosecutors are investigating whether âhatches left open by crew membersâ may have caused the yacht to sink in the storm, the Daily Telegraph reports. Another headline says Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to âlock up and deport more migrantsâ. In the Matt cartoon, a householder and his child look out of the window of their home and the father says: âOne day, son, all 10 recycling bins will be yours.â
A still from a âhorror videoâ showing the doomed yachtâs final moments fills the front page of the Daily Express. The paper also reports the visit to Southport by King Charles to meet survivors of the mass stabbing that left three little girls dead.
The Daily Mirror leads with an image of the âdesperateâ search off Sicily but its main story is about former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson who has terminal cancer. Under the headline âSven: My goodbyeâ, the paper quotes a âmoving messageâ from the Swede in which he says: âWe are all scared of dying but Iâve lived a good life.â
The Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, has been warned that âempowering unions will stifle growthâ, the Times announces. Employers, it says, fear firms will be âheld to ransomâ. Capturing the horror of the superyacht disaster off Sicily, the paper quotes a witness as saying it âsank in 60 secondsâ as a âtornado hitâ. Another headline asks readers if they are ârude like Trump?â and the paper warns against eating a âham sandwich a dayâ because of the findings from a study of Type 2 diabetes.
âBrits without new âŹ7 EU visa face being turned away at airportâ next year, the iâs front page warns. There will be âno special treatment for UKâ in the blocâs new travel rules for non-EU visitors âdespite Labourâs Brexit reset talksâ. Itâs maybe something for British women to bear in mind especially given that, according to a separate feature trailed at the top of the page, Paris is the âbest city for women in their 50sâ.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves âplans tax rise amid alarm over âblack hole'â despite the recent pick-up in the economy, the Guardian says. A photo of the King in Southport takes up much of the front.
âReeves plans above-inflation rise in social rentsâ the Financial Times reports, saying that the chancellor aims to boost housebuilding by providing âcertainty to housing associations and councils grappling with debt burdens and maintenance backlogsâ. In the EU, the paper says, âChinese-made Teslas face 19% tariffsâ after a probe into subsidies.
The Daily Star has found âfood boffinsâ arguing that meals would benefit from the addition of caramels. It does sound âlike a load of old toffeeâ, the paper concedes. And Donald Trump insists he is ânot weirdâ, the paper reports.