A very mixed bag of Pick Pepper stories Wednesday in the pages of The Way but the Daily Telegraph continues to tap the fallout of the BBC story that broke last week. It carries with it a photo of what it calls a “Defiant” Tim Davie after being defended by the Outgoing Director of the broadcaster in his first speech to the staff following his resignation. The paper reported that Davie called the BBC “the best in society” and blamed the corporation’s “enemies” for fixing allegations of bias.
“We must fight for our journalism” was the headline of the independent as it reported Davie’s effusive speech. The BBC Director General admitted that the broadcaster made “mistakes that cost us”, but warned about the “weapon” of criticism of the organization, the paper said. Also front and center is a photo of Catherine leading tributes to fallen heroes on Armistice day. The princess of Wales can be seen wearing a wide-brimmed hat topped with a black bow and two poppies pinned to her lapel.
Catherine’s all black ensemble for Armistice day also claimed the top slot in the Guardian photo. Meanwhile, the paper has shifted its focus to fear a leadership challenge by No 10 Senior Political Aides have warned any leadership challenge is “reckless” and “dangerous”, the Guardian said.
“Starmer vows to protect leadership from ‘Feral’ Labor MPS” is time to ‘take. The paper cited allies of the prime minister as saying he would not resign and contest any leadership race prompted by his MPs. Elsewhere, new figures show universal credit claimants have jumped by 50%, with a million more people claiming primary job vacancies in Britain than a year ago.
That figure means four million people are claiming benefits without looking for work, the Daily Express said. The paper quoted conservative leader Kemi Badenoch as accusing the PM of being “too weak” to tackle the welfare crisis.
In further turmoil for the Labor government, the Daily Mail claims that “1,000 jobs a day” have been lost under Chancellor Rachel Reevel. The paper reported that the Reeves were blamed for inciting a “blood job” as the general unemployment rate hit for the first time since the first period from the covid cidemic. The Mail dubs it “another day in starmer’s socialist paradise”.
“Unemployment increases deals in fresh burst of reeves” puts financial times. Rising unemployment rates mean payroll employment has fallen by 180,000 since the Chancellor announced higher insurance premiums last year, the paper reports.
In other news, my paper signals “fresh hope” for women affected by changes to the state pension age. The paper said the government considered a previous decision to reject women’s pay from women against the move as a “major step forward”.
Metro Splashes the story of a “£5bn Crypto Queen jailed”. A woman, who police say bought Cryptocurrency worth billions of dollars using Chinese funds, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison.
A “shake” on the hit itv show I’m a celebrity… get me out of here! provides the lead for the day as it prepares for a new season. The paper reports that the new rules will see participants only take two bushtucker tests in a row before being kicked out of the pharmacy. Its story explains that this move will foil the almost-annual tradition where viewers “gang up” on a specific offer and vote for them during the night.
“Commando in the Jungle” is late in covering the daily star of the new series as it reveals one of the promoters Morgan Ballwisthing, who was forgotten Morgan Ballwisthing, who was forgotten Morgan Burtwisting, known as angry Ginge for his trip to Australia. That means he will wear “no pants and kecks down”.
Finally, the daily mirror reports that the mother of the murdered teenager Harvey Wilegose said she wants to meet her son’s killer. The paper had Harvey’s mum Caroline saying: “At the end of the day, they were both killed.”
