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This is a selection of newspaper publications from United Kingdom, and around the world.
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This is a selection of newspaper publications from United Kingdom, and around the world.
All papers are from within United Kingdom, unless otherwise stated.
If the leading story is available, links will be provided.
This page will be updated as the headlines come in.
Daily Express: "FUNERAL HOME 'MONSTER SHOULD ROT IN JAIL'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Frances Millar
Grieving relatives have told a "monster" Funeral Home boss to "rot in jail".
Robert Bush finally admitted to leaving dozens of bodies to decay.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Frances Millar
Grieving relatives have told a "monster" Funeral Home boss to "rot in jail".
Robert Bush finally admitted to leaving dozens of bodies to decay.
Malvern Observer: "MAIL CHIEFS VOW TO FIX POSTAL PROBLEMS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh Osborne
Royal Mail has pledged to fix the major service issues which have seen Malvern residents waiting days for urgent post.
Royal Mail's management denied that First Class mail was being held back in Malvern and said that Second Class deliveries were being delayed by an average of one day to reach people's homes.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh Osborne
Royal Mail has pledged to fix the major service issues which have seen Malvern residents waiting days for urgent post.
Royal Mail's management denied that First Class mail was being held back in Malvern and said that Second Class deliveries were being delayed by an average of one day to reach people's homes.
The Independent: "STREETING: I WON'T GIVE IN TO 'ABSURD' STRIKING DOCTORS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Devlin
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has attacked the "absurd" demands of Resident Doctors threatening to strike, accusing them of rejecting the Government's deal "while still expecting its benefits to materialise".
FULL REPORT: INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/news/uk/politics/doctors-strike-bma-nhs-wes-streeting-b2950881.html
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Kate Devlin
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has attacked the "absurd" demands of Resident Doctors threatening to strike, accusing them of rejecting the Government's deal "while still expecting its benefits to materialise".
FULL REPORT: INDEPENDENT.CO.UK/news/uk/politics/doctors-strike-bma-nhs-wes-streeting-b2950881.html
Glasgow Times: "£1.1M HEROIN HAUL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dave Finlay
A Drug Trafficker was caught with heroin worth more than £1.1 million on the streets after Police Scotland targeted a crime gang behind the large-scale importation of narcotics.
Shaun Miller leased a garage at an industrial yard in Glasgow.
FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/25991643.heroin-worth-1-1m-found-glasgow-garage-cops-targeted-crime-gang
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dave Finlay
A Drug Trafficker was caught with heroin worth more than £1.1 million on the streets after Police Scotland targeted a crime gang behind the large-scale importation of narcotics.
Shaun Miller leased a garage at an industrial yard in Glasgow.
FULL REPORT: GlasgowTimes.co.uk/news/25991643.heroin-worth-1-1m-found-glasgow-garage-cops-targeted-crime-gang
Morning Star: "KEBEDE WARNING TO LABOUR WE'LL TURN TO GREENS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre
The Green Party have won teachers' support from The Labour Party because United Kingdom "needs change", Daniel Kebede said as he lambasted a Government that was failing education.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Berny Torre
The Green Party have won teachers' support from The Labour Party because United Kingdom "needs change", Daniel Kebede said as he lambasted a Government that was failing education.
Kidderminster Standard: "WALKING TO WESTMINSTER TO PUSH FOR MITCH'S LAW"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ryan Smith
A Kidderminster man is walking from the town to Westminster to raise awareness for a petition for improved Mental Health services for young people in memory of his 'amazing' son Mitch.
FULL REPORT: KidderminsterStandard.co.uk/news/kidderminster-fathers-mental-health-walk-to-support-mitchs-law
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ryan Smith
A Kidderminster man is walking from the town to Westminster to raise awareness for a petition for improved Mental Health services for young people in memory of his 'amazing' son Mitch.
FULL REPORT: KidderminsterStandard.co.uk/news/kidderminster-fathers-mental-health-walk-to-support-mitchs-law
The Scotsman: "SCANDAL-HIT COUNCIL STRIPS SNP MEMBERS OF EXTRA CASH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew J. Quinn
Councillors from The Scottish National Party have been stripped of extra payments in the wake of the scandal over disgraced former council leader Jordan Linden.
North Lanarkshire Council passed a motion which said it was "inappropriate for any Member of the North Lanarkshire SNP group to be in receipt of discretionary additional payments of public money".
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andrew J. Quinn
Councillors from The Scottish National Party have been stripped of extra payments in the wake of the scandal over disgraced former council leader Jordan Linden.
North Lanarkshire Council passed a motion which said it was "inappropriate for any Member of the North Lanarkshire SNP group to be in receipt of discretionary additional payments of public money".
The Bolton News: "RYDER CUP BID 'CAN BOOST OUR HOPES OF TRAM'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Grace Williams
Andy Burnham - Mayor of Greater Manchester - has said that bringing the Ryder Cup to Bolton is not 'pie in the sky' and could bring a tram/train service to the borough.
FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25983122.ryder-cup-transform-boltons-transport--metro-mayor
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Grace Williams
Andy Burnham - Mayor of Greater Manchester - has said that bringing the Ryder Cup to Bolton is not 'pie in the sky' and could bring a tram/train service to the borough.
FULL REPORT: TheBoltonNews.co.uk/news/25983122.ryder-cup-transform-boltons-transport--metro-mayor
The Daily Telegraph: "M&S ATTACKS LAWLESS BRITAIN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hannah Boland / Charles Hymas / Will Bolton
Marks & Spencer has hit out at Sir Sadiq Khan - Mayor of London - for failing to get a grip on crime, warning that lawlessness is putting the public at risk.
Marks & Spencer urges Mayor to 'prioritise effective policing' after teenagers caused chaos in the retailer's Clapham store.
FULL REPORT: TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/business/2026/04/02/ms-attacks-khan-retailers-brace-weekend-chaos
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Hannah Boland / Charles Hymas / Will Bolton
Marks & Spencer has hit out at Sir Sadiq Khan - Mayor of London - for failing to get a grip on crime, warning that lawlessness is putting the public at risk.
Marks & Spencer urges Mayor to 'prioritise effective policing' after teenagers caused chaos in the retailer's Clapham store.
FULL REPORT: TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/business/2026/04/02/ms-attacks-khan-retailers-brace-weekend-chaos
Coventry Observer: "CITY'S FAMOUS MARKET SET FOR A £1POINT2M REVAMP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Morris
A new-look Indoor Market is on the way in Coventry.
Coventry City Council is set to invest £1.2million to ensure the much-loved Coventry Indoor Market is a 'striking landmark' that supports the future of the city and the City Centre South development.
FULL REPORT: CoventryObserver.co.uk/news/revamp-to-secure-future-of-coventry-indoor-market
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Morris
A new-look Indoor Market is on the way in Coventry.
Coventry City Council is set to invest £1.2million to ensure the much-loved Coventry Indoor Market is a 'striking landmark' that supports the future of the city and the City Centre South development.
FULL REPORT: CoventryObserver.co.uk/news/revamp-to-secure-future-of-coventry-indoor-market
Daily Star: "STICKING THE LOOT IN"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton
It's all kicking off!
Tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final will cost up to £8,000 – the price of a small car.
Fans were promised they'd be pegged at £1,174.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jerry Lawton
It's all kicking off!
Tickets for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final will cost up to £8,000 – the price of a small car.
Fans were promised they'd be pegged at £1,174.
The Yorkshire Post: "GRIEVING FAMILIES' CALL TO REGULATE FUNERAL DIRECTORS AFTER SCANDAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn
Families whose relatives’ bodies were kept by fraudulent Hull-based Funeral Director Robert Bush, have urged the Government to act now to regulate an industry which operates with very few rules or oversight.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ralph Blackburn
Families whose relatives’ bodies were kept by fraudulent Hull-based Funeral Director Robert Bush, have urged the Government to act now to regulate an industry which operates with very few rules or oversight.
Daily Record: "HOUNDED OUT BY TEEN DEATH THUGS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Billy Gaddi
Crawford Carnwath - a father - says his family were hounded from their home after his 12-year-old son saw a schoolmate stabbed to death.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Billy Gaddi
Crawford Carnwath - a father - says his family were hounded from their home after his 12-year-old son saw a schoolmate stabbed to death.
Solihull Observer: "MPS CALL FOR SUPPORT TO SAFEGUARD PARADES"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah Mason
Members Of Parliament based in Solihull have signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for greater support during Remembrance Day parades across United Kingdom.
Saqib Bhatti (MP for East Solihull East), Dr. Neil Shastri-Hurst (MP for West Solihull/Shirley), alongside fellow Members Of Parliament from The Conservative Party and members of House Of Lords are calling on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to help ease the pressures on groups who organise these events each year.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Sarah Mason
Members Of Parliament based in Solihull have signed a letter calling on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer for greater support during Remembrance Day parades across United Kingdom.
Saqib Bhatti (MP for East Solihull East), Dr. Neil Shastri-Hurst (MP for West Solihull/Shirley), alongside fellow Members Of Parliament from The Conservative Party and members of House Of Lords are calling on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to help ease the pressures on groups who organise these events each year.
The Times: "MILIBAND SET TO BACK NORTH SEA GASFIELD"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Oliver Wright / Daniel Sanderson
Ed Miliband is expected to give the Green Light to the first major North Sea oil and gas field project in almost ten years, as ministers face pressure to increase drilling during the war in Iran.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Oliver Wright / Daniel Sanderson
Ed Miliband is expected to give the Green Light to the first major North Sea oil and gas field project in almost ten years, as ministers face pressure to increase drilling during the war in Iran.
Lancashire Telegraph: "DRUGS GANG UNDONE BY E-BIKE ACCIDENT"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nat Goodlad
A Blackburn man who was part of a drugs gang that was uncovered when a teenager was involved in an E-Bike crash has been jailed along with his associates.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Nat Goodlad
A Blackburn man who was part of a drugs gang that was uncovered when a teenager was involved in an E-Bike crash has been jailed along with his associates.
Daily Mail: "FEARS OF 'THOUSANDS' HIT BY BRITAIN'S WORST FUNERAL HOME SCANDAL"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Glen Keogh / James Tozer
Thousands of families may have fallen victim to Britain's most evil Funeral Director, it was feared.
Robert Bush is facing jail after he stockpiled the bodies of people's loved ones and stole from the bereaved.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Glen Keogh / James Tozer
Thousands of families may have fallen victim to Britain's most evil Funeral Director, it was feared.
Robert Bush is facing jail after he stockpiled the bodies of people's loved ones and stole from the bereaved.
Droitwich Standard: "CAN YOU SEE THE BEAUTY IN THESE THINGS?"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ryan Smith
A call has been made for people to help transform Droitwich's street cabinets into works of art.
The green boxes, which house vital broadband and phone connections, are often viewed as unsightly and can be vulnerable to graffiti.
FULL REPORT: DroitwichStandard.co.uk/news/help-transform-droitwich-street-cabinets-into-works-of-art
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ryan Smith
A call has been made for people to help transform Droitwich's street cabinets into works of art.
The green boxes, which house vital broadband and phone connections, are often viewed as unsightly and can be vulnerable to graffiti.
FULL REPORT: DroitwichStandard.co.uk/news/help-transform-droitwich-street-cabinets-into-works-of-art
Edinburgh Evening News: "'DON'T BULLDOZE CAPITAL EYESORE'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ian Swanson
A leading British architect is calling on councillors to save a brutalist landmark next to Edinburgh Castle from demolition.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ian Swanson
A leading British architect is calling on councillors to save a brutalist landmark next to Edinburgh Castle from demolition.
Bromsgrove Standard: "SPORTING FINALLY COME UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Aaron Sutcliffe
A new era beckons for Bromsgrove Sporting after a five-person consortium completed a long-awaited takeover of the club.
Bromsgrove Sporting Holdings Limited have taken a controlling interest in the club after months of takeover talks.
FULL REPORT: BromsgroveStandard.co.uk/sport/football-new-era-beckons-for-bromsgrove-sporting-after-local-consortium-completes-takeover-of-club
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Aaron Sutcliffe
A new era beckons for Bromsgrove Sporting after a five-person consortium completed a long-awaited takeover of the club.
Bromsgrove Sporting Holdings Limited have taken a controlling interest in the club after months of takeover talks.
FULL REPORT: BromsgroveStandard.co.uk/sport/football-new-era-beckons-for-bromsgrove-sporting-after-local-consortium-completes-takeover-of-club
Daily Mirror: "FACES OF THE BETRAYED"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lucy Thornton
Each of the British people who were found to have been denied a lawful burial by funeral fraudster Robert Bush have been pictured for the first time after he pleaded guilty in court.
FULL REPORT: MIRROR.CO.UK/news/uk-news/legacy-funeral-director-faces-betrayed-36962652
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lucy Thornton
Each of the British people who were found to have been denied a lawful burial by funeral fraudster Robert Bush have been pictured for the first time after he pleaded guilty in court.
FULL REPORT: MIRROR.CO.UK/news/uk-news/legacy-funeral-director-faces-betrayed-36962652
Leamington Observer: "GOING THE DISTANCE TO HELP RAISE VITAL CASH FOR MENTAL HEALTH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Philippa Mingins
A biker from Whitnash is travelling across United Kingdom in a bid to shine a positive light on the Biking Community - while raising cash for a Mental Health charity along the way.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Philippa Mingins
A biker from Whitnash is travelling across United Kingdom in a bid to shine a positive light on the Biking Community - while raising cash for a Mental Health charity along the way.
The I Paper: "KING WILL WARN TRUMP: DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON US"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chloe Chaplain / Richard Palme / Alannah Francis
King Charles will be tasked with trying to save the NATO alliance, which is credited with keeping the peace in Europe for 80 years, when he visits the United States for an historic State Visit.
FULL REPORT: INews.co.uk/news/politics/king-charles-warn-trump-putins-threat-europe-4329809
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Chloe Chaplain / Richard Palme / Alannah Francis
King Charles will be tasked with trying to save the NATO alliance, which is credited with keeping the peace in Europe for 80 years, when he visits the United States for an historic State Visit.
FULL REPORT: INews.co.uk/news/politics/king-charles-warn-trump-putins-threat-europe-4329809
The Redditch & Alcester Standard: "BROKEN LIFT IMPRISONS WOMAN IN OWN HOME"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh Osborne
A Redditch woman said her elderly mum had been trapped in her flat block since the new year after the Borough Council left residents without a working lift for four months.
June Green lives at Arthur Jobson House in the town and her daughter, Angela Davies, said she had not been outside since January, when the lift was condemned.
FULL REPORT: RedditchStandard.co.uk/news/redditch-woman-left-prisoner-in-her-own-home-after-council-fails-to-fix-lift
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh Osborne
A Redditch woman said her elderly mum had been trapped in her flat block since the new year after the Borough Council left residents without a working lift for four months.
June Green lives at Arthur Jobson House in the town and her daughter, Angela Davies, said she had not been outside since January, when the lift was condemned.
FULL REPORT: RedditchStandard.co.uk/news/redditch-woman-left-prisoner-in-her-own-home-after-council-fails-to-fix-lift
Rugby & Lutterworth Observer: "GOVERNMENT BACKING FOR ROUNDABOUT UPGRADE BIDS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Morris
'Vital', and long-awaited, traffic congestion-busting schemes in the Rugby area have been backed by the government.
Proposed upgrades to Gibbet Hill roundabout on the A5 and the Avon Mill roundabout on the A426 have been included in the government’s road infrastructure strategy.
FULL REPORT: RugbyObserver.co.uk/news/government-backs-congestion-busting-plans-to-revamp-roundabouts-in-rugby-and-lutterworth-area
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Andy Morris
'Vital', and long-awaited, traffic congestion-busting schemes in the Rugby area have been backed by the government.
Proposed upgrades to Gibbet Hill roundabout on the A5 and the Avon Mill roundabout on the A426 have been included in the government’s road infrastructure strategy.
FULL REPORT: RugbyObserver.co.uk/news/government-backs-congestion-busting-plans-to-revamp-roundabouts-in-rugby-and-lutterworth-area
The Guardian: "YOU HAVE TO BE SERIOUS, MACRON TELLS TRUMP IN REBUKE OVER NATO"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jon Henley
President Emmanuel Macron sharply criticised Donald Trump's inconsistent and often contradictory pronouncements on the Iran War and NATO.
FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/you-have-to-be-serious-macron-criticises-trumps-mixed-messages-about-nato-and-iran
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Jon Henley
President Emmanuel Macron sharply criticised Donald Trump's inconsistent and often contradictory pronouncements on the Iran War and NATO.
FULL REPORT: TheGuardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/you-have-to-be-serious-macron-criticises-trumps-mixed-messages-about-nato-and-iran
Stratford Observer: "SECOND HOME OWNERS TO FACE TAX HIKE"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Philippa Mingins
Owners of furnished second homes in the district of Stratford will see their Council Tax double.
This follows national changes enabling councils in United Kingdom to apply an additional charge of up to 100 per cent on second homes.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Philippa Mingins
Owners of furnished second homes in the district of Stratford will see their Council Tax double.
This follows national changes enabling councils in United Kingdom to apply an additional charge of up to 100 per cent on second homes.
The National: "'FAR-RIGHT LOSERS ARE USING GREEN FRONT TO CONFUSE VOTERS'"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steph Brawn
The Green Party's co-leader Ross Greer has issued a warning about "hateful extremists" in a Far-Right group who are running in the Holyrood Election "to take votes away" from them.
FULL REPORT: TheNational.SCOT/news/25991866.warning-organic-green-extremists-confuse-scottish-voters
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Steph Brawn
The Green Party's co-leader Ross Greer has issued a warning about "hateful extremists" in a Far-Right group who are running in the Holyrood Election "to take votes away" from them.
FULL REPORT: TheNational.SCOT/news/25991866.warning-organic-green-extremists-confuse-scottish-voters
Evesham Observer: "DRINK-DRIVER PUNISHED FOR CAUSING FATAL CRASH"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lise Evans
A drink-driver from Evesham has been sentenced for causing the death of a motorcyclist after a crash in May last year.
Sean Arnold had already admitted to causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink and causing serious injury to a woman (his passenger) by careless driving.
FULL REPORT: EveshamObserver.co.uk/news/evesham-drink-driver-jailed-for-death-of-motorcyclist-on-b4088
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Lise Evans
A drink-driver from Evesham has been sentenced for causing the death of a motorcyclist after a crash in May last year.
Sean Arnold had already admitted to causing death by careless driving while under the influence of drink and causing serious injury to a woman (his passenger) by careless driving.
FULL REPORT: EveshamObserver.co.uk/news/evesham-drink-driver-jailed-for-death-of-motorcyclist-on-b4088
Scottish Daily Mail: "DRIVERS FACE FASTER FUEL PUMP MISERY"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dan Barker
Motorists in United Kingdom who are filling up for their Easter getaways face breaking the bank after the war in the Middle East sent prices through the roof.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Dan Barker
Motorists in United Kingdom who are filling up for their Easter getaways face breaking the bank after the war in the Middle East sent prices through the roof.
Worcester Observer: "MAIL CHIEFS VOW TO FIX POSTAL PROBLEMS"
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh Osborne
Royal Mail has pledged to fix the major service issues which have seen Malvern residents waiting days for urgent post.
Royal Mail's management denied that First Class mail was being held back in Malvern and said that Second Class deliveries were being delayed by an average of one day to reach people's homes.
LEAD STORY CORRESPONDENT: Ashleigh Osborne
Royal Mail has pledged to fix the major service issues which have seen Malvern residents waiting days for urgent post.
Royal Mail's management denied that First Class mail was being held back in Malvern and said that Second Class deliveries were being delayed by an average of one day to reach people's homes.
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