The Daily Mail is carrying a story on an attack at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg. Graphic footage on social media shows the car speeding through a crowd. A suspect was arrested soon after.
The Guardian made headlines as Rachel Reeves defended her approach as Chancellor. It quoted her as saying she would not “press voters over the economy”, while accusing Reform UK of “not having a clue” despite polls showing the party’s popularity rising.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has vowed to bring back family doctors in England as part of an “additional £889 million boost to the GP budget”, The Mirror reports.
The Times reports that half a million people in the UK are now taking weight loss injections bought online due to slow implementation on the NHS.
Donald Trump’s team has told European officials that he will demand that NATO member states increase defense spending to 5% of GDP, the Financial Times reports. It also features a story about how toy retailers are focusing on teens and young adults due to declining birth rates.
After it was announced that Lord Peter Mandelson would be Britain’s next ambassador to the US, the Daily Star ran the headline “This is strange”. A top campaign adviser to Donald Trump called Mandelson – who has criticized the US president-elect in the past – “a complete idiot”.
Britain’s 10 worst-performing rail companies were canceling nearly 800 trains a day last year, the Eye reports. This comes as widespread travel disruption is expected over the Christmas period.
The Daily Telegraph published a story about children born under fertility treatment in the 1970s with the headline: “IVF pioneers, secret sperm donors and broken families”.
The Daily Express says King is feeling “positive” as he prepares to return to full duties next year following cancer treatment.
And The Sun reports how “fed up” Prince Andrew is refusing to walk the late Queen’s Corgi dogs. It comes in the week it was revealed he will not be attending traditional royal family Christmas events following reports about past business deals between him and a suspected Chinese spy.
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