What the papers say – June 15
A range of stories make up Saturday’s splashes.
The Daily Telegraph reports that a secret plan has been hatched to make Boris Johnson the only candidate whose name goes forward to the party’s membership for a final vote in the Tory leadership contest.
The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph: ‘Tories want members to crown Boris unopposed’ #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/d98GinF8Aq
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 14, 2019
Three leadership hopefuls have pledged to introduce a legal right to clean air, The Times reports.
Legal right to clean air#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/WIzwUpHxWA
— The Times Pictures (@TimesPictures) June 14, 2019
The Daily Mail leads with two more patient deaths from a listeria outbreak.
Saturday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/vj3SpucDWO
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 14, 2019
The Guardian says figures show there has been a sharp rise in homophobic hate crimes in the last five years.
The Guardian front page, Saturday 15 June 2019: Homophobic hate crime doubles over five years pic.twitter.com/HJJK8Z02wd
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 14, 2019
Madonna, who has 14 million Instagram followers, has spoken about the harm of social media on society, The Sun reports.
Tomorrow's front page: 'Madonna has slammed the impact of social media on society' https://t.co/p353kkiHM9 pic.twitter.com/o65MSG2zVJ
— The Sun (@TheSun) June 14, 2019
The Daily Express carries demands for free TV licences for all over-75s to continue.
In tomorrow's @Daily_Express– New #PrimeMinister must save free TV licences, says Dame Esther Rantzen– #TheChase 's Paul Sinha vows to 'fight Parkinson's with every breath' pic.twitter.com/K0XwYpX20p
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 14, 2019
The Daily Mirror leads with a happy story of a toddler’s life-saving heart transplant.
Tomorrow's front page: Thanks for my new heart#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/EC4EtJNhdU pic.twitter.com/hsAR5nXufL
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 14, 2019
And the Financial Times leads with warnings by the Bank of England over “aggressive” lenders.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition, Saturday June 15 https://t.co/7YjalnsoB5 pic.twitter.com/gSvnLCGdGD
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 14, 2019