What the papers say – June 4
Madeleine McCann has returned to the nation’s front pages following a new revelation by German police.
The Daily Mail, The Sun and the i all lead with the news that a German child sex offender is the prime suspect in the 13-year-old case.
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/x06lNSyMUR
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 3, 2020
Tomorrow's front page: 'Did German take Maddie in this van?' https://t.co/qT8xlM6289 pic.twitter.com/ag3k3b0pK1
— The Sun (@TheSun) June 3, 2020
Thursday's front page: New Madeleine McCann suspect identified after 13 years#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/NH6ToSe6UW
— i newspaper (@theipaper) June 3, 2020
The Daily Express says the suspect, a 43-year-old man who is currently in prison in Germany, was “living in a campervan” near the Portuguese holiday resort where Madeleine vanished in 2007.
EXPRESS: Madeleine: New Prime Suspect #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Fzvjzcj4aY
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 3, 2020
The Daily Mirror says German police almost have enough evidence to charge him with Madeleine’s murder.
Tomorrow's front page: Maddie: Suspect is in a German jail #tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/rlcF9dk7OR pic.twitter.com/TCZkMKzS2H
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 3, 2020
The Daily Telegraph calls the development in the McCann case the “biggest break yet” while the Daily Star says “It’s time to nail” the prime suspect.
TELEGRAPH: Biggest break yet in search for Madeleine #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/t2cFcyEg8p
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 3, 2020
STAR: Cop Plea: It’s time to nail Maddie prime suspect #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/xxABHfUo51
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 3, 2020
Elsewhere, The Times leads with a warning from scientists that the Government’s mandatory quarantine plans make “no sense”.
Scientists hit out at plans for quarantine#TomorrowsPapersToday@hendopolis pic.twitter.com/2nWXl7qDG2
— The Times Pictures (@TimesPictures) June 3, 2020
“Thousands of primary schools” in England have not yet reopened to pupils, according to The Guardian.
Guardian front page, Thursday 4 June 2020: Thousands of primary schools snub government’s call to restart classes pic.twitter.com/rKMUZav4Zn
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 3, 2020
Metro says the UK has hit the “grim milestone” of 50,000 coronavirus-related deaths.
Thursday's front page:50,000Covid death toll in the UK hits a grim milestone#tomorrowspaperstoday #BBCPapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/hrNjk2iCDn
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) June 3, 2020
And the Financial Times reports there are fears that a no-deal Brexit would jeopardise medicine supplies in the UK “just as a second coronavirus wave hits”.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 4 June https://t.co/HyeFTutn3w pic.twitter.com/1uN2maew94
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 3, 2020