What the papers say – June 7
The front pages are led by tension on London’s streets amid demonstrations and headaches for Downing Street.
The Mail on Sunday reports on “mayhem” after a police horse bolted and its rider was injured during Saturday’s Black Lives Matter protest in London.
MAIL ON SUNDAY: WPC hurt as horse bolts amid mayhem #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/4RMomgx62n
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 6, 2020
Children have told a “horrified” witness that the new suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance gave them toys and sweets, according to the Sunday Mirror.
Tomorrow's #frontpage – Maddie suspect gave us toys and sweets#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/xSUBl6infC pic.twitter.com/kelFdnkcjW
— Sunday Mirror (@TheSundayMirror) June 6, 2020
The Sunday Times says a “Jobs bloodbath” has prompted Prime Minister Boris Johnson to push for a swifter easing of lockdown restrictions.
Jobs bloodbath triggers swifter easing of lockdown: rules will be relaxed for pubs, restaurants and weddings, The Sunday Times reports #TomorrowsPapersToday. Plus: David Walliams answers young readers' questions in The Funday Times Home Classroom pic.twitter.com/Omq8whIlc3
— The Sunday Times (@thesundaytimes) June 6, 2020
Mr Johnson will push for infrastructure development and NHS recruitment as part of a new domestic agenda “to aid economy”, reports The Sunday Telegraph.
The front page of tomorrow's Sunday Telegraph: PM speeds up hospital building to aid economy #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/J5kWpp32p4
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 6, 2020
But Mr Johnson faces another problem in The Observer, which says senior NHS figures have made an “urgent plea for a comprehensive plan” for a second coronavirus outbreak.
Tomorrow's front page pic.twitter.com/4F78Pw2tDA
— The Observer (@ObserverUK) June 6, 2020
One impact of the pandemic is that more than one in six people in England – or up to 10 million people – could face delays to NHS treatment by the autumn, says The Independent.
Tomorrow's @independent front page #tomorrowspaperstoday To subscribe to the Daily Edition https://t.co/XF8VnDpHYF pic.twitter.com/kojYu2TrRg
— The Independent (@Independent) June 7, 2020
A source close to the UK’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost tells the Sunday Express that Mr Johnson wants to fix Britain’s “defective” Brexit deal.
SUNDAY EXPRESS: Boris wants to fix unfair Brexit deal #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/QpipjHHbvG
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 6, 2020
“I had no choice” but to prosecute TV presenter Caroline Flack prior to her death in February, a prosecutor tells Sunday People.
Tomorrow's #frontpage – TV Caroline's prosecutor: I had no choice#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/4PcNkp1fyi pic.twitter.com/812cvIpz6c
— The Sunday People (@thesundaypeople) June 6, 2020
And the Daily Star Sunday interviews former footballer Neil Ruddock who says his heart was stopped during emergency heart surgery.
Tomorrow's front page – I died under the knife, says @RealRazor #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/tw8jBKk8KA pic.twitter.com/rWxwd7Shqy
— Daily Star (@dailystar) June 6, 2020