Newspaper headlines: 'Migrant centre horror' and 'PM mulls COP U-turn'

Home Secretary Suella BravermanEPA
By BBC News
Staff

Several of the front pages carry pictures of yesterday's petrol bomb attack at a centre for migrants in Dover.

The Daily Express describes what happened as "horrifying", and says witnesses have spoken of a man "laughing" as he hurled three incendiary devices at the busy facility, before killing himself. The Times says the man is thought to have been a British citizen who drove from elsewhere in the country to carry out the attack.

The Daily Mail says it marks an intensification in Britain's migrant crisis - amid concerns over the number of people being picked up in the Channel and the conditions they're being held in.

The Daily Telegraph reports that the home secretary is considering housing migrants in hotels alongside the public, as part of plans to relieve overcrowding at the main asylum processing centre in Kent.

The paper says Suella Braverman has been under scrutiny for her handling of what it calls "catastrophic overcrowding" for Channel migrants at the disused Manston airfield, where hundreds more people were moved from the Dover reception centre after it was petrol bombed.

The Daily Mirror carries a front page warning that doctors fear the NHS is facing the worst winter on record, sparked by a mix of Covid and flu. The paper says medical staff are worried that people will die needlessly unless the government intervenes.

The i reports that Rishi Sunak is prepared to make a U-turn - and decide to attend the upcoming climate summit in Egypt. It says the prime minister has been facing what it calls a "major Tory backlash" over his decision not to go to Cop27 because of "pressing" issues at home.

The Guardian reports that BBC local radio in England is under threat from huge cuts. Sources tell the paper that the proposals - due to be announced this week - will herald the end of most local stations as truly distinctive, standalone outlets.

A BBC spokesperson says staff will hear about any proposed changes first - adding that the corporation's plans are designed to ensure it keeps pace with audiences in a fast-changing world.

With just under three weeks to go before the start of the football World Cup in Qatar, The Sun reports that a racist troll - who abused the England player, Reece James - has been tracked down to the Middle East.

The paper says an arrest is imminent. The 22-year-old Chelsea defender tells The Sun he's determined to fight back against online menace, by reporting it whenever he sees it - but admits it's "tough".

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