Newspaper headlines: 'Lion hearts broken' after England World Cup loss

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By BBC News
Staff

A disappointed England captain, Harry Kane, is on almost every front page. "Harry's Pain" is the Sun on Sunday's headline, while the Observer describes it as "heartbreak for Harry". For the Sunday People the England squad are "Qatar heroes". The Sunday Express describes the defeat to France as the "end of the world". The Sunday Mirror's front page declares that "lion hearts" have been "broken", while the Daily Star Sunday says England have been "French fried."

"We're going home, football isn't" says the Sunday Times reporter in Qatar, Josh Glancy, describing last night's game as an honourable defeat. He writes: "It is impossible to shake off the nagging sense that England are never quite good enough, when it matters."

French daily Le Figaro says France's victory was hard-won in the game that was often on a tightrope. Le Monde says the match was tense, while Libération argues that the French could have also lost, because they were not superior in any way, but not inferior either.

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Harry Kane is consoled by England manager Gareth Southgate after being knocked out the World Cup

Away from the World Cup, Health Secretary Steve Barclay says in an article in the Sun that he is "deeply concerned" about the risks that strikes by NHS staff will pose to patients. He says he will do his utmost to talk union leaders out of industrial action.

Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells the Sunday Telegraph that a Labour government could not afford the pay rises that nurses are seeking. But he says he would negotiate with them and accuses the government of dangerously and recklessly failing to do that. He also warns unions that the NHS must "reform or die" and says increased investment in the health service, under a Labour government, would be strictly linked to better standards for patients.

According to the Sunday Times, the government and the European Union are hoping to resolve the dispute over the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland by February. The paper says the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill designed to give Britain the right to unilaterally change the arrangements has been put on ice, to avoid disrupting talks with Brussels, and senior officials believe the EU is prepared to make concessions.

The Independent website says it has spoken to doctors who are warning that asylum seekers staying in hotels are being left without access to adequate healthcare. The article says that is leaving torture injuries untreated, children suffering weight loss and pregnant women without maternity services.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex released their documentary Harry and Meghan last week

And finally the Mail on Sunday says a group of politicians, military figures and respected historians are urging the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to stay away from the King's coronation next year, following what the paper calls their incendiary Netflix series. One member of the group, the historian Lady Antonia Fraser, told the Mail she hoped Harry and Meghan would not attend because she wanted the King and Camilla, Queen Consort, to be the centre of attention.