Newspaper headlines: Harry wants family 'back' and NHS on 'knife edge'

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By Staff
BBC News
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Several of Tuesday's newspapers lead on quotes from Prince Harry saying he "wants his father and brother back".

The Daily Telegraph says trailers for two upcoming interviews include claims that the King and the Prince of Wales are unwilling to reconcile with him and are happy for Harry and his wife to be seen as "villains".

The Daily Mail says Prince Harry has "risked deepening his feud" with the Royal Family by launching a "publicity blitz" to promote his memoir "Spare".

The paper says the "tell-all" book is due to be released next week after the full interviews are broadcast on ITV and the US network, CBS.

The Sun's take is that the prince has "slated his family again" and then said he wants to make peace with them.

"The future of the NHS is on a knife-edge" is the headline in the Daily Mirror.

It highlights the call from the British Medical Association for immediate state intervention.

Professor Phil Banfield tells the paper it's within the government's gift to pull the health service back from what he calls "the brink".

The Mirror claims pressure is growing on No10 to call a nationwide critical incident, similar to the height of the pandemic when ­non-urgent cases were cancelled.

The Department of Health says it recognises the pressures the NHS is facing and has provided £14.1bn of additional funding.

Both the Guardian and the i lead with warnings from health leaders that the NHS faces three more months of turmoil - with further critical incidents expected - and patient care routinely compromised.

Economists are predicting that the UK will have a longer and deeper recession than other wealthy nations in the G7 - according to the Financial Times.

The paper has surveyed more than a hundred UK-based experts with a clear majority expecting high interest rates and tight government spending controls to continue for longer than elsewhere.

One economist tells the Financial Times that the 2023 recession will "feel much worse" than the economic impact of the pandemic - but most said growth would return by the end of the year.

The Times reports that unseasonably warm weather has led to the closure of some Alpine ski resorts.

It says low-altitude centres in France and Switzerland are the worst affected, although the situation is better in Austria and Italy.

The paper says many bosses are holding crisis meetings to see if resorts can remain open.

Its headline sums up the story as: "Ski holiday hopes going downhill".