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The Observer front page on 19 January 2025: Many of Sunday’s papers feature the ceasefire between Gaza and Israel, which is expected to come into effect later. “Fears of chaos in Gaza”, reads the Observer, as it reports aid agencies are bracing for “hundreds of thousands” of Palestinians to attempt to return home. The Observer also quotes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who said Israel retained the “right to return to fighting if needed”.
The Mail on Sunday’s headline is “Team Trump’s revenge on Starmer for ‘meddling’ in US election”, is the Mail on Sunday’s headline. The paper claims members of president-elect Donald Trump’s team, are working to help Reform UK leader Nigel Farage with his bid to become prime minister. It says it is in response to Labour volunteers travelling to the US to campaign for Democrat Kamala Harris in last year’s presidential election.
The Sunday Express splashes with a story on what it calls the “chaos unleashed” by Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget. It says her plans will cost the country the equivalent of 300,000 nurses’ salaries citing new analysis. The paper quotes shadow chancellor Mel Stride’s warning that the Budget will have pushed up borrowing by £12bn – one he has already put to her in the Commons this week. Reeves has defended her plans, and pledged to go “further and faster” to improve economic growth.
The Sunday Mirror leads on a special report on the NHS “hospital front line”. It reports on its visit to an emergency department, where it says patients are “parked head to toe”. One doctor from Epsom Hospital said “it’s not the level of care” they would want for their family, calling it “exhausting”. However, the paper also notes that the hospital’s ambulance handover delays are around half the national average.
The Sunday Telegraph carries a photograph of Israelis holding placards saying “Bring them home!”, at a demonstration in Tel Aviv ahead of the expected release of some of the hostages from Gaza later today. The Sunday Times has pictures of the 33 Israelis due to be freed by Hamas during the first phase of the ceasefire deal above the headline “We won’t get back the same people we lost”. The ages of the group range from two to 86 years old.
The Observer’s front page shows four young children against a backdrop of buildings ruined in Israeli military action in Gaza. The paper says aid agencies are bracing for chaotic scenes this week, as hundreds of thousands of displaced people try to return home. Its report says many will be searching for missing relatives or attempting to retrieve their remains, with local health authorities estimating 12,000 people might still be buried under the rubble.
A medic in charge at one NHS emergency department saying it’s become “the new normal”. The paper says patients were parked “head to toe” in a reception area, waiting for A&E treatment, when it visited Epsom Hospital in Surrey. Dr Dai Davies tells the paper, “You look at this and you think, it’s not the level of care I’d want for my family… it’s exhausting.” However, the paper also notes that the hospital’s ambulance handover delays are around half the national average.
Senior police officers failed to protect girls from grooming gangs in Rotherham because they prioritised other crimes to hit Home Office targets. It details an investigation by the police watchdog, the IOPC, which was completed in June 2022 but never published.
An education story on its front page under the headline: “Third of pupils now get extra time in exams”. According to the regulator, Ofqual, 420,000 pupils in England are now getting more time for GCSEs and A-levels exams, which is four times as many as a decade ago.
Donald Trump’s advisers are “plotting” to help Nigel Farage become prime minister in revenge for Labour’s support for his opponent, Kamala Harris. In a piece written for the Observer, London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, warns that as Trump takes power again, the West must “face up to a century-defining battle” against a resurgent far-right that is “on the march across the developed world”.
And finally, the Mail on Sunday says scientists in Germany have discovered a “wizard way” to tempt children into eating their greens. Hearing a story about a painter who became ill after eating junk food and had his strength restored by magic vegetables, led to children eating much healthier food than they had previously. The researchers said it showed the “powerful effect” of fairytales.
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