A wide range of stories lead Saturday’s front pages. The Guardian leads with a story on how misogyny and racism are “flooding UK schools” due to students copying the behaviour of people like Donald Trump and Andrew Tate, according to a new survey by the NASUWT union.
Government plans to send asylum seekers who have had their applications rejected to “return hubs” in the Balkans have won the endorsement of the UN’s refugee agency, the Times reports. It also features a photo of US Vice President JD Vance with Italy’s Prime Minister Georgia Meloni in Rome.
The Daily Mail reports that a quarter of Sir Keir Starmer’s ministers belong to the union behind the Birmingham bin strikes. It also includes an interview with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, who speaks about how her cousin killed himself after going down an online “rabbit hole”.
A royal author is promising “sensational revelations” in a new book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Daily Mirror says. Tom Bower claims their relationship is at “crisis point” and that the couple want different things.
“Nicky head butt” is the headline on the front of the Sun. Former Manchester United star Nicky Butt has been given a caution by police after head-butting a security guard at his 50th birthday party, the paper reports.
The Daily Express leads with a story on how migrants are camping outside Westminster Cathedral over Easter.
The Daily Star has the headline “cheers for beers” after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that pubs can open for two extra hours to celebrate VE Day on 8 May.
The Daily Telegraph has an interview with Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who said it would be “very foolish” for the UK to cut ties with China as Donald Trump attempts to isolate Beijing.
And the FT Weekend leads with a story on how a government defence review is set to advise that the UK must expand its military footprint in the Arctic and High North as the region becomes increasingly contested due to melting sea ice opening up access.
