Saturday's front pages focus on a range of stories from Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill being sworn in as Northern Ireland's first nationalist First Minister to cancer patients being treated in outdated units.
The Irish Times report Northern Ireland’s first nationalist First Minister will be sworn in on Saturday in a historic moment, as Sinn Féin vice-president Michelle O’Neill will be the first non-unionist politician to head up Stormont’s devolved government.
The Irish Examiner leads with a piece about cancer patients being treated in outdated “Jack Lynch-era infrastructure”, creating an urgent need for new buildings to reduce infection risks.
The Echo report that just one vacant property grant was drawn down in Cork city last year.
Here is the front page of today's Irish Independent. pic.twitter.com/Sz6bU8x6JV
— Irish Independent (@Independent_ie) February 3, 2024
Friday's front page pic.twitter.com/FzrAnLB1fJ
— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) February 2, 2024
Morning, readers. Here's a look at today's front page of the Belfast Telegraph.https://t.co/gPoigG7oS3
Stay with us for all your breaking news today. pic.twitter.com/dITKHnaojDAdvertisement— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) February 3, 2024
In the UK, one story dominates the front pages of Saturday’s newspapers – the sentencing and naming of transgender teenager Brianna Ghey’s killers.
Pictures of Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe, both 16, appear on the front of many titles after they were jailed for at least 22 and 20 years respectively.
The Guardian opts for a main picture of Brianna as it calls the killing “exceptionally brutal” while The Daily Telegraph says Jenkinson was obsessed with serial killers and had a “desire to kill again”.
The Guardian: 'Exceptionally brutal' - teens jailed for murder #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/8ydNnNhM3a
— George Mann (@sgfmann) February 2, 2024
📰The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Teenager's lust for fame led to murder of Brianna'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletter👇 https://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/XClzVTYBKV— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 2, 2024
“Pure Evil” is the simple headline on the front of the Daily Mirror while the Daily Express also uses the word evil to describe the “monsters who killed Brianna”.
Saturday's front page: Pure evil https://t.co/ylT2pFFOJ7 #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/K5qoEpsyTU
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 2, 2024
Daily Express: Unmasked #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/r7EPNXznwd
— George Mann (@sgfmann) February 2, 2024
The Independent says the jailed teenagers had a “thirst for killing” while the Daily Mail says Ratcliffe hated trans people and Jenkinson “wanted to kill for fun”.
Daily Mail: He stabbed Brianna because he hated trans people. She just wanted to kill for fun #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/vOLn0DAj3A
— George Mann (@sgfmann) February 2, 2024
The Times concentrates on the search for Abdul Ezedi, who is suspected of injuring a woman and her two daughters in an alkali attack in London, which has prompted calls for reviews of how he was allowed to stay in Britain after twice having an asylum request denied.
The Times: Outcry over asylum for suspect in alkali attack #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/HTNbP4cvsN
— George Mann (@sgfmann) February 2, 2024
The i Weekend turns its attention to politics, saying UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is being urged to cut income tax by voters.
Saturday's front page: Cut income tax to ease cost of living crisis, voters urge Hunt #TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by @singharj https://t.co/wjnZhWD4IC pic.twitter.com/4oXghnoeLP— i newspaper (@theipaper) February 2, 2024
A rise in US jobs in January is the focus of the FT Weekend, which says it has cooled speculation on interest rates being cut in March.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Saturday 3 February https://t.co/sRX2LAqfVc pic.twitter.com/o8Ko78UB8m
— Financial Times (@FT) February 2, 2024
And the Daily Star reports on the true cost of love.
Saturday's front page: Price of love? £9.67 a day ♥#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/r3Yb64kMbg pic.twitter.com/myCzv56P0c
— Daily Star (@dailystar) February 2, 2024
