Changes to the Special Criminal Court, and the search for the Titan submersible are among the headlines in today's papers.
The Irish Times leads with a review that calls for the reform of the Special Criminal Court as part of a repeal of the emergency legislation.
The Irish Examiner also leads with this review, along with claims from the BAM that the new National Children's Hospital is not yet fully designed.
The Echo leads with a picture of convicted killer and rapist Ian Horgan who has been jailed for a hammer attack on a man in Cork.
The Irish Daily Mail leads with pictures of those on board the Titanic explorers vessel that has gone missing, as fears grow over how much oxygen they have left.
The Irish Daily Mirror leads with an Irish diver who is calling on the families affected to remain positive in the search for their loved ones.
The Irish Daily Star reveals a unit of Irish UN peacekeepers were targeted in the same place in Lebanon just months after Sean Rooney was killed.
British papers
The search for a missing submersible with five people on board and the mortgage “time bomb” feature heavily across the front pages of Wednesday’s newspapers.
The Daily Express and the Mirror share the same headline, saying they are praying for a miracle in the search for the submersible, which is missing in the Atlantic Ocean after a trip to visit the wreck of the Titanic.
Wednesday's front page: Praying For A Miracle #TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/aGiAQX6Cuq pic.twitter.com/3CEiVLspCh
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 20, 2023
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Wednesday's front page: Praying for a miracle https://t.co/swpuTr473y#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/BndYOQrS6z
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 20, 2023
The Daily Mail says there are 24 hours to save the five people on board, while the Metro shared the last photo taken of the submersible before it went missing.
Wednesday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/LRAG0i3krM
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) June 20, 2023
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TITANIC SUB: LAST PHOTO
🔴 40 hours of oxygen left but dive expert says US delayed help bid pic.twitter.com/ylJ3GCi91H— Metro (@MetroUK) June 20, 2023
The Times reports there were previous safety worries about the missing vessel.
TIMES: Previous safety worries over missing Titanic sub #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/1j1UGgELF5
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 20, 2023
The Sun spoke to a man who said he was booked to go on the missing submersible.
THE SUN: I was booked on doomed Titanic sub #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/CRPDixRtfs
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 20, 2023
And, the Daily Star says the submersible is controlled by a £42 Amazon controller.
Wednesday's front page - 'Video game submarine'https://t.co/dGkAJN4xyh pic.twitter.com/9Y09KRYp6o
— Daily Star (@dailystar) June 20, 2023
The i and the Financial Times focus on Britain’s mortgage crisis, with the British government ruling out financial aid to homeowners.
Wednesday's front page: Tories face UK mortgage time bomb as Bank urged to make big rate hike #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/xAcdovxQk8
— i newspaper (@theipaper) June 20, 2023
Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Wednesday June 21 https://t.co/gKVEg9ZDpS pic.twitter.com/9MVV5lDgZT
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 20, 2023
The Guardian follows the same direction, saying Tories are split over whether to give financial aid to homeowners in hopes to defuse the “mortgage time bomb”.
Guardian front page, Wednesday 21 June 2023: 'Mortgage timebomb' bailout calls split Tories pic.twitter.com/ZMykCPxDto
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 20, 2023
The Daily Telegraph relay a message from the former chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies who said pandemic lockdowns damaged a generation.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
Lockdown damaged a generation, says ex-CMO#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/6goT9S6Mcv— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) June 20, 2023
