The Southport knife attack has led Wednesday’s front pages, with five out of the eight children stabbed in a critical condition, alongside two adults who were also critically injured.
Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were all fatally stabbed in Southport, Merseyside, on Monday, with The Times, Daily Express, and the Metro paying tribute to the girls on their front pages.
THE TIMES: Stabbing horror families reveal their devastation #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/TZLEhuGBZr
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EXPRESS: Why were they taken from us? #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/HqB9u5IL76
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METRO: Our little innocents #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/l6ZQYr7TbH
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The Guardian and the Daily Mail ran headlines on the “innocents” killed in Monday’s attack.
GUARDIAN: ‘You can’t help but cry’ #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/v4jCrZtRCn
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MAIL: Faces Of The Innocent #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/pFzIVt9X6c
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Daily Mirror leads on “a town in tears” as Southport reels from Monday’s tragedy.
Wednesday’s front page: A town in tears#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/lZw8m6holv pic.twitter.com/RTC01xzPRm
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) July 30, 2024
The Independent and i describe the devastation felt in the community after the deaths of Alice, Bebe and Elsie.
INDEPENDENT: No words to describe the devastation #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/HXzkuXI8Y3
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I: No words can describe our devastation #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Ih7MydiZO3
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 30, 2024
As riots broke out outside of a Southport mosque, The Daily Telegraph focused on that reaction to the deaths and injured children.
TELEGRAPH: Violence erupts over child killings #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/fPCGpluxpy
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 30, 2024
The Financial Times looks to politics for its lead, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves warns that taxes will rise thanks to a £22 billion hole inherited from the Tory government.
FT UK: Reeves warns Budget will raise taxes as row over £22nn fiscal hole deepens #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/MECEqtH9AQ
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 30, 2024
Lastly, the front page of the Daily Star tells the story of “bloodthirsty” horseflies as the mercury tipped 32 degrees.
STAR: Attack of the bloodthirsty flies #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/M3O30ngki6
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) July 30, 2024
