What the papers say – January 21

Tougher punishments for dangerous terrorists, EU trade talks, and the curious behaviour of snooker fans feature in Tuesday’s headlines.

The Daily Telegraph and Metro report the UK’s most dangerous terrorists will be forced to serve their entire jail term without any prospect of early release as part of a crackdown.

The front page of tomorrow’s Daily Telegraph:

‘Terrorists to be denied early release from prison’#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/5xPR36N2v1

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) January 20, 2020

Tuesday’s front page (2nd edition):BORIS BLITZ ON TERROR#tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/ZKXin2ZUXL

— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) January 20, 2020

The Queen’s grandson Peter Phillips is “using his royal connections to sell milk on Chinese TV”, according to the Daily Mail. A royal story also features in The Sun, which has pictures of Meghan walking with baby Archie in a park in Canada.

Tuesday’s @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/3QWiitDCiq

— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) January 20, 2020

The Daily Mirror leads with a claim from convicted killer Jeremy Bamber that he has “new evidence proving he could not have massacred his family in 1985”.

Tomorrow’s front page: Bamber: New evidence gives me alibi #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/Y0MQdZll1q pic.twitter.com/M41Q1NMKTY

— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 20, 2020

A British-Australian academic jailed in Tehran has written of feeling “abandoned and forgotten” and claimed Iranian figures tried to recruit her as a spy, The Times reports.

Academic reveals her ordeal in Iranian jail#tomorrowspaperstoday @hendopolis @BBCHelena pic.twitter.com/wYauTRxa27

— The Times Pictures (@TimesPictures) January 20, 2020

The Daily Express says the EU has provoked “fresh anger” by planning to delay post-Brexit trade talks until March.

Tomorrow’s #frontpage – Anger as EU drags feet over trade talks#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/XiMRjRgtRo

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) January 20, 2020

The Guardian splash warns there are “perilous times ahead” for the BBC after its director general announced he was leaving.

Guardian front page, Tuesday 21 January 2020: ‘Perilous times ahead’ for BBC as director general says he will quit pic.twitter.com/dOBHB6XbFR

— The Guardian (@guardian) January 20, 2020

The Independent leads with Labour leadership candidate Jess Phillips saying her party has “pandered to the right”.

Tomorrow’s @Independent front page #tomorrowspaperstoday To subscribe to the daily edition: https://t.co/ozdV9Zd9Si pic.twitter.com/tWkVC6Eg4h

— The Independent (@Independent) January 20, 2020

The i front page reports the high-speed HS2 rail is opposed by new Conservative MPs in the north of England.

Tuesday’s front page: HS2 rail opposed by new Tory MPs in north who call for upgrade of local transport #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/3TgEqXnRg2

— i newspaper (@theipaper) January 20, 2020

A “downbeat IMF outlook” is diverting the focus from climate goals, according to the Financial Times.

Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Tuesday January 21 https://t.co/DiERWYVE2K pic.twitter.com/OrxfeeQ5sg

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) January 20, 2020

And the Daily Star reports “Pranksters behind the fart noises at the Masters snooker are threatening to hit more top sports events to ‘brighten people’s days’.”