2021-10-02
Guardian Front Page 2nd of October 2021
Women are facing an “epidemic” of indecent exposure from men, The Guardian says.
Women are facing an “epidemic” of indecent exposure from men, The Guardian says.
Police have accepted they may have had enough information to identify Wayne Couzens as a threat to women before he raped and killed Sarah Everard, The Guardian reports.
The Guardian leads on the Sarah Everard murder, reporting how Wayne Couzens used his handcuffs and ID to kidnap his victim.
Sir Keir Starmer is set to break from the legacy of Jeremy Corbyn and accuse the government of being “lost in the woods” in his keenly-awaited conference speech, The Guardian says.
The centre-left politician in pole position to replace Angela Merkel as German chancellor has pinpointed the decision to end freedom of movement with Europe after Brexit as the reason for Britain’s petrol crisis, The Guardian writes.
Boris Johnson will consider emergency plans to draft in hundreds of soldiers to deliver fuel to petrol stations, according to The Guardian newspaper.
Foreign lorry drivers will be allowed back into Britain in an “extraordinary Brexit U-turn”, The Guardian says, reporting on the shortage of drivers that has seen some petrol stations forced to close.
The Guardian leads with increasing pressure on the government as a shortage of lorry drivers leads to problems delivering fuel.
Ministers have admitted they are considering a windfall tax on companies profiting from record gas prices, The Guardian claims.
The Guardian leads on the same story quoting a senior government source as saying: “There are a variety of different ways to do this. The question is whether the US administration is ready. The ball is in the US’s court. It takes two to tango.”