2022-03-24
Metro Front Page 24th of March 2022
Metro leads with the chancellor’s Spring Statement, which includes a 5p-a-litre cut in fuel duty for the next year.
Metro leads with the chancellor’s Spring Statement, which includes a 5p-a-litre cut in fuel duty for the next year.
Metro has the story of the exiled Ukrainians who tried to stop Roman Abramovich’s yacht from docking in a Turkish port.
Two journalists who revealed Russian war crimes in Mariupol have been taken to safety by Ukrainian troops after being placed on a Kremlin hit list, Metro reports.
Ukraine’s president has accused Vladimir Putin of crimes that will be “remembered for centuries” – that’s on the front of the Metro.
The Metro said P&O is facing outrage and a mutiny on its ships following the sacking of the crew members.
British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was flying back to the UK after
being freed by Iran where she has been
held for six years on what Amnesty International called ‘trumped up’ security charges, according to the Metro.
The Metro leads with the fresh sanctions slapped on Russian oligarchs by the UK, as well as the export of luxury goods into the country.
Metro reports on a group of protesters who stormed the empty £50m London mansion of a Russian oligarch and claimed they had liberated it.
Metro leads with a plea for people to take in refugees from Ukraine – people who do so will get a £350-a-month “thank you” payment from the government.
The paper says Roman Abramovich has “blood on his hands” after the Chelsea owner was slapped with sanctions by the government.