Metro

Nine eco-activists from Insulate Britain will be in prison cells this Christmas after being jailed for breaking laws aimed at ending the chaos they created on Britain’s roads, Metro reports. 

The Metro leads on how cricket whistleblower Azeem Rafiq broke down in tears as he revealed his “inhuman” treatment in an emotional testimony to MPs. 

The wife of Liverpool taxi driver David Perry says he is ‘lucky to be alive’ after a suspected suicide bomber blew up his cab, the Metro reports. 

Metro writes that most heart attack and stroke victims are waiting nearly an hour for an ambulance as the 999 system is swamped by a record 1 million calls, according to new data. 

The Metro reports Boris Johnson has refused to apologise for his handling of sleaze claims a week after trying to change the rules. 

The Metro leads on Labour calls for Boris Johnson to launch an official enquiry after a senior Conservative MP spent almost a month working on a Caribbean island.

Metro leads with accusations that the PM was “running scared”, using a hospital photo opportunity to escape a parliamentary debate about his botched bid to change the rules on standards.

Metro splashes on how Conservative MPs have joined the growing backlash against Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the sleaze scandal, despite ministers dismissing the row as a “storm in a tea cup”.