The Sunday Telegraph carries a photograph of Israelis holding placards saying “Bring them home!”, at a demonstration in Tel Aviv ahead of the expected release of some of the hostages from Gaza later today. The Sunday Times has pictures of the 33 Israelis due to be freed by Hamas during the first phase of the ceasefire deal above the headline “We won’t get back the same people we lost”. The ages of the group range from two to 86 years old.
The Observer’s front page shows four young children against a backdrop of buildings ruined in Israeli military action in Gaza. The paper says aid agencies are bracing for chaotic scenes this week, as hundreds of thousands of displaced people try to return home. Its report says many will be searching for missing relatives or attempting to retrieve their remains, with local health authorities estimating 12,000 people might still be buried under the rubble.
a medic in charge at one NHS emergency department saying it’s become “the new normal”. The paper says patients were parked “head to toe” in a reception area, waiting for A&E treatment, when it visited Epsom Hospital in Surrey.
Dr Dai Davies tells the paper, “You look at this and you think, it’s not the level of care I’d want for my family… it’s exhausting.” However, the paper also notes that the hospital’s ambulance handover delays are around half the national average.
senior police officers failed to protect girls from grooming gangs in Rotherham because they prioritised other crimes to hit Home Office targets. It details an investigation by the police watchdog, the IOPC, which was completed in June 2022 but never published.
The report reveals that South Yorkshire Police focused on vehicle, burglary and robbery during the 2000s. The force rejected the report’s findings and no further action was taken.
an education story on its front page under the headline: “Third of pupils now get extra time in exams”. According to the regulator, Ofqual, 420,000 pupils in England are now getting more time for GCSEs and A-levels exams, which is four times as many as a decade ago.
The report adds there’s a big difference between the proportion of children getting extra time at private schools compared with state schools. One secondary head teacher says he’s concerned some independent schools are “gaming the system” to boost exam results.
Donald Trump’s advisers are “plotting” to help Nigel Farage become prime minister in revenge for Labour’s support for his opponent, Kamala Harris. In a piece written for the Observer, London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, warns that as Trump takes power again, the West must “face up to a century-defining battle” against a resurgent far-right that is “on the march across the developed world”.
And finally, the Mail on Sunday says scientists in Germany have discovered a “wizard way” to tempt children into eating their greens. Hearing a story about a painter who became ill after eating junk food and had his strength restored by magic vegetables, led to children eating much healthier food than they had previously. The researchers said it showed the “powerful effect” of fairytales.