What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages
Feeder schools, petrol prices and the Ballingeary crash tragedy make the front pages on Wednesday.
The Irish Times reports that the proportion of school leavers from poorer backgrounds who secured places in higher education dropped this year following a return to traditional Leaving Cert exams.
The woman who died and two others who were injured following a car collision in the Cork village of Ballingeary yesterday had been returning home after attending two funerals in the area, the Irish Examiner reports.
The Irish Independent says diesel prices have dropped to their lowest level since Russia invaded Ukraine, while petrol prices have dropped sharply to a level not seen since September last year.
The Irish Daily Mail reports on a row among Government parties about proposed changes to planning laws.
The British front pages are occupied by asylum seekers, railway and NHS strikes and a car-crashing collie.
The UK prime minister’s pledge to crackdown on asylum seekers and clear a backlog leads The Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Metro and The Independent while the i reports a “Tory backlash” is mounting over part of his plan.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Sunak: I will stop those who get here by cheating'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/yerxUmmIwS— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) December 13, 2022
MAIL: @RishiSunak : I’ll fix ‘appalling’ asylum farce #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/bfE6KYnJ6j
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) December 14, 2022
Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰
I'LL CLEAR ASYLUM BACKLOG
🔴 PM promises to end crisis within a year#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/tz8OFBe9Y2— Metro (@MetroUK) December 13, 2022
Our front page tomorrow @Independent #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/j50R7mc1Ft
— Alastair Jamieson (@alastairjam) December 13, 2022
Wednesday's front page: Pontins revolt: Tory backlash at plan to house migrants in holiday camps#TomorrowsPapersToday
Latest by @singharj @mollyblackall: https://t.co/TsSd1shKOp pic.twitter.com/mfHSanLDTU— i newspaper (@theipaper) December 13, 2022
The ongoing industrial dispute in the NHS is front page of the Daily Mirror and The Times while The Guardian features a report into the public health service “on the brink”.
Wednesday's front page: Nurses: We're doing this for you #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/7a2CZDh1Jq pic.twitter.com/8TfdoH32L3
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) December 13, 2022
THE TIMES: Lives are at risk, nurses leaders tell union chiefs #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7oYy2mLxYw
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) December 14, 2022
Guardian front page, Wednesday 14 December 2022: 33 hours
inside an NHS on the brink pic.twitter.com/EEobo6q7IV— The Guardian (@guardian) December 13, 2022
The Sun says RMT leader Mick Lynch is losing public support as strike losses mount for union members.
On tomorrow's front page: Support for union boss Mick Lynch’s crippling rail strikes plummet as members lose £5k https://t.co/WO6h5hcmPx pic.twitter.com/KKv2ukPKRi
— The Sun (@TheSun) December 13, 2022
The Bank of England governor’s warning to the British government that it might be going “too far” over deregulation is splashed by the Financial Times.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 14 December https://t.co/7wMPlnmZeU pic.twitter.com/A1643mV2UO
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) December 13, 2022
And the Daily Star has a border collie crashing its owner’s car after “jumping into the driver’s seat and knocking the handbrake off”.
Tomorrow's front page - 'Border collie crashes car'https://t.co/Kxnriq3oYG#Wednesdaysfrontpage pic.twitter.com/gpCtbauszU
— Daily Star (@dailystar) December 13, 2022
