What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

Wed, 07 Jun, 2023 - 07:59

By PA Reporter

Wednesday's front pages cover a range of stories from political pressure to cut taxes in response to a large budgetary surplus to tributes to Cork GAA legend Teddy McCarthy.

The Irish Times reports that political pressure to cut taxes in response to large budgetary surpluses is now one of the key risks to the public finances, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) has warned.

The Irish Examiner and The Echo both pay tribute to Cork GAA legend Ted McCarthy who died suddenly at age 57.

Good morning, here is the front page of today's Irish Independent pic.twitter.com/O9S89rPA8S

— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) June 7, 2023

Healthy economic forecast is no reason for a giveaway budget, warn experts. pic.twitter.com/3ory2n6NTH

— The Irish Daily Mail (@irishdailymail) June 7, 2023

Morning readers. Stay with @BelTel for all your breaking news. Here's a look at the front page of the Belfast Telegraph this morning. To read the full newspaper on your device, go Premium +➡️https://t.co/WfXEtzkTSl pic.twitter.com/cvkgbZ9zwD

— Belfast Telegraph (@BelTel) June 7, 2023

In the UK, the mid-week front pages cover claims Russia bombed a dam in Ukraine and Prince Harry's court appearance in his legal battle against the Mirror Group.

The Guardian, Financial Times, The Daily Telegraph and the i all lead with accusations against the Kremlin of destroying the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro river, causing flooding and the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians.

Guardian front page, Wednesday 7 June 2023: 'Environmental disaster': floods hit Ukraine as dam is destroyed pic.twitter.com/hqt7UXcXUH

— The Guardian (@guardian) June 6, 2023

Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Wednesday 7 June https://t.co/7gIgSBZHxG pic.twitter.com/5Uxdj2X59Z

— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) June 6, 2023

TELEGRAPH: Bombing of dam ‘a new low’ for Russia #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/1bZLYLZa4j

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 6, 2023

Wednesday's front page: 40,000 fleeing ‘war crime’ after dam blown up#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/ZUST8bcjem

— i newspaper (@theipaper) June 6, 2023

Metro, The Times, The Sun and the Daily Mail all cover Harry’s historic High Court “showdown”, with the papers reporting he contradicted himself on his first day in the witness box.

Tomorrow's Paper Today 📰

HARRY'S REALITY CHECK

🔴 Duke's shock claims in his historic High Court showdown
🔴 'Papers wanted to oust me as royal' with Hewitt stories
🔴 Hacking claims 'in realm of speculation' says lawyer#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/aKrL6s2OvU

— Metro (@MetroUK) June 6, 2023

THE TIMES: Duke launches political attack #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/gpRs5IXNSA

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 6, 2023

THE SUN: Me, Hewitt…and that two-faces s**t Burrell #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/aQsAqEcutL

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 6, 2023

MAIL: He must have longed for the schmaltzy embrace of Oprah! #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Yv26QmAXbv

— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 6, 2023

Elsewhere, the Daily Mirror focuses on calls to make Kevin Sinfield a knight for his fundraising efforts.

Wednesday's front page: Knight these heroes#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/gFaikl0EnK pic.twitter.com/WGopLiyhat

— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) June 6, 2023

A weight loss drug Rishi Sunak described as a “game changer” will be prescribed to tens of thousands in a bid to ease the nation’s health crisis, the Daily Express says.

Wednesday's front page: 'Game-Changer' New Drug To Slim Down Nation #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/fyCs26Zb8Q pic.twitter.com/meGgOKesIm

— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) June 6, 2023

And the Daily Star writes that detectives are failing to solve burglaries in half the country.