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What the papers say: Sunday's front pages

Sunday's front pages focus on a range of stories from how Elon Musk implemented new content policies at X (formerly Twitter) to a consultant refusing to attend the emergency department as 16-year-old Aoife Johnston died waiting to be treated for sepsis.  
What the papers say: Sunday's front pages

By Rachel Vickers-Price, PA

Sunday's front pages focus on a range of stories from how Elon Musk implemented new content policies at X (formerly Twitter) to a consultant refusing to attend A&E as 16-year-old Aoife Johnston died waiting to be treated for sepsis.

The Business Post reports X has instructed staff not to suspend users that post explicitly racist, sexist and homophobic content, or who send sexual material to another person, as part of a new policy.

The Sunday Independent reports that two days before she died, Aoife Johnston arrived with her parents at an emergency department in chaos.

The Sunday Times Ireland lead with comments from gardaí who have told the son of Sophie Toscan du ­Plantier, the French woman murdered in west Cork 27 years ago this week, they are confident of catching her killer.

In the UK. Sunday’s newspaper front pages are filled with a range of stories, including the return of missing teenager Alex Batty, politics and more violence in Gaza.

The Daily Mirror focuses on Alex Batty, who is back in the UK after his disappearance six years ago at the age of 11.

The Sunday People also covers his return to Manchester and says he may have been found up to half a year earlier but for a mix-up between French and British officials.

The Mail on Sunday splashes on immigration as British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at a conference in Italy, where he claimed illegal immigrants will trigger the collapse of “our very systems of government” unless something is done to stop them.

The Sunday Telegraph concentrates on the PM’s claims migration will be used by hostile states to destabilise Western nations without a revamp to asylum conventions.

The Observer says Mr Sunak’s January pledge for the NHS is behind schedule with the waiting  times and bed availability growing even worse.

UK Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron has written in The Sunday Times that the UK wants a “sustainable” peace in Gaza as the Israeli Defence Force continues to ignore calls for a ceasefire from the United Nations.

The Sunday Express says England rugby league stars Kevin Sinfield and Rob Burrow will be honoured by King Charles for their efforts to help people living with motor neurone disease.

The Daily Star on Sunday reveals certain family members may disappear to on December 25th.

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