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What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

A range of stories features on the front page of the nation’s newspapers.
What the papers say: Wednesday's front pages

The state apology to the relatives of the victims of the Stardust fire is among the front pages in Wednesday's papers.

The Irish Times leads with the headline "We failed you when you needed us the most", which Simon Harris said in his speech to the Stardust families.

The Irish Examiner leads with an interview with a woman who escaped with her family from Gaza, as she described the struggles as they wait in Rafah.

The Echo reports two parties hosted by University College Cork cost €28,000 between them.

The Irish Independent reports a rise in victims of domestic abuse becoming homeless due to the housing crisis.

The Irish Daily Mail leads with findings of a survey that show almost two thirds of the public believe the public is not in control of immigration.

Both the Irish Daily Mirror and the Irish Daily Star lead with the apology to the Stardust families from Taoiseach Simon Harris.

The biggest boost for defence in a generation features among a variety of stories on the front pages of Britain’s newspapers on Wednesday.

The Telegraph, the i and the Daily Mail lead with the increase in Britain’s defence spending to put the nation on a “war footing”.

The Times and the Guardian say Mr Sunak will boost defence funding to 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP).

While the Daily Express says the Prime Minister will cut 70,000 civil service jobs to be able to fund the defence spending.

The Independent asks the Prime Minister to “think again” after the recent passing of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill.

The Metro reports on a seven-year-old girl who was one of five people who died amid panic on a dinghy in the Channel, saying “let this be last channel tragedy”.

The Daily Mirror continues its coverage of Jill Dando’s death in 1999, with a key witness claiming they saw a Serbian assassin near the crime scene.

The Bank of England has warned that lenders are “in the dark” over private equity risk, the Financial Times reports.

The Sun leads with a photo of Prince Louis after his sixth birthday.

And the Daily Star says Alan Titchmarsh does not like slugs.

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