What the papers say: Thursday's front pages
The front pages on Thursday feature local objections to housing, hotels owed millions by the State, and women treated like "lepers" by their doctors.
The Irish Times and the Irish Examiner both cover the final progress report on the CervicalCheck controversy.
The Examiner reports that women impacted by the controversy are being treated like “lepers” and are being refused medical appointments because they are of a campaign group.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has urged homeowners to consider the plight of those seeking to get their foot on the property ladder before objecting to new developments, the Irish Independent reports.
The Irish Daily Mail says hotels across the country are owed millions from the State for housing refugees.
The Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star have the latest on the trial of Gerry Hutch at the Special Criminal Court.
The Belfast Telegraph reports that a record 14 people are facing a legal sanction over the 2019 collapse of Wrightbus.
The British front pages feature pressure on the UK government, huge numbers of parking tickets and trouble at the Coastguard.
The Daily Mirror says the UK’s biggest fraud sting has brought down a phone number spoofing site used by criminals to scam thousands of victims out of millions of pounds.
Thursday's front page: The Mirror on tour with Status Quo#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/kdnV4sDen8 pic.twitter.com/NrWYxS9Dln
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) November 23, 2022
Nicola Sturgeon insists “democracy won’t be denied” after the UK Supreme Court blocked a second Scottish independence referendum, reports Metro.
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🔴 Bid for second Scottish independence vote blocked
🔴 But furious Sturgeon says ‘democracy won’t be denied’#tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/TFp4OC4uco— Metro (@MetroUK) November 23, 2022
Documents seen by The Guardian indicate Tory peer Michelle Mone and her children secretly received £29 million (€33.5 million) from the profits of a PPE firm awarded large government contracts after she recommended it to ministers.
Guardian front page, Thursday 24 November 2022: Revealed – Conservative peer Michelle Mone secretly received £29m from 'VIP lane' PPE firm pic.twitter.com/2hr1yob6fb
— The Guardian (@guardian) November 23, 2022
Rishi Sunak faces pressure from businesses and unions to scrap his planned “bonfire of EU rules”, says the Financial Times.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times UK edition Thursday November 24 https://t.co/VXzG9HPtz1 pic.twitter.com/9tRJzAN8hv
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) November 23, 2022
Downing Street officials have told i the government needs to introduce new policies to placate unhappy MPs.
Thursday's front page: Sunak faces battle with unhappy Tory MPs#TomorrowsPapersToday
🔴 Latest from @HugoGye and @RichardVaughan1 https://t.co/JYYxJ9DPCw pic.twitter.com/9tRHL81WEO— i newspaper (@theipaper) November 23, 2022
The Daily Telegraph reports GP practices could be named and shamed as new league tables are set to show the surgeries offering the least number of appointments.
The front page of today's Daily Telegraph:
'GPs to go on shame list over access'
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/0KgtgSfDu5— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) November 24, 2022
The Independent has been briefed that overstretched Coastguard staff working up to 20 hours per day made mistakes during the response to a mass drowning tragedy in the English Channel one year ago today.
INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: Coastguard failings in Channel migrant deaths #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/pwlZHCAKez
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) November 23, 2022
The first drug proven to slow dementia could be available in the UK next year, reports the Daily Express.
Thursday's Front Cover: New dementia drug could be ready next year https://t.co/Lh97eYX5Kq#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/RPc8Qe5wV3
— Daily Express (@Daily_Express) November 23, 2022
The Daily Mail says motorists are being hit with a record 30,000 parking tickets per day.
Thursday's @DailyMailUK #MailFrontPages pic.twitter.com/ix0Ec2RzbJ
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) November 23, 2022
The British government will soon begin a £25 million public information campaign to show people how to reduce energy consumption, according to The Times.
THE TIMES: Britons told how to save energy #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/tyEyRLQadQ
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) November 23, 2022
TV presenter Jonnie Irwin claims in The Sun that A Place In The Sun axed him when he revealed his terminal cancer diagnosis.
On tomorrow's front page: 'Place In The Sun axed me after I got cancer,' says distraught presenter Jonnie Irwinhttps://t.co/OBYNjCfeI7 pic.twitter.com/6WaI6otloC
— The Sun (@TheSun) November 23, 2022
And the Daily Star asks “how do you spell schadenfreude” after ’s 2-1 World Cup loss to Japan.
Thursday's front page: Sincere condolences to our friends the Germans in your hour of need.#TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/fL4XvR1g6w pic.twitter.com/sPy4sSUnTK
— Daily Star (@dailystar) November 23, 2022
