The Papers: Weight loss jabs ‘at the chemist’ and ‘hottest’ May
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“Chemists to give out weight-loss injections” writes The Daily Telegraph as “health officials are poised to announce trial” that will widen access to the jabs. “One in 10 overweight people” are eligible for the treatment on the NHS while more than half a million people pay for private prescriptions, the Telegraph reports. The paper also reports that Labour frontbenchers Ed Miliband are uniting to “save net zero”, reportedly with a plan to ban gas boilers in newly built homes.
The Daily Mail’s front page also touts “NHS fat jabs at the pharmacy”, announcing the plans for over-the-counter availability of injections including Ozempic. The paper reports the the jab would cost £9.90, the same price as an NHS prescription.
“Trump ditches Waltz” reads the headline of the lead in the Financial Times, reporting on the National Security Advisor Mike Waltz being being “ousted” after he added a journalist to a White House chat on texting platform Signal. The exit has “echoes of Trump’s first term” when four people consecutively filled the post, the paper says. Also in the US, the paper reports on McDonald’s sales falling “as tariff-wary Americans flip to home cooked burgers”.
Passengers on the London eye got stuck during the “hottest May of the years” reports Metro. “Amid safety warnings” the temperature hit 28 degrees in parts of the UK on Thursday and there’s “higher to come”. Inside the paper, The Kooks’ Luke Pritchard “talks festival nights”.
The i Paper reports on a “UK care worker visa crackdown”, with Home Secretary Yvette Cooper planning to cut net migration by tackling the “abuse” of workers entering the UK “only to be exploited”. The “hottest May Day” also features on the front page, with advice on “why your cat should be wearing sunscreen”.
“Banks forecast fastest fall in interest rates since 2009”, headlines The Times. The expected cut will offer mortgage holders “relief from years of high borrowing costs” against a “backdrop of growing global economic uncertainty”, it writes. The Times also reports that Harrods has become the latest retailer to be “hit in spree of cyberattacks on UK shops”, after Marks & Spencer and the Co-op Group earlier this week.
Following “a relentless Daily Express campaign”, the paper announces that VE Day veterans will travel to the Netherlands while “Britain will pick up the tab”. Their commemorative trips “were in peril after a funding promise was snatched away”, but now “our heroes can honour” their “fallen friends”. As Princess Charlotte turns 10, the Express says the pre-teen has “inner strength” just “like our beloved late Queen”.
The Guardian reports British banks have investments of £75bn in oil, gas and coal projects that will have a negative environmental impact. In response, some of the banks highlighted their efforts to hit green targets. Also on the front page the paper has the headline “no sign of end to Gaza blockade, and food is running out”, reporting on the story of one mother struggling to feed her children.
Following the death of Virginia Giuffre, the Daily Mirror has an interview with Johanna Sjoberg who has also made accusations against Prince Andrew. Prince Andrew has denied the claims.
“Big Foot meets big mouth” reads the front page of the Daily Star, reporting that Prince Philip had met the elusive creature while he was still alive. The paper also touts the “hot hot hot” weather in the UK, with some swimmers off for a dip in a top picture slot.
