What the papers say - February 20
Tuesday's papers carry a mixed bag of news, from a chicken crisis to Brexit predictions and the sentencing of paedophile football coach Barry Bennell.
Under the headline "Kentucky Fried Closed", The Sun reports on the closure of 700 KFC stores after the fast food chain ran out of chicken in what the paper calls a "huge delivery cock-up".
Tomorrow's front page: 700 KFC stores shut after running out of chicken https://t.co/jZ7SkDreNVpic.twitter.com/7b0bXWwq5d
-- The Sun (@TheSun) February 19, 2018
The poultry shortage also makes the front of the Financial Times under the headline: "KFC in a flap after British supply chain failure leaves chicken at home to roost".
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, international edition, Tuesday 20 Februaryhttps://t.co/kdMqi0imSSpic.twitter.com/isKBT6LK52
-- Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) February 19, 2018
The Duchess of Cambridge is pictured on the front of the Daily Mail, as she met with Stella McCartney at a Buckingham Palace reception to showcase a new fashion initiative.
Tuesday's @DailyMailUK#MailFrontPagespic.twitter.com/J8yKGNSy3H
-- Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) February 19, 2018
Kate is also featured on the front of the Telegraph, admiring one of McCartney's creations in collaboration with an Indian artisan weaving company.
Jeremy Corbyn also leads the paper as it reports that the Prime Minister has urged the Labour leader to be "open and transparent" about alleged links to former Communist spies. Mr Corbyn has previously said any claim he was "an agent, asset or informer for any intelligence agency is entirely false and a ridiculous smear".
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph: 'Corbyn urged to reveal his Stasi file' #TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/cPg0u5MOEj
-- The Telegraph (@Telegraph) February 19, 2018
Brexit is back on the agenda as David Davis heads to Austria to address business leaders. The Guardian reports the Brexit Secretary will say that concerns the Tories "will plunge Britain into a 'Mad Max-style world borrowed from dystopian fiction' after leaving the EU are unfounded".
Tuesday's GUARDIAN: "Davis: Brexit will not plunge Britain into 'Mad Max dystopia' " #bbcpapers#tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/NynCqk8JRP
-- Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) February 19, 2018
The i also leads on Brexit and says that former deputy prime minister Damian Green is demanding his former colleagues release EU withdrawal data to the public.
Tuesday's i - " 'Give us the facts on Brexit' " #bbcpapers#tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/onRorDEXfm
-- Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) February 19, 2018
The Metro leads on the sentencing of convicted paedophiles Barry Bennell and Matthew Falder. Bennell was jailed for 30 years and branded the "the devil incarnate" by a judge, while Falder received a 32-year jail sentence for blackmailing a string of vulnerable victims.
Tuesday's METRO: "The Devils Incarnate" #bbcpapers#tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/LDEB1CNSkA
-- Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) February 19, 2018
The Times reports on the possibility that university students could have their final-year exams cancelled after academics announced plans to escalate strikes.
Tomorrow's front page: University strike puts final exams in danger #tomorrowspapertodaypic.twitter.com/UjGg79RXcI
-- The Times of London (@thetimes) February 19, 2018
And the Daily Mirror's organ donation campaign continues with an interview with former footballer Andy Cole, who has urged MPs to vote for an opt-out system after he himself underwent a kidney transplant.
Tomorrow's front page: Brave organ donor saved my life. Now MPs must save others#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/hXHQuV0Gvqpic.twitter.com/kB7ondFfBk
-- Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) February 19, 2018