What the papers say – October 24
The discovery of 39 dead bodies in a refrigerated lorry container in Essex and Brexit dominate Thursday’s front pages.
The Times reports the migrants “froze to death”, with the i newspaper saying that for those inside the container the “Dream of a new life ends in horror” in what the Daily Mirror called the “tomb of steel”.
Lorry migrants froze to death#tomorrowspaperstoday@hendopolispic.twitter.com/gxtFupJQid
— The Times Pictures (@TimesPictures) October 23, 2019
Thursday's front page: Dream of a new life ends in horror for 39 people found dead in Essex container#tomorrowspaperstoday#skypapers#bbcpaperspic.twitter.com/BAgwR1A7ds
— i newspaper (@theipaper) October 23, 2019
Tomorrow's front page: The tomb of steel#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/sphMUjh0nPpic.twitter.com/OgHQJj2Xwb
— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) October 23, 2019
The deceased migrants were “promised a better life”, according to Metro, but The Daily Telegraph concludes they were “driven to” a “frozen fate”.
Thursday's front page:PROMISED A BETTER LIFE#tomorrowspaperstoday#bbcpapers#skypaperspic.twitter.com/IlQHE9Quqs
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) October 23, 2019
Tomorrow’s @Telegraph front page: Human cargo driven to frozen fate #tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/0aMXlkfOXE
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 23, 2019
Authorities were told of the risk of people smuggling at Essex port three years ago, the Daily Mail says, which prompts the paper to ask “Why were warnings ignored?”
Thursday's @DailyMailUK#MailFrontPagespic.twitter.com/pLUYtuCDxT
— Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) October 23, 2019
The Independent calls the incident a “brutal reminder of Britain’s forgotten crisis”.
Tomorrow's @independent front page #tomorrowspaperstoday To subscribe to the Daily Edition: https://t.co/XF8VnDpHYFpic.twitter.com/Wc6I9AMjMr
— The Independent (@Independent) October 24, 2019
The Guardian also covers the loss of life, and adds that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior Ministers are “divided” over the prospect of general election before Christmas.
Guardian front page, Thursday 24 October 2019: Police work to identify 39 people found dead in lorry pic.twitter.com/ykWKs1aue7
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 23, 2019
The Daily Express reports on anger at the apparent Brexit impasse, decrying that the European Union is “still deciding our fate”.
EXPRESS: Fury over EU STILL deciding our fate #TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/OSvapCvfEm
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 23, 2019
There are fears Strictly has been “thrown into turmoil” as the programme’s stars have been hit by a “sickness bug”, the Daily Star reports.
STAR: Sickly come dancing #TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/l17GI0egGc
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 23, 2019
And co-working business WeWork will cut up to 4,000 jobs after being taken over by Japan’s SoftBank, according to the Financial Times.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Thursday 24 October https://t.co/JNM0woJHiVpic.twitter.com/g2UCmNBaBu
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 23, 2019