What the papers say – June 21
Most of the nation’s front pages lead with fallout from the stabbing attack that occurred in a Reading park early on Saturday evening.
The Sunday Express , Sunday People and Sunday Mirror report on the incident in Forbury Gardens, which police say left three people dead.
Sunday EXPRESS: “Knifeman In Rampage At Park” #BBCPapers#TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/kJwjG1eXLk
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 21, 2020
Sunday PEOPLE: “Stabbing Horror In Park” #BBCPapers#TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/bPtwyH3YDH
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 21, 2020
Tomorrow's front page: Horror in the park #tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/YiEZ7IS688pic.twitter.com/ngENvhG9sw
— Sunday Mirror (@TheSundayMirror) June 20, 2020
The Independent says a 25-year-old Libyan man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after being “chased and pinned to the floor by officers”.
Tomorrow's @independent front page #tomorrowspaperstoday To subscribe to the Daily Edition https://t.co/XF8VnDpHYFpic.twitter.com/3HL3lQepfT
— The Independent (@Independent) June 21, 2020
The Sunday Telegraph reports on the Reading stabbing alongside the news that Boris Johnson is “poised” to reduce the nation’s social-distancing rule to “one metre plus”.
Sunday TELEGRAPH (2nd edition): “ ‘Terror’ at the park as knifeman goes on rampage” #BBCPapers#TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/jtjyzK2xrX
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 21, 2020
The Sunday Times also shares front page coverage of the attack with a story on Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton speaking out about his experience as a black man in motorsport.
Sunday TIMES: “Three stabbed to death in ‘terror attack’ “ #BBCPapers#TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/LZ9fBJAhQp
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) June 21, 2020
Elsewhere, The Mail on Sunday says there are plans to allow “hotels and holiday parks to reopen on July 4”.
MAIL ON SUNDAY: UK holidays from July 4th #TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/3aSWhkaL9g
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 20, 2020
And The Observer reports extended school closures will result in a “child mental health crisis” breaking out across the UK.
OBSERVER: School closures ‘will trigger UK child mental health crisis’ #TomorrowsPapersTodaypic.twitter.com/Ke2nq20Nix
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) June 20, 2020