What the papers say – May 24
Dentistry delays and a “cancer crisis” feature on the front pages at the start of the working week.
The Daily Mail and Daily Express lead on similar stories, reporting some dental patients are being forced to wait until 2024 for an appointment on the NHS with a number of surgeries closing to new patients.
Monday’s Daily MAIL: “The Dentist Will See You… In Three Years” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/wb9WNFSX9f
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 23, 2021
Monday’s Daily EXPRESS: “The Dentist Will See You In 3 Years!” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/4rD9nz5nD5
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 23, 2021
The Sun reports Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have sent save-the-date cards for a wedding in 2022.
Tomorrow's front page: Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds 'will celebrate their wedding' next summer https://t.co/T5mqOGFTgV pic.twitter.com/DqeLMg5VLs
— The Sun (@TheSun) May 23, 2021
The coronavirus latest is splashed across the i and Metro, with the former leading on an “upbeat” note struck over the lifting of restrictions in June while the latter says a third of the UK population is fully vaccinated.
Monday's front page: Freedom on 21 June is 'looking good'#TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/7rQf2fe1ZG
— i newspaper (@theipaper) May 23, 2021
Monday's front page:
THIRD IMMUNITY#TomorrowsPapersToday #bbcpapers #skypapers pic.twitter.com/gXEmezAGth
— Metro Newspaper UK (@MetroUKNews) May 23, 2021
The Daily Telegraph reports on experts sounding the alarm after more than 300,000 people missed urgent cancer checks in the last 12 months.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Cancer crisis ‘risks replacing pandemic’'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4Oomry pic.twitter.com/WrKBZS3LAk
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) May 23, 2021
The Times leads on comments from Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden about the BBC in light of the Martin Bashir scandal, with Mr Dowden critical of the corporation’s perceived “we know best” attitude.
Monday’s TIMES: “Culture Secretary calls for changes at the BBC” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/Y8VJbUm7v8
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) May 23, 2021
Figures on the prosecution of rape cases lead The Guardian, with the paper’s analysis suggesting only 1.6% of cases lead to a charge.
Guardian front page, Monday 24 May 2021: Just 1.6% of rape cases lead to a charge, figures reveal pic.twitter.com/rwdNFdw8V7
— Guardian news (@guardiannews) May 23, 2021
The Independent covers an investigation into a “series of baby deaths” at a hospitals trust.
Tomorrow's @independent front page #tomorrowspaperstoday To subscribe to the Daily Edition https://t.co/koJc3LN1ax pic.twitter.com/bEkYuUfiVq
— Thair Shaikh (@ThairShaikh) May 23, 2021
The Daily Mirror writes about thousands of Brits heading abroad to Spain with tourists “defying Government advice”.
Tomorrow's front page: 100,000 Brits off on hol to Spain https://t.co/xQNuiBsSrS #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/aDN93els9S
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) May 23, 2021
But the Daily Star says temperatures will reach 24C next week for a “bank holiday scorcher”.
Tomorrow's front page: Luvvly Bubbly #TomorrowsPapersToday https://t.co/T4QrucLrO9 pic.twitter.com/2H87LxSvqb
— Daily Star (@dailystar) May 23, 2021
And the Financial Times features calls for an international response after a Ryanair flight was diverted to Minsk and an opposition activist arrested.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Monday 24 May https://t.co/q7uHwAFKqv pic.twitter.com/wihyegOnSU
— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) May 23, 2021