Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Wednesday's National Newspaper Front Pages

THE PAPERS' TOP STORIES

:: Metro and the Daily Mirror

Two British 17-year-old boys have prompted outrage after they were caught stealing belongings of Holocaust victims at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. They spent a night behind bars after being caught with buttons and part of a razor.

:: The Guardian

David Cameron is looking to revive plans to change the way that child poverty is measured, in advance of new figures which are expected to show it has increased for the first time in 10 years.

:: Daily Mail

Lord Janner "violated, raped and tortured" children inside the Houses of Parliament according to Labour MP Simon Danczuk, who used parliamentary privilege to accuse the peer of being a "serial child abuser".

:: Daily Express, The Times and The Daily Telegraph

The Queen, who is in Germany on a state visit, could be facing a cut in her funding worth millions of pounds, as the Scottish government is refusing to pay its share of the monarchy's costs.

It may be regarded as revenge for what some nationalists saw as the Queen's intervention in last September's independence referendum.

Buckingham Palace claims the withdrawn contribution, which would fall under David Cameron's devolution deal with Nicola Sturgeon, could cause a £1.5m black hole in royal finances.

:: The Financial Times

The owner of the Miami Dolphins American football team is teaming up with a Qatari investment fund to take control of Formula One, in a deal which could see the motor-racing sport finally break into the US.

:: The Independent, i, and Daily Star

Striking ferry workers in Calais blocked access to the Channel Tunnel with burning tyres, as thousands of migrants attempted to board stranded lorries bound for Britain.

The UK's main transport links to the continent were left at a standstill throughout Tuesday, with passenger and freight services cancelled.

Thousands of British tourists were left stranded at St Pancras International after Eurostar cancelled trains between London, Brussels and Paris.

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