A wide variety of stories compete for attention across Sunday’s front. Politics leads the way for The Mail on Sunday leads as it reports on Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall claiming energy costs on her second property. The papers contrasts this with the scrapping of winter fuel payments for many pensioners. “Kendall has been branded a hypocrite” for removing the payment, the paper reports.
The first day of Advent is perfect timing for the Sunday Mirror to launch its own Christmas charity appeal, highlighting the vast amount of families in the UK who face the festive season without their loved ones. The paper reports that more than 75,000 children have been reported missing in a 12-month period, and “the crisis has inspired our Christmas appeal” which will donate funds to a charity that aims to reconnect people.
The Sunday Telegraph leads the way with new allegations surrounding TV presenter Gregg Wallace. Under the headline ‘I blew the whistle on Wallace but nothing was done’ the paper speaks to a former producer who worked with Wallace on the show Eat Well For Less. She says her concerns about his “inappropriate” behaviour were “ignored”. Wallace’s lawyers say it is entirely false that he engages in behaviour of a sexually harassing nature. The image featured prominently next to that report shows a Syrian rebel waving a flag victoriously by the steps of the Citadel in the Ancient City of Aleppo, marking the rebel forces seizing control of the city.
The Sunday Times leads its front page with continuing coverage of the assisted dying vote in parliament on Friday. It reports that moves to legalise assisted dying “will eclipse the government’s priorities”, according to ministers unnamed. Beside that report, the Times also features the story of allegations over Gregg Wallace’s behaviour, which is paired with an image of Aasmah Mir, who the paper reports emailed BBC executives about her concerns.
The Sunday People is another to cover the Gregg Wallace allegations, but squeezes in another big TV story – that Strictly Come Dancing’s Sarah Hadland is working on a script for a new comedy.
Leading the Sun is a story about Coronation Street actor Sean Wilson, who was recently cleared by police over what the paper describes as “an unfounded historical sex claim”. In the article, Wilson, who played Martin Platt, reflects that “my whole world was blown apart”.
The story of a “spine-tingling” portrait leads the Daily Star’s front page on Sunday. It reports the painting – which had three previous owners who returned it to a charity shop after ghostly goings-on- is now haunting its new owners at a tourist attraction, but for the safety of any unwitting front-page browsers, the paper conceals the location until page five.
