Sunday’s papers are dominated by the attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany. It comes after a nine-year-old child and four adults were killed, and more than 200 injured, after a car drove into a crowd on Friday evening. The Sun on Sunday carries the headline “Free to kill”. The paper says German authorities were warned three times over the suspect, named in local media as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a 50-year-old Saudi citizen who arrived in Germany in 2006 and had worked as a doctor.
The Sunday People also leads with the Magdeburg attack and alleged missed opportunities by the police. Its front page picture shows the mass of floral tribute laid out in the city.
The Sunday Times says Germany had been given “multiple warnings” by Saudi Arabia over the “market killer” . It also has a story on the continuing Guinness shortages in the UK after the drink has taken off among younger drinkers.
The Sunday Telegraph leads with a story on how a new “grocery tax” designed to boost net zero targets could push up household shopping bills.
The Observer says ministers are resisting efforts to block the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, handing millions to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.
The Mail on Sunday calls Chancellor Rachel Reeves “the Grinch”, claiming that the rise in employer National Insurance announced in the Budget has effectively resulted in the government “stealing” 45% of charitable donations.
The Sunday Express has a story on how the UK will just have “one lone aircraft carrier” to deploy if the country is attacked due to “budget cuts and a shortage of sailors”.
N-Dubz star Tulisa has spoken to the Sunday Mirror about suffering anxiety attacks on the recent series of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!
And the Daily Star Sunday leads with the claim that Ronnie Kray “killed Marilyn Monroe”. The paper says the Kray twin’s former PR “reckons he heard” a confession from the notorious London gangster.
