'A day of shame for the British state'

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May 20, 2024 at 7:50 p.m.·3 min read

Metro headline reads "40 years of bloody cover up"' — "Forty years of bloody cover up" headlines the Metro as it leads on the release of the infected blood scandal public inquiry report. The report found the scandal - which claimed 3,000 lives and affected 30,000 - could have been avoided and was covered up for decades, the paper writes. It pictures people embracing after the release of the report following a five-year inquiry. [BBC]

"This is a day of shame British state" headlines the front page of theDaily Express — The Daily Express says "this is a day of shame for British state". Those are the words of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the Commons during his apology over the infected blood scandal. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer also apologised for his party's involvement as families watched on from the Commons viewing gallery. [BBC]

The i front page headline is "day of shame for Britain: blood scandal cover-up killed thousands" — The i also carries the prime minister's words for its headline. It adds that the prime minister apologised for the state's "callousness and cruelty". But it quotes one grieving daughter saying his apology was not "worth the paper it's written on". [BBC]

"A day of shame for the British state" headlines the Daily Telegraph — The Daily Telegraph reports the government will announce a plan for compensation on Tuesday and that it is expected to top £10bn. The infected blood inquiry's report recommended a compensation scheme to be set up immediately for victims and bereaved families. Elsewhere, actress Dame Judi Dench is pictured with the first seedling from the Sycamore Gap tree, felled last year, which she planted at Chelsea Flower Show. [BBC]

The Daily Mail headlines the "day that shames the British state" — A woman holds a pictures of her husband, a victim of the infected blood scandal, on the front of the Daily Mail. It toplines on families concerned that no one will face criminal justice over the scandal. [BBC]

"Make guilty face justice" headlines the Mirror — The Mirror pictures 12 faces of victims of the infected blood scandal. It calls the scandal a "betrayal on a massive scale by those in power who were supposed to protect us all". The paper calls for the guilty to face justice. [BBC]

Guardian headlines "day of shame: deadly cover-up of blood scandal finally exposed" — The Guardian quotes inquiry chair Sir Brian Langstaff who said the scandal "largely, though not entirely, could have been avoided" but successive governments and others "did not put patient safety first". The paper also reports five days of mourning following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. [BBC]

Financial Times front page leads with "ICC requests arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders" — The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor requesting arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes is the main story on the Financial Times. The broadsheet says the requests have provoked a "fierce reaction" from Israel and the US, which described it as outrageous. The paper observes that if ICC judges decided to issue warrants, it would mark the first time the court had issued a warrant for a Western-backed leader. Pictured is the late Iranian president. [BBC]

The Daily Star has the cast of TV show Friends on its front page and headlines "the one where Matt Perry visits Courteney Cox from beyond the grave" — The cast of TV sitcom Friends is on the front page of the Daily Star. The tabloid reports on Courtney Cox telling US broadcaster CBS that her late co-star Matthew Perry "visits me a lot" and she can sense his spirit "around for sure". Meanwhile, parrots are pictured with their owners at a pub. A couple from Birmingham take Charlie and Chester to the shops and even when they go for a pint. [BBC]

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