The Papers: 'Someone knows something' and 'childcare giveaway'

Many of Saturday's papers are starring with the ongoing hunt for 45-year-old Nicola Bulley pursuing her disappearance 15 days ago. Under the header "I'm definite Nicola didn't autumn in", the Daily Mirror reports comments from her spouse Paul Ansell.

The Daily Mail besides carries the story, noting Mr Ansell's remark that "someone successful the colony knows what happened". It follows an interrogation Mr Ansell gave to Channel 5, wherever helium said his household were going done "unprecedented hell".

The Sun has a akin lead, with the striking headline: "Someone section knows something".

Quotes from Ms Bulley's spouse besides marque the beforehand of the Daily Telegraph. Elsewhere, the insubstantial says the probe into whether Boris Johnson misled MPs implicit Partygate is "struggling to beryllium his guilt" arsenic whistleblowers person been told they volition not stay anonymous. Mr Johnson's ineligible representatives proceed to situation the investigation's approach, the insubstantial adds.

Jobseekers whitethorn person to instrumentality mandatory skills grooming oregon look payment cuts, the Times reports. The plans are already being piloted successful 4 regions and would necessitate a two-week upskilling people astatine a section occupation centre. The insubstantial besides carries an representation of Ms Bulley and Mr Ansell, alongside quotes from the aforesaid interview.

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The Guardian says the Treasury is considering a large enlargement of escaped childcare for one- and two-year-olds successful England arsenic portion of a Budget "giveaway" which would outgo billions.

The Financial Times carries an interrogation with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan connected its beforehand page. It reports she plans to propulsion backmost connected immoderate effort by the Home Office to trim the fig of overseas students.

For a 2nd day, the one paper leads with a communicative astir sewage successful the UK's rivers. It cites forecasts by the Environment Agency that lone 6% of English rivers volition beryllium successful "good" ecological information by 2027 without intervention.

"The prima is falling to bits," declares the Daily Star. The insubstantial says a "large chunk" of the prima has "fallen off" successful a improvement which has "baffled eggheads". But the insubstantial urges readers not to fret - "since Elon Musk says we'll beryllium moving to Mars by 2028 it astir apt doesn't matter".