An audit led by Baroness Louise Casey into grooming gangs dominates Tuesday’s papers. The i newspaper’s headline says a “generation of girls” were “let down” by police, councils and MPs. It quotes the report, which found authorities “shied away from the ethnicity of perpetrators” for fear of “raising tensions”.
The Daily Telegraph focuses on a line in the report which said asylum seekers and foreign nationals are involved in a “significant proportion” of live police investigations. Elsewhere, the paper reports that Israel’s strikes have pushed Iran “to the brink” after it hit Tehran’s state TV headquarters on Monday.
The Metro says victims were failed by “blindness, ignorance, prejudice, defensiveness”. Its front page reports that Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has apologised to victims.
The Daily Mail says a “conspiracy of silence over race doomed thousands of girls to abuse”. It reports that public bodies “covered up” evidence “for fear of appearing racist”.
Baroness Casey’s report found the ethnicity of offenders was “brushed aside”, according to the Times. Elsewhere, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is pictured meeting Chief Darcy Dixon of the Bearspaw First Nation after arriving in Canada for a meeting of the G7.
The front page of the Daily Express features an interview with a victim of a grooming gang, who has called for every council and police force to be investigated.
“Never again” is the headline on the front of the Daily Mirror, which leads on Cooper’s pledge that “there will be no hiding place from justice” for perpetrators. The home secretary says more than 1,000 cases will reviewed after “years for failures” by authorities.
The Sun says the “devastating” report has “laid bare” how victims were failed. It says girls targeted by grooming gangs were “betrayed by the state”.
Israel and Iran’s ongoing exchange of strikes is the lead story on the front of the Financial Times. The paper leads on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that Israel has gained control over Tehran’s airspace.
The Guardian also focuses on the conflict in the Middle East, headlining on evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military as it continues to strike targets inside Iran.
And finally, the Daily Star predicts a hosepipe ban in Yorkshire after a drought was declared. “Reservoir dregs” is its Quentin Tarantino-inspired headline.
