The Daily Mail

Owned by: Daily Mail and General Trust, owned by Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere

Editor: Paul Dacre

Political leaning: Right / far right

Daily circulation: circa 1,490,000

Today’s leading headline: We just can’t wait to meet baby number three!

Today’s Mail chooses to divert its attention from the apparent looming nuclear war, instead focussing on the news that the royal couple are expecting a third child. The paper offers a free pull-out picture to commemorate the occasion.

Afterthought: Another royal baby is on the way. Regardless of your feelings towards the royals, the news of a new child is always fantastic. Best of luck to the couple.

The Daily Telegraph

Owned by: Telegraph Media Group, owned by Sir David Barclay and Sir Frederick Barclay

Editor: Chris Evans

Political leaning: Right

Daily circulation: circa. 460,000

Today’s leading headline: Oxford head in attack on ‘pay lies’ of ministers

A pay row leads todays Telegraph’s coverage. Oxford University have come under fire for the amount they pay some of their professors. The university has retaliated and accused ministers of deliberately engaging in ‘mendacious’ behaviour.

Afterthought: Listening to any MP talk about other people being overpaid is a level of irony I am not prepared to engage in at 10 o clock on a Tuesday morning.

The Times

Owned by: News UK, Rupert Murdoch’s company.

Editor: John Witherow

Political leaning: Right

Daily circulation: circa. 446,000

Today’s leading headline: University secrets are stolen by cybergangs

Today’s Times today covers the news that various leading British universities are being targeted by cybergangs keen on stealing information. This apparently includes information on weaponry, fuel and medical records. Oxford, Warwick and the University College London have been targeted among others.

Afterthought: Feel free to hack into my university records and remove my student debt. Pretty please.

The Guardian

Owned by: Scott Trust Limited, run by a board with a policy of non-interference.

Editor: Katharine Viner

Political leaning: Left

Daily circulation: circa. 161,000

Today’s leading headline: North Korea is begging for war, warns US

Today’s Guardian continues to cover the escalating North Korea crisis. As countries across the globe react to the mounting nuclear crisis, the USA has taken an aggressive-defensive stance, warning that the increasingly hostile rhetoric could have severe implications.

Afterthought: In a series of tweets yesterday, Elon Musk of Tesla fame shrugged off the chances of a nuclear attack from Korea, claiming that to do so would lead to the instant death of the current regime as the worlds big countries retaliated. Others have suggested that this recent outburst from Kim Jong-un could be North Korea testing the USA’s reaction.

The i

Owned by: Johnston Press, whose CEO is Ashley Highfield, significant ties to the BBC

Editor: Oliver Duff

Political leaning: Centre

Daily circulation: circa. 264,000

Today’s leading headline: 1% public sector pay cap to end.

Today’s i covers May’s most recent attempt to win back some positive coverage; removing the 1% public sector pay cap. For the last seven years, the cap has frozen the earnings of many in the public sector, leading to a ‘struggle to retain and recruit nurses, teachers, doctors, police and armed forces’. May has now apparently realised the importance of the previously listed professions, and has sought to reward them as such.

Afterthought: Earlier this year, MP’s voted against raising the 1% public sector pay gap. It’s taken an appallingly dismal public relations campaign to remove it. Shameful.

Financial Times

Owner: The Nikkei, which is based in Tokyo.

Editor: Lionel Barber

Political leaning: Centre

Daily circulation: circa. 193,211

Today’s leading headline: Bell Pottinger expelled from PR body after South Africa race row

Today’s Financial Times reports that Bells Pottinger has been expelled from the industry amid claims of unethical behaviour. The leading PR firm has been accused of deliberately stirring racial tension in South Africa. The company pushed a narrative that there was an ‘economic apartheid’ in South Africa, in a deliberately provocative manner that has been labelled a ‘blatant instance of unethical practise’.

Afterthought: In a move that will shock no one, a PR firm has been found to have been manipulating data and deliberately pushing an agenda designed to inflame reactions. The punishment the firm has been given is unprecedented for a company of its size. Hopefully this will serve as a warning to others looking to appeal to the lowest common denominators of the human condition; fear and anger.

The Sun

Owner: News UK, owned by Rupert Murdoch

Editor: Tony Gallagher

Political leaning: Right / far right

Daily circulation: circa. 1,611,464

Today’s leading headline: The Warsaw act

Today’s Sun speculates that the new royal baby may have been conceived in Poland. The paper joins the other tabloids in taking a wild guess.

Afterthought: Who cares?