'Death of a monster' and 'Blair rebukes Starmer'

'Death of a monster' and 'Blair rebukes Starmer' 6 hours ago Share Save Share Save The death of the Soham murderer Ian Huntley is a focus for Sunday's papers, with the Sunday Mirror headlining the news as the "death of a monster".

The convicted killer has died 10 days after he was attacked in prison, Sunday Mirror reports, quoting a former guard, who said "no one will shed any tears".

The former school caretaker had been serving a life sentence with a minimum term of 40 years for murdering best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002.

"Flush his ashes down the toilet" is the Sun splash on the death of Ian Huntley, as the paper publishes an exclusive interview with his daughter.

Samantha Bryan, the only child of Huntley, said her father does not deserve a funeral. A large photograph of Ian Huntley looms on the cover of the Daily Star, as "jail lags cheer the death of the evil killer", the paper says.

It goes on to quote officials who said the "nation's thoughts are with the families of Holly and Jessica".

Sunday People headlines with a "special place in hell" for Ian Huntley who has "finally died", the paper reports, after an attack in prison.

Above an image of the child murderer is a US Air Force bomber at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, which the paper describes as capable of delivering 34 tons of explosives.

Tony Blair has rebuked the UK prime minister over Trump's war on Iran by saying, "we should've backed America from the very beginning", the Mail reports.

The paper describes it as a "stinging blow" to Sir Keir Starmer, who decided not to join the initial US-Israel strikes on Iran. Similarly, the Sunday Telegraph leads with former UK prime minister Tony Blair rebuking Starmer over his failure to back "Trump's war".

Blair, who supported the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, told a "private luncheon" on Friday that Sir Keir should have done more to support the US from the "very beginning of the escalating conflict", the paper reports.

A former Formula One engineer has urged UK defence chiefs to "harness the innovative skills within motor racing to arm Britain for a potential conflict with Russia", the Sunday Express reports. Mark Mathieson, who once worked at Mercedes and McLaren, believes the answers to "improving slow, ineffective" processes "used by the Ministry of Defence" can be found in the sport.

"Exodus from Dubai" is the lead story of the Observer as people begin to flee parts of the Gulf as the war intensifies.

And the Independent celebrates International Women's Day with a line up of influential female figures like English soccer player Chloe Kelly, and Indhu Rubasingham, the first woman and first person of colour to lead the National Theatre