Newspaper headlines: 'PM lets down the King' and 'Kenny's secret night at Maya's'

'PM lets down the King' and 'Kenny's secret night at Maya's' Published 1 November 2026, 01:15 GMT Updated 2 hours ago Warning: Sunday's paper review contains spoilers for The Celebrity Traitors. Image caption, Several Sunday papers are running with stories following Prime Minster Andy Burnham's comments that he was open to discussions around the UK formally apologising for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. The Sunday Express headlines with "PM 'lets down the King' over slavery apology" and says Burnham has been "accused of 'irresponsible' blunder" as King Charles III tours the Caribbean.

Image caption, In its front page take of the slavery apology fallout, the Mail angles its lead piece on Burnham's "slave trade pledge" sparking a "new reparations row" for the King. The prime minister's comments have "thrown into confusion" the King's tour of the Caribbean, the paper says. Image caption, The Sunday People headlines with "Charles under pressure". Under a picture of the King on the front page, the paper says he is "facing increasing demands for slavery apology".

Image caption, The "Heat on Charles over slavery row" features on the front of the Sunday Mirror, but its main story is about a warning of "cosmetic surgery firm upselling risky operations abroad". Image caption, The main headline on the Sunday Telegraph is Chancellor John Healey's "£49bn black hole" in finances. Next to that story is a smaller piece under the headline "King stands his ground on 'sorrow' for slavery". Image caption, The Sunday Times also carries a front page write saying the King "will follow Burnham by addressing slavery 'with sincere sorrow'".

The main headline is about former Chancellor Rachel Reeves saying "Britain's future lies inside the EU". Image caption, "Support for return to EU grows after Burnham shift" is splashed across the front of the Independent. The paper says an exclusive poll "reveals more voters back rejoining since PM opened door to reversing Brexit". Image caption, Veering away from politics, the Daily Star devotes its front page to a story that leads with "Jamie Carragher has apologised for 'clumsy language' after the owners threatened legal action".

It comes after Carragher "had suggested Unal Emery could leave for Man United if under-fire Michael Carrick is sacked". Image caption, The Sun on Sunday goes all in with a front page about "Kenny's secret nights at Maya's". According to the paper, Celebrity Traitors star "King Kenny spent two secret nights at Maya Jama's £1.5 million flat". It says the YouTuber "was seen leaving her London home on Friday". Image caption, The Observer runs the headline "If it wasn't for ChatGPT my brother would still be alive".

The paper looks at "what ChatGPT does with our darkest thoughts" and has a report that goes inside OpenAI's safety unit. The Sunday Times leads with Rachel Reeves' comments , external on the UK rejoining the EU - noting that, in her article, the former chancellor does not offer any thoughts on a timeline, or whether a fresh referendum would be needed. The chief minister of Gibraltar is much more forthcoming: Fabian Picardo tells the Sunday Mirror , external he is looking forward to seeing the issue go before the British people once again, in a "very clear manifesto commitment", or a fresh public vote.

In the Sunday Telegraph, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch , external accuses the government of making unfunded spending promises that will need to be paid for through tax rises. She says proposals including setting up a National Care Service have left a "colossal" black hole in the public finances after the budget. The Treasury tells the paper the budget met fiscal rules and set borrowing on a downward path. "An ill-timed intervention that's triggered a fresh call for billions" is h ow the Mail on Sunday sees Andy Burnham's suggestion , external that the UK could apologise for its role in the transatlantic slave trade.

An editorial in The Sunday Express accuses the prime minister , external of having made life harder for King Charles III during his Caribbean tour and suggests he stop "shooting from the hip" to avoid sowing international chaos. The last thing this country needs, says the Sun on Sunday , external , is what the paper calls a new chorus of financial demands from governments, lawyers and bleeding-heart campaigners. The Sunday Times reports on claims that an AI programme , external ignored the evidence given to a landmark maternity review by women who say they were harmed by a drive for births with no medical intervention.

The Amos review concluded in June that what is known as "normal birth ideology" was not widespread in maternity care in England. But the paper says there were many devastating accounts among the more than 10,000 responses which, the Times has learned, were fed into Microsoft Copilot, with NHS staff asking it to "identity themes and produce summaries". Former Health Secretary Sir Jeremy Hunt tells the paper the allegations are deeply troubling.

Baroness Amos did not respond to a request for comment. The lead story for the Sunday Mirror is an investigation into cosmetics firms , external up-selling surgery abroad. A surgeon is said to have tried to "flog a Brazilian buttlift" to an undercover reporter. The Mirror's editorial advises that world-class surgery comes with a world-class price and any offer of cheaper rates should be handled with care. There is no let-up in the pressure on the Manchester United manager Michael Carrick on the back pages after his team's loss to Chelsea.

The Telegraph says it was a "Halloween Horror" , external that puts the club on its worst run of results since 1988. For the Star, Carrick's spell at the club , external is now surely "deader than disco". Sign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox. Related Internet Links Daily Express Daily Mail Daily Mirror Daily Star Daily Telegraph Financial Times Guardian Independent Metro Sun The i Times