In the headlines
Around 75 Russian missiles have “rained down” on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, says The Daily Telegraph, after Vladimir Putin accused the country’s forces of blowing up a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea. President Zelensky says Putin is trying to wipe Ukraine “off the face of the earth” by shelling urban centres. Liz Truss is embarking on a “charm offensive” this week to try and save her premiership, says The Times, hosting a raft of “policy lunches” with backbenchers to get mutinous MPs back on side. She is also expected to abandon a plan to cut benefits by raising them below the rate of inflation. Hotels in Liverpool are cashing in now that the city has been chosen to host the next Eurovision Song Contest. They’ve started cancelling old bookings to make room for guests willing to pay well over the going rate. A three-bedroom Airbnb in Liverpool that normally costs £900 night is being advertised for £7,993 on 13 May, the last night of the competition. “Total chancers,” says one cancellation victim. “Prices now are insane.”