The Papers: 'Top cop sorry' and 'Prince of pubs'

A significant story is unfolding on the international scene. 'Top cop sorry' and 'Prince of pubs'9 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on GoogleBBCThe fallout from the Henry Nowak case continues to dominate Thursday's papers. The Daily Express leads with the chief constable of Hampshire police apologising to Nowak's family for the student being handcuffed and arrested as he lay dying. The paper quotes Chief Constable Alexis Boon saying: "What was filmed there is a tragedy.

I really feel for the family of Henry at this time. "The Daily Mail follows with calls for the police officers involved in Nowak's arrest to be investigated. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp is leading the charge, asking the police watchdog to launch a full misconduct investigation into the officers, the paper says.

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The Independent Office for Police Conduct is currently treating the individual officers as "witnesses" in its inquiry into the police force's actions. A staff survey conducted at the force responsible for the arrest of Nowak found one in seven officers felt "controlled and pressured to feel certain ways" after receiving mandatory racism and diversity training, the Times reports. Among the findings, one in five officers said they feared being "rejected for saying the wrong thing", with the paper saying the results are likely to provoke fresh questions about the role of diversity guidelines in the actions of police officers.

The Daily Telegraph features the same lead story, saying that Hampshire police officers' decision to handcuff Nowak as he lay dying has prompted calls for race bias guidance to be scrapped. Elsewhere, the Prince of Wales is pictured at a pub, pledging to do as much as he can to support the businesses as places for communities to integrate. The Guardian shifts its focus to growing concerns that politicians such as Nigel Farage were using the murder of Nowak to stoke tensions after the Reform UK leader said the incident amounted to two-tier policing.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has denied the claim. President of the National Black Police Association, chief inspector Andy George, said inflammatory rhetoric "risks pushing policing back to the 60s", the paper reports. "Leaders unite against Farage for exploiting teenager's murder," echoes the Independent.

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The paper reports on angry exchanges in the Commons, with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch both criticising the Reform leader for refusing to condemn the violent clashes between protesters and police over the case. The Daily Mirror's headline quotes the prime minister's response to Farage's comments: "It shows exactly who he is. "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf is being criticised over his claims that a new NHS policy to invite more black men for prostate cancer checks is another example of racial bias, the Metro reports.

A former Liberal Democrat leader along with both Labour and Conservative MPs hit back at Yusuf over his comments, citing that black men are at significantly higher risk of prostate cancer.

The story has become one of the most prominent items on the global agenda.