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“Light at the end of this tunnel” – Tuesday’s front pages continue their coverage of the Labour Party conference taking place this week, the first party conference in power in more than 15 years.

Some newspapers cover Rachel Reeves’s speech yesterday, as the chancellor promised no return to austerity and laid out a more optimistic view of the UK economy. Many newspapers look ahead to the speech by PM Sir Keir Starmer, who will speak at the conference in Liverpool today.

Elsewhere, there is coverage of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East with many of the front pages featuring images of Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon. Many papers fret the region is on the brink of an all-out war.

Beyond the main stories, there is a light sprinkling of other domestic news, the latest from the Premier League dominates the back pages.

The unassuming london car park hiding a huge 22-mile network of caves | UK News On the outskirts of London, under a very unassuming car park lies an incredible 22-mile network of caves many know nothing about. The Chislehurst Caves, in the south east borough of Bromley, are entirely manmade, starting out as chalk and flint mines hundreds of years ago. The mining came to an end in the 1900s and the labyrinth was opened up to the public for tours. During World War One it was used as a munitions storage facility, in the 1920s and 30s mushrooms were…

Hillsborough law will be introduced before next anniversary, Starmer to say Prime minister to tell Labour conference that he is acting on his promise to introduce a duty of candour on all public bodies. The new Hillsborough law will be introduced before the next anniversary of the disaster, Keir Starmer will promise at the Labour party conference in Liverpool. The new legislation will introduce a legal duty of candour to all public bodies, with the potential for criminal sanctions for any official or authority that misleads or obstructs investigations. The current legal duty of candour requires care providers to be…

Nearly half of prisoners at HMP Brixton tell watchdog it is easy to obtain drugs Report finds prison is failing to prepare inmates for release and hundreds of prisoners have substance abuse problems. HMP Brixton, the most overcrowded prison in the country for moderate-risk inmates, is failing to prepare prisoners for release, with nearly half saying it is easy to buy drugs, a watchdog has found. Inspectors found that many of the 740 men held there had turned to drugs because they had nothing constructive to do. Two-thirds of the men were sharing cells designed for one person. Continue reading……

Weather forecast live: Flooding chaos as roads and schools shut with Met Office warning of more heavy rain Cars flooded in heavy downpoursGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailFloods have caused travel chaos across the country with roads and schools closed after extreme rainfall overnight on Sunday with more expected in the coming days. The autumn equinox coincided with heavy downpours as the Met Office warned “heavy rain is expected to produce some flooding” with an amber and yellow…

UK Daily Trending stories ‘No new Austerity’ Reeves to Offer a more Positive Version of Britain Amid Doom-and-Gloom ‘No new austerity,’ is the trending story across the UK today as the chancellor is to give a speech in which she will promise there will not be a return to austerity. The newspapers preview Chancellor Rachel Reeve’s speech saying she will offer a more positive version of the future after dire warnings about the economy since Labour came to power. The Labour Party conference started yesterday – their first party conference in power in more than 15 years. The story dominates…

British Scientists Discover New Blood Group After 50-Year Mystery  A team of scientists from the United Kingdom’s NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) and the University of Bristol has discovered a new blood group, MAL, solving a 50-year-old mystery surrounding the AnWj blood group antigen. This breakthrough, recently published in Blood, elucidates the genetic background of this rare antigen, first identified in 1972, and could make it easier to identify and treat patients who lack it. Researchers found that the AnWj antigen is carried on the Mal protein. While illness can cause some people to lose the AnWj antigen, inherited cases of…

Trending News Inspiration Papers News that Matters Impact on your life Good News Donations a feature of our politics – pay to get your way Israel bombs Gaza school killing 22 people mostly women and children Trending – Former Harrods boss accused of sexual abuse Previous Next Previous Next Claudia Webbe@ClaudiaWebbe Read More Chancellor Rachel Reeves, may think she can spin austerity as a choice, but the truth is Labour is digging its own grave. By siding with Hunt and targeting the vulnerable, Labour’s betraying its core. Delusions of optimism won’t save them -expect a swift reckoning from the public…

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read

“No More Austerity!” – Monday’s newspaper front pages are heavily dominated by the chancellor’s party conference speech later today. Rachel Reeves will lay out the plans to get Britain’s economy back on track with a speech that is set to offer a positive version of the future after dire warnings about the economy since they came to power.

The Labour Party conference is taking place in Liverpool and marks the first annual conference in government for 15 years.

Beyond politics, there is continued coverage of the allegations about former Harrods owner Mohammed Al-Fayed.

Man City’s thrilling 2-2 draw against Arsenal on Sunday makes several of the front pages – the story dominates the back pages and other sports papers.

The Fallout from TfL cyber-attack is slow burning and potentially costly Physical services have been unaffected but limited access to online services continues to cause headaches. As cyber-attacks go, it could have been worse. In Nightsleeper, the new BBC thriller airing just after Transport for London revealed its systems had been breached, passengers are locked aboard as a train seized by hackers hurtles dangerously towards the capital. Set on a train from Glasgow to London, a government agency intervenes in escalating events onboard. Two strangers work together to save passengers as the train hurtles towards disaster. Time is running out.…

Fifty pubs a month shut in first half of year in England and Wales, figures show The number of pubs open fell to 39,096 by end of June and experts say tax rises in 2025 could result in more closuresFifty pubs a month closed for good across England and Wales in the first half of this year, with experts warning that tax rises in 2025 could make it even harder for some businesses to keep their doors open. Analysis by the real estate intelligence company Altus found that 305 pubs were forced to shut their doors permanently in the first…

Rachel Reeves to announce investigations into £600m worth of dodgy Covid contracts Rachel Reeves is set to announce an investigation into more than £600m worth of Covid contracts and will pledge to chase down firms who have ripped off the taxpayer. The chancellor will use her speech at the Labour conference on Monday to announce she has reversed a Conservative approach to “waive” £674m worth of disputed contracts, as her party attempts to re-establish its moral standing during an ongoing row over donations. She will confirm that a new Covid corruption commissioner will be appointed next month to claw back…

Met police chief hails race action plan as ‘a step in the right direction’ Mark Rowley launches initiative that includes reset of stop and search, but acknowledges ‘there is still a lot to do’. Scotland Yard has launched its latest steps to try to rebuild trust with London’s black community, which the Met police commissioner acknowledged had been let down for many years. Mark Rowley said “there remains a long way to go and there is a lot more work to do”, but that the force’s race action plan was a step in the right direction. Met police chief hails…

Weekend travel latest amid planned closures and M62 traffic incident | UK News Here’s a list of the major motorway closures planned for this weekend, September 20-22. M62 Full weekend closure, junction 18-20 eastbound and junction 20-19 westbound, from 9pm Friday until 6am Monday M6 Southbound closure, junction 22-21A southbound, from 9pm Friday to 6am Saturday Southbound closure between junction junction 4A-4, 11pm Friday to 6am Saturday Northbound junction 12-13, 11pm Friday to 6am Saturday M5 Northbound closure between junction 6-4A, 11pm Friday to 6am Saturday A14 Eastbound closure, junction 12-13, 8pm Friday to 6am Saturday A52 Closed in both…

What I Rent: I’m paying £1,250 for my Acton flat — but a little-known scheme means I’ll buy it in three years Welcome back to What I Rent – Metro’s tenant diary series exploring what renting is like in the UK and further afield. Last week, we visited Maisy Dewey and Harrison Kent, who moved to London from Philadelphia last year. As they struggled to find a pet-friendly property that would accommodate their dog, Kipper Von Spot, they took the plunge and rented a houseboat on the Thames. This week, we’re back on dry land in West London having a nosy around 25-year-old Tia Costell’s…

This set of steps near a busy railway station has been rated London’s worst | UK News Londoners have expressed their outrage over ‘bizarre’ steps near a busy station, claiming the slanted stairway is the ‘worst in London’. Commuters and visitors making their way in and out of London Bridge station have taken to social media to express their dismay at the station’s impractical stairway. The peculiar slanted design has led to some passengers claiming the steps are ‘dodgy’, and mean that pedestrians have to focus more in order to exit and enter the station. Opened 187 years ago, in…

80s legend’s house up for rent for a staggering £65,000 per month Ever fancied living like the stars? You can now do just that as one 80s music legend has placed their house up for rent for a staggering £65,000 per month. Boy George rose to fame as the lead singer of Culture Club, known for hits like Karma Chameleon, Do You Really Want To Hurt Me and Love Is Love – and now, he’s reportedly searching for a tenant for his five-bedroom property in Hampstead. As Julia Garber at estate agents Robert Irving Burns tells the Evening Standard, the…

Wetherspoons could open pub in former London dungeon | UK News A new Wetherspoons pub could soon open inside the railway arches which were once home to the London Dungeon attraction. The Sun Wharf pub has been proposed for the railway arches on Tooley Street, which runs alongside London Bridge station, from 6.30am to 12.30am daily. The name is thought to reference one of the wharves in east London where imports from Australia arrived. If the pub does open, it will be the first time the arch on Tooley Street has been used since 2013, when the London Dungeon attraction…

Sunday’s newspaper front pages are dominated by domestic politics as the Labour Party prepares to hold its first conference in government for 15 years. The upcoming conference comes amid reports of infighting in Downing Street and a row over political donations.