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The Independent says Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford said it felt “bittersweet” collecting his honorary degree for tackling child poverty the day after the Universal Credit uplift was retracted.

City AM Friday 8th October – City will not remove slave owners statues & Inflation fears loom across the square mile The City of London Corporation will not remove statues of slave owners The City of London Corporation has U-turned on its decision to remove controversial statues of a slave owner and slave trader from its Guildhall headquarters. The Square Mile’s local authority said the statues of Sir John Cass and William Beckford would remain in place but will have “plaques or notices placed alongside them, with contextual information about the two men’s links to slavery”. The UK to start…

Adele is the leading picture on Friday’s front pages, with the Sun newspaper leading with the pop star as their main story.

BBC News says travel firms have welcomed the latest relaxation of quarantine rules, as 47 countries are taken off the “red list”.

Financial Times – Friday 8th October – Bankers go bonkers on inflation New Bank of England chief economist, Huw Pill, warns of long-lasting inflation. He is echoing the fears of the bankers who are concerned that the impact of the pandemic will be seen for years, through a long period of inflation. Huw Pill’s first public remarks suggest he agrees with the hawkish elements of the MPC ………………….

The Guardian says the NHS is to embark on the most ambitious programme of flu jabs in its history amid warnings of up to 60,000 deaths.

Arab News says the latest Houthi attempt to attack Abha International Airport in southern Saudi Arabia was widely condemned on Thursday.

Aljazeera says English Premier League football club Newcastle United have been taken over by a Saudi Arabian-backed consortium, the league said.

TRT World says Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have asked US regulators to authorise emergency use of their vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.

VOA says U.S. Defense Department officials are refusing to confirm reports that American forces are in Taiwan