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The Guardian – UK ready to drop £11.6bn pledge for climate fund Summary of the front page The UK is preparing to drop a flagship £11.6bn climate and nature funding pledge reports The Guardian. The paper says the prime minister is being accused of betraying populations vulnerable to global heating. The front page also features a photo of a fist-pumping Sir Andy Murray, who beat Ryan Peniston in straight sets in the all-British Wimbledon first-round…

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Metro – NHS anniversary: Let’s do it NYE’s way Summary of the front page The first baby born when the NHS was founded 75 years ago says it’s a national treasure that must be cherished, Metro reports. The paper features comments from Aneira “Nye” Thomas – born in the health service on 5 July 1948. The ex-nurse, who is named after the institution’s founder and former Health Secretary Aneurin “Nye” Bevan, says it is a…

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Daily Mirror – It’s time to tell people … I have Alzheimer’s Summary of the front page TV presenter Fiona Phillips has told the Daily Mirror she’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s but is trialling a new drug that could slow or reverse the condition. Phillips, the former Breakfast presenter and current Mirror columnist, is just 62 years old. The paper’s front page features two photos of Phillips, including one from her GMTV days. Today’s top…

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The Sun – Boris hid horse in bedroom Summary of the front page The estranged wife of former tennis star Boris Becker says he hid horses in his bedroom to protect them from debt collectors – that’s The Sun’s front page. Mr Becker served eight months of a two-and-a-half-year sentence for hiding £2.5m of assets and loans in a bankruptcy fraud case. The front page also features an image of the Princess of Wales and…

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Daily Express – Cheaper food on the way as price war finally hots up Summary of the front page The cost of popular supermarket items is set to finally fall as food inflation eases, according to the Daily Express. The paper writes that supermarkets are waging a war to drive prices down after signs food inflation is falling. Sainsbury’s is one of the big names which has revealed it is lowering prices on its most…

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Financial Times – BoE considers forcing foreign banks to replace branches with subsidiaries Summary of the front page The Financial Times reports the Bank of England is looking at plans to force more international banks to set up subsidiaries in the UK. The paper says the move could reduce the thresholds requiring foreign banks with corporate business in the UK to set up subsidiaries that have their own capital and liquidity. The front page features…

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When a police officer last week shot and killed a resident of Paris’s suburb of Nanterre, 17-year-old Nahel M., it unleashed a wave of unrest across France – an echo of similar protests launched by youth living in housing projects two decades earlier. Billions of euros of investment in the years since have done little to calm anger over police harassment and poor living conditions in France’s housing projects.

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Moscow airport flights disrupted by drone attack Flights from Vnukovo International Airport are being diverted amid a drone attack on Moscow, according to the Russian defence ministry.  The attack reportedly used five drones, which also targeted locations in the wider region around the capital. The defence ministry said all the drones were shot down and there are no reported casualties or damage. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the alleged attack. Restrictions at the airport,…

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