The Daily Express says one lucky Brit could be on the verge of the biggest National Lottery win in history if they scoop Friday’s EuroMillions draw.
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The Daily Express says Manchester United star Bruno Fernandes remains in contact with Raphinha ahead of the January transfer window.
The Daily Express says according to former Arsenal footballer Cesc Fabregas, the Queen once revealed her support for Arsenal.
The Daily Express says Dennis Hutchings, 80, pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of John Pat Cunningham in Northern Ireland.
The Metro says petrol stations are beginning to get back to normal, two weeks after being plunged into chaos by panic-buyers.
The Independent says Deporting asylum seekers back to Afghanistan presents “no real risk of harm”, according to new Home Office guidance
The Guardian says the Welsh government has drawn up a “Covid urgent” plan designed to deal with any new coronavirus crisis.
The Independent says the takeover of Newcastle United is complete after a consortium, heavily backed by Saudi Arabia, ousted the retail tycoon Mike Ashley.
The Metro says a Conservative councillor has been suspended over claims he sent racist and nationalist messages to a white supremacist group chat.
The Guardian says a magistrate judge in Nevada has sided with Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers against a woman who sued the footballer after saying he raped her in Las Vegas in 2009.
The Metro says Adele has opened up about her divorce from Simon Konecki in British Vogue ahead of her hotly-anticipated music comeback.
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felt “bittersweet” collecting his honorary degree for tackling child poverty the day after the Universal Credit uplift was retracted.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
Sky News says Theo Hernandez’s 90th-minute strike completed an incredible comeback victory for France, who battled from 2-0 down against Belgium to win 3-2 and reach the Nations League Final in stunning fashion.
Sky News says Emma Raducanu says she is “still hungry for more” as she prepares for her opening match in Indian Wells on Friday.
Four British Muslim men from Blackburn, England, have been charged with anti-Semitism have entered not-guilty pleas, denying that they were involved in spreading racial hatred against the Jewish people. The prosecution said that the four men, who were involved in the anti-Semitism charges were “issuing death threats and racial hatred towards the Jewish people” and for this purpose, they went to the Finchley area of London where a large Jewish community lives. All four of them have denied the charge and told the judge through their lawyers that they will contest the charges. What did they do? The four men…
The Independent – ‘Vaccine breakthrough in Malaria fight’