Adele is the leading picture on Friday’s front pages, with the Sun newspaper leading with the pop star as their main story.
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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…
The Independent – ‘Vaccine breakthrough in Malaria fight’
The Guardian – ‘Business anger at PM speech’
The Metro – ‘Build back banter’
Daily Mirror – ‘Farming hit by staff crisis’
The Sun – ‘Prem star cuffed at bar’
The Daily Mirror says Netflix are being urged to remove Dave Chappelle’s new show The Closer as some claim it is ‘dangerously transphobic’.
The Daily Mirror says the devastated mother of two sisters murdered in a park shares that Sarah Everard’s death reminds her of the tragedy she has experienced.
The Sun says COPS reportedly found a “fresh campsite” in their search for Brian Laundrie as the fugitive’s dad agreed to join the manhunt.
The Sun says SOME Californians are still waiting for their extra stimulus checks worth up to $1,100
The Metro says the British public has taken pity on a hard-done-by MP and set up fundraising pages after he revealed the struggles of getting by on his generous annual salary.
The Independent says police activity at the Carlton Reserve, Florida picked up after several days of scaled back searches for Brian Laundrie.
The Guardian says a least four Black women and girls were murdered per day in the United States in 2020
Daily Express – ‘I’ll unleash the spirit of Britain’
Most of Thursday’s front pages lead on the reactions to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party conference speech, with many leading on the backlash.