The Daily Express says CHRISTMAS is officially 72 days away and with looming delays at UK ports and HGV driver shortages, Britain’s biggest toy retailers have warned of possible empty shelves over the festive period.

The Guardian says employers’ groups representing more than a quarter of jobs in Britain have called on Rishi Sunak to cut business rates.

The Metro says Prince William has criticised billionaires who keep sending rockets into space, saying the world’s greatest minds need to focus on trying to fix the planet instead.

The Independent says Tommy Robinson has been slapped with a five-year stalking ban after turning up at a journalist’s home “screaming and agitated” late at night in a bid to stop the publication of an article.

BBC News says GPs in England are being told to see more patients face-to-face as ministers unveil a £250m winter rescue package.

Aljazeera says with about six months to go, the 2022 presidential election is already a major talking point in France.

France24 says a man armed with a bow and arrows killed five people and wounded two others in southeastern Norway on Wednesday, police said.

Arab News says an Israeli airstrike in central Syria killed one Syrian soldier and three pro-Iranian fighters on Wednesday, a Britain-based war monitor said.

A wildfire raging through southern California coastal mountains is threatening ranches and rural homes and keeping a major highway shut down.

VOA says It was a shocking terrorist attack, a bombing near the finish line of the 125th running of the famed Boston Marathon in April 2013 that killed three spectators and injured more than 260 others.