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felt “bittersweet” collecting his honorary degree for tackling child poverty the day after the Universal Credit uplift was retracted.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…

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,…