The newspaper also headlines Sir Keir Starmer’s visit to Germany, reporting that the Prime Minister has been urged to agree to easing immigration controls for young people in a bid to improve relations with the European Union. (BBC)
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is on the front page of Thursday’s Metro under a headline that reads: “Three pints and you’re out”. Ryanair’s boss wants people at airports to be limited to two drinks to tackle a rise in bad behaviour on flights, the newspaper said. (BBC)
Under the grim headline “No cigarettes and alcohol”, the Sun links to leaked government documents that reportedly say smoking will be banned in pub gardens, outside stadiums and in parks under government plans. At the top of the paper is a picture of former BBC News presenter Huw Edwards who “abandoned” the corporation, according to an email to all staff sent by Director General Tim Davie on Wednesday. (BBC)
The Daily Telegraph also reports comments from Tim Davie about the BBC being “let down” by Huw Edwards and Jermaine Jenas. The broadsheet leads with a report that Sir Keir Starmer suggests fuel duty could be raised in the October Budget, in what it describes in its headline as “the next in the tax grip”. (BBC)
A photo of American actress Jenna Ortega grabs attention on the front cover of the Daily Mail as she is photographed on the red carpet for the film Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at the 81st Venice International Film Festival. The paper also leads with a story about Labour not ruling out a fuel duty hike, citing a warning from the RAC. (BBC)
The Financial Times begins with the European Union investigating a possible failure by messaging platform Telegram to provide accurate data under new regulations. The social media app, whose founder Pavel Durov was arrested in France over the weekend, says he has “nothing to hide.” (BBC)
The Home Office is accused on the front page of the Guardian of producing “dire” reports on the cost of asylum and immigration under Conservative ministers. Elsewhere, the paper splashes a large photo of the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, which were officially opened by French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. “Paralympic Games light up Paris,” reads the headline, alongside people dancing in the capital. (BBC)
“Not a word from our Prime Minister on the boat crisis!” the Daily Express proclaims on its front page, quoting Reform UK leader Nigel Farage criticising Sir Keir Starmer after he said “not a word” about the more than 520 people intercepted in the English Channel on Wednesday. Elsewhere on the tabloid’s front page, the Prince and Princess of Wales send their best wishes to Britain’s Paralympic athletes as the Games get underway in Paris. (BBC)
According to the front cover of the Times, the chief inspector of probation says plans to release thousands of prisoners a month to tackle overcrowding are “a gamble”. Also on the front cover is an image of a pilot and his passenger sitting in the wreckage after a light aircraft crashed on a road in the Cotswolds. (BBC)
The Daily Star also reports on the “incredible escape” of a glider pilot who made an emergency landing on the A419 in Gloucestershire. (BBC)
