A number of Thursdayâs front pages lead with the breakthrough in the long-running train driver pay dispute. The Daily Mail writes that the offer of a 15% pay increase, over three years, could end âcripplingâ industrial action. The pay rise, that will see the average train driver salary for a four-day-week increase from ÂŁ60,000 to ÂŁ69,000, will cost the Treasury an estimated ÂŁ100 million, fuelling concerns that ticket prices could now rise higher than they otherwise would have as a result, the paper writes.
Taylor Swift dominates The Timesâ front page as she comes to London on her Eras Tour. The paper reports that the Conservatives have accused the government of âcaving inâ with the pay deal it has offered train drivers. According to the paper, the Transport Secretary, Louise Haigh, said the pay increase was âthe right thing to doâ, whilst the general secretary of the Aslef union, Mick Whelan, called it a âfair offerâ.
The news of Ukrainian forces making further advances inside Russia is on The Guardianâs front page. It says Kyiv also launched âmajorâ drone attacks on four Russian airbases as President Volodymyr Zelensky used his nightly address to repeat calls for Western allies to allow Ukraine to target Russia with long-range strikes.
In an exclusive interview with The Mirror, Ian Russell, whose daughter Molly took her own life aged 14, says that social media firms are âfailing to remove dangerous content about self-harm and suicideâ. He says the companies have made verbal promises but that thereâs âno evidence anything has changedâ.
The i newspaper leads with the UKâs inflation rate rising for the first time this year, which it says will benefit homeowners who could see mortgage rates drop to 3.5%. Expert analysis for the paper says that interest rates will probably be cut âmultipleâ times before December.
In an exclusive interview with The Daily Express, Ester McVey calls for Rachel Reeves to reverse the âcruelâ decision to scrap winter fuel payments for approximately10 million pensioners. The former work and pensions secretary labelled the decision announced by the chancellor last month as âout of the blueâ and urged a U-turn.
The parents of a teacher who died in Cambodia are on the cover of Thursdayâs Metro after they were sent the remains of another man. Maureen Thompson and Stephen Nightingale had raised money to repatriate their son. It was only when they went to view his body at a funeral home that they discovered they had been sent the remains of a 77-year-old Canadian instead.
âSweets group moves into salty snacksâ says The Financial Times in its lead story about confectionary giant Mars buying the company that makes Pringles. Mars, the manufacturer of M&Mâs and Skittles, has made a deal to buy Kellanova for $35.9bn, which the FT have called âone of the largest deals of the yearâ.
âHorror of the cold baked beans deviants.â The Daily Starâs front page leads on an apparently divisive and contentious issue â do you eat baked beans hot or cold? The paper reports that a quarter of Britons donât heat before they eat.
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