Warnings about the UK’s gas supply make the lead for several of Saturday’s front pages. The Daily Telegraph reports that British Gas owner Centrica says gas reserves are “concerningly” only half-full – 26% lower than this time last year. But National Gas, which owns the gas network, said the UK gets its gas from “a diverse range of sources” and that storage “remains healthy”. Pictured beside the story is Australian actress Nicole Kidman, who speaks to the paper about her latest film Babygirl and her view that sex is “not properly explored on screens”.
Illustrated by an image of a waterfall frozen into icicles in the Peak District, the Times also reports on the “chilling news” of the UK’s gas supply. Leading the paper’s Saturday coverage is a report on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ trip to China. Reeves believes the UK has “no choice at all” but to engage with China to boost economic growth, it says. It adds her trip to China comes at a time of market upheaval. The paper also features an Australian actress – with Naomi Watts speaking to the paper about “hot flushes, not sex and Hollywood’s last taboo”.
The use of inflammatory language over grooming gangs risks vilifying entire communities, the health secretary tells the Guardian in its lead story. Wes Streeting says there are people of Pakistani heritage in his community who are “more fearful today than they were before” and warns Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch that “irresponsible and coarse public discourse” can lead to such atrocities as the 2019 massacre in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Former Premier League footballer Dean Windass has been speaking to the Daily Mirror about his “bombshell” dementia diagnosis. The former Hull and Bradford forward tells the paper he wept with frustration during a memory test before being diagnosed. But, the paper adds, in his “characteristic humour”, he says he is “delighted to find out I had a brain”.
In other sporting news, the Daily Express says English cricket is coming under increasing pressure to boycott a planned match against Afghanistan over the Taliban’s treatment of women. It says nearly 200 MPs and peers are demanding the England and Wales Cricket Board call off the game which is due to be held in Pakistan in February.
The lead image of the FT Weekend shows firefighters on the ground in Los Angeles as the paper reports that at least 10 people have died. It adds that the world has breached 1.5C of warming for the first time. The paper also reports on the UK government “drawing up fresh growth initiatives” in an effort to “avoid disastrous tax increases”. It says this was a “punishing week” in the markets that has threatened Labour’s policy agenda.
The Daily Mail also leads on Labour’s spending plans, reporting that the government could delay increasing the defence budget until the 2030s, The paper is currently campaigning to increase spending on the military. It pictures Reeves shaking hands with her Chinese counterpart on Friday, saying the chancellor “flees market turmoil” on her trip to the Asian superpower.
Reeves is to face “crunch weeks” ahead, the i Weekend reports. It says the cost of living crisis is increasing pressure on the chancellor ahead of a mini-budget expected in March, while mortgage costs are expected to climb. The paper also report that No 10 and the Palace are “exploring” a second state visit by Donald Trump after he returns to the White House.
The Sun leads with a report about an unnamed Premier League player being taken away by police during a training session for questioning over the filming of a sex tape without consent. The paper notes that the international star was released and no further action is being considered by police.
The secret to happiness dominates the Daily Star which reports that the secret to happiness is to never give 100% effort.
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