Newspaper headlines: Yousaf 'in peril' and 'customised' skin cancer jab

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"Yousaf in Peril" is how the Guardian describes the position of Scotland's first minister, who is facing a no confidence motion. The paper says he "stunned" his allies and opponents on Thursday, when he announced the end of the power sharing deal between the SNP and the Scottish Greens.

The i says Humza Yousaf's "future hangs in the balance". The Scottish Daily Mail sums up the story with the headline "meltdown", describing yesterday as a "disaster" for Mr Yousaf.

The Financial Times says the no confidence vote, which is likely to come next week, will be Mr Yousaf's "sternest test" so far, after a first year in office beset by ministerial rows. The paper has spoken to a political consultant who says the first minister has "staked his leadership" on this new direction, and if he is able to navigate the vote then he will be in a stronger position.

But the Times reports Mr Yousaf is "considering his position". The paper says his allies have "called into question the wisdom of ending the coalition agreement so quickly". One of his former supporters, who is not named, goes as far as to tell the paper "he's done", adding "whether it's today, tomorrow or later than that, he's done".

The Daily Telegraph reports that the threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing "an influx of migrants" from the UK to Ireland to try to escape the government's policy. Ireland's deputy prime minister Michael Martin says the bill is already having an impact. The paper says Conservative MPs have pointed out that the comments show the policy is having the intended effect.

There are calls from campaigners and charities for the prime minister to write-off fines for unpaid carers, which have built up due to "minor rule breaches", says the Guardian. Some 150,000 people are in this position for, what the paper describes as, "often unwittingly overstepping" the £151-a-week earnings limit while caring for a loved one.

But a government spokesperson is quoted as saying claimants have a responsibility to inform the Department of Work and Pensions of any changes to their circumstances and it is "right to recover taxpayers' money when this has not occurred".

Both the Telegraph and the Times report on a warning from MI5 that hostile foreign states are targeting British universities. The papers say vice-chancellors of 24 leading institutions, including Oxford and Cambridge, have been briefed about the threat. The Telegraph says the intervention coincides with "growing concerns" about efforts by countries, including China, Iran and Russia to "infiltrate" UK universities.

And there's been an "exciting diversion" for a sign highlighting roadworks in Grimsby, says the Daily Express, after it was dug up more than 370 miles away on a beach in Denmark. It is thought it floated across the North Sea, to where it was discovered in West Jutland.

The paper says the group of beach cleaners who picked up the sign have even teased residents of the north-east Lincolnshire town about whether they want the sign back, describing it as a "bit worn out, but still in one piece".

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