'Gift of the jab' and 'Rayner lobby row'

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The Observer's front page shows a map of the United Kingdom with a measuring tape around its middle.  The headline reads "The waist land".
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A map of the UK with a measuring tape around its middle takes up the front page of the Observer which reports on "Britain's blackmarket in weight loss drugs" under the headline "The waist land".

"Gift of the jab" reads the Daily Star Sunday's headline alongside a picture of an overweight man wearing an NHS t-shirt holding a needle.
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The front page of Daily Star Sunday also focuses on the injections. It says the NHS "stabs the flab 200 times an hour" with slimmers scrambling to stock up on supplies before prices at private clinics go up next month.

Sunday People shows someone having their blood pressure checked alongside the headline "gamechanger heart pill 'on NHS in a year'".
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Sunday People takes a look at a different health story as it reports on a "powerful" new blood pressure drug, baxdrostat, which could help millions. It says the medicine has been hailed a "gamechanger" and could be offered on the NHS in a year.

The Sunday Times lead story is "Emails 'show Andrew was in contact with Epstein in 2015'".
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The Sunday Times reports on emails which, it suggests, indicate the Duke of York was in contact with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein five years after Prince Andrew said they had last spoken. The duke strenuously denies any wrongdoing.

"Rayner used top wealth protection firm in deal over house" reads the headline on the front page of The Mail on Sunday.
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"Rayner used top wealth protection firm in deal over house" reads the headline on the front page of The Mail on Sunday. The paper says the "controversy" over "embattled" Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner's financial affairs has "deepened". The paper says her office repeatedly declined its requests for comment.

The Sun on Sunday has a picture of the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, pictured with her partner Sam Tarry alongside the headline "Rayner lobby row".
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The Sun on Sunday features a photo of Rayner with her partner Sam Tarry alongside the headline "Rayner lobby row". It reports he has worked for a lobbying group which received £280,000 from the government. It is understood the deputy PM declared Mr Tarry's interest. The cabinet office says she followed due process. Henham Strategy told the Sun: "Sam Tarry does not conduct any work for Henham Strategy on any project related to MHCLG [Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government] departmental responsibilities. He works advising us on a number of areas unrelated to that department to ensure no conflicts of interest arises." The paper notes there is no suggestion he acted improperly or broke any rules.

The headline on the front of the Sunday Express reads: "Most Britons would refuse to fight for country"
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"Most Britons would refuse to fight for country" reports the Sunday Express. It says a "shocking" new study has revealed two in three adults would not be willing to fight in the event of war.

"Drill the North Sea dry, says Badenoch" reads the headline on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph.
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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch will pledge to "drill the North Sea dry", reports the Sunday Telegraph. The paper says it will be the biggest departure from net zero yet as she will promise to "abolish all environmental restrictions" on the extraction of fossil fuel.

The Sunday Mirror has an exclusive interview with Strictly Come Dancing Judge Shirley Ballas
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The Sunday Mirror has an exclusive interview with Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas who says she feels the need to "always look over her shoulder" after an "ordeal" with a stalker.

The Sunday Times says it has seen evidence indicating that the Duke of York stayed in contact, external with the paedophile financier, Jeffrey Epstein, for longer than he has admitted. It says emails sent in December 2015 suggest that Epstein told the former Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, that Prince Andrew was the source of information about a potential business opportunity in China. The paper says the correspondence "appears to challenge" the prince's assertion that he last met or spoke to Epstein in December 2010. Prince Andrew did not respond to a request for comment but has previously strenuously denied any wrongdoing.

The Sun on Sunday reports that the boyfriend of the Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, has been working for a political lobbying group whose client received £280,000 from the government, external. "Can you imagine her outrage if a senior Tory cabinet member had behaved in the same way?" asks the paper's editorial. A cabinet office spokesperson said Rayner had followed the established process for the declaration of perceived or actual ministerial interests.

The Sunday Telegraph leads on Kemi Badenoch's pledge, external to maximise the extraction of oil and gas from the North Sea. The paper calls the policy her "greatest departure from net zero to date" and one that "will establish a clear dividing line" with Labour. It adds her speech on Tuesday will "draw comparison to Donald Trump's 'drill baby drill' moment".

Concern about the black market for weight loss jabs makes the front page of The Observer, external. With the cost of Mounjaro in the UK rising by up to 170% from tomorrow, the medicines regulator, the MHRA, is warning of the "serious health consequences" of illegal alternatives. The Daily Star Sunday says that as "prices soar" even more people could turn to the NHS, external to try to secure Mounjaro for the basic prescription charge of £9.90.

The Sunday Express leads on "a shock new poll" that suggests almost two-thirds of adults would not fight for Britain, external if the country came under attack. The paper says perhaps the finding should come as "no surprise", arguing that veterans "do not always receive the support they deserve".

The Strictly Come Dancing judge, Shirley Ballas, has told The Sunday Mirror she will "never feel completely safe again" after being targeted by a stalker, external for seven years. Kyle Shaw, age 37, was given a suspended sentence in April. Ms Ballas says she is "looking around and watching all the time" and that "life shouldn't have to be like that".

"The craziest trigger warning yet" is how The Mail on Sunday describes a decision to alert Royal Opera House audiences to the curtain-up bell. An online listing for Puccini's Tosca next month warns the bell is "loud and can be startling". A spokesman for the venue says the information is on its accessibility page. But the Mail calls the warning "the final curtain for sanity".

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