'Russia plotting mayhem' and 'Wagatha Thrifty'

Ken McCallum gave his annual security update yesterday

"Chilling" is how the Daily Mail describes Tuesday's speech by the head of MI5, Ken McCallum, in which he gave details of the threats posed to Britain by Russia and Iran. The Times' leader says "this unwelcome attention" is the price Britain pays for being at the forefront of efforts to sustain Ukraine and support Israel, adding the country should not stop "facing down tyrants and terrorists". The Daily Express uses its editorial to appeal for people to remain "vigilant" against terror plots and all foreign-orchestrated attempts to divide us and sow mistrust.

With the budget three weeks away, The Daily Telegraph reports that the chancellor is considering cutting the amount of tax-free cash that savers can take from their pensions. The paper says it understands government officials have asked for an assessment of the impact of reducing it to £100,000, which is just over a third of the current limit. The Guardian says it's learned Rachel Reeves is pushing ahead with plans to borrow billions of pounds extra for infrastructure investment. Whitehall sources say the chancellor is committed to the proposals despite a recent rise in the government's borrowing costs.

The I says there was a "Cleverly bounce" in the latest round of voting in the Conservative leadership contest, with the shadow home secretary, James Cleverly, finishing top. The Times' columnist, Alice Thomson, believes he is the best choice for the job. Mr Cleverly, she writes, "feels like the best emotional support pet for the traumatised Tories". She concludes that "he may not be a great visionary for the 21st Century, but he could at least make the Tory party appear nicer and more normal again".

The disappearance of Madeleine McCann returns to the front page of the Daily Mirror, after the main suspect was cleared of unrelated sex abuse crimes in Germany. Prosecutors now say it is a "race against time" to bring Christian Brueckner before a court because his current jail sentence for rape ends next September. They can keep him behind bars only if he is charged.

Under the headline, "Swift Exit... or else", the Sun reports that the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, and the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, pressed Scotland Yard to give Taylor Swift a "royalty-style blue-light" escort to her concerts at Wembley this summer. The police are said to have been reluctant to grant the service because of the huge expense to the taxpayer. The paper says senior officers then agreed following interventions from the senior politicians. A Home Office source is quoted as saying what happened was an "operational decision" for the police.

The Guardian reports that members of the 140-year-old Flyfishers' Club have voted to allow women to join after decades of resisting calls to reform. Several high-profile female anglers wrote to the club earlier this year to press for the change after membership of another all-male institution, The Garrick Club, came under renewed scrutiny. The Flyfishers' Club says the result "will secure a bright future".

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