'Heathrow's day of chaos' and 'Kate's year of courage'

The FT Weekend, the Sun and the Mirror all carried images like this of the fire at the substation near Heathrow

Most of the front pages focus on the closure of Heathrow Airport yesterday, including the Daily Mail which describes the subsequent disruption as "Farcical". It says Heathrow bosses are facing questions about how a single fire at an electrical substation could knock out power at one of the world's biggest airports, affecting more than 13,000 flights and 300,000 travellers.

The Daily Telegraph says airlines have accused Heathrow of "clear failure" as anger mounts over why there was not a sufficient back-up power supply.

According to the Times, airline chiefs are "furious" as they face paying out millions of pounds for additional flights and accommodation bills for passengers. The Guardian highlights the concerns of Downing Street after ministers acknowledged the "immense distress and disruption" caused.

The Sun's leader column describes yesterday's problems at Heathrow as an "appalling global humiliation" that can be added to what it calls Britain's "terrifying dossier of decline". It acknowledges the fire "may not have been sabotage" by Russia, but warns that the Kremlin now knows how easy it would be to bring the UK to a shuddering halt and inflict untold further damage on the economy.

The Daily Mirror argues the fiasco has made Britain a "laughing stock" that has left many very serious questions needing urgent answers. Unpreparedness, it says, "seems to be becoming a common theme across the country, whether for pandemics or for infrastructure".

The Financial Times Weekend says Chancellor Rachel Reeves will blame a "changing world" when she outlines more than £10bn of spending cuts in her Spring Statement next week. The moves are said to include a £5bn crackdown on departmental spending growth, in addition to the £5bn of welfare cuts already announced. The paper says people briefed on her speech have warned it will make "dismal reading".

The Times says Reeves "faces a day of reckoning", with the independent watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility, expected to halve growth forecasts for next year when it delivers its latest verdict on the economy ahead of her statement.

A campaign urging ministers to provide funding for veterans to attend World War Two commemorations this year has been launched by the Daily Express. It says funds from a previous government scheme have dried up, leaving the few surviving soldiers from the war to fear they could miss memorial events in France and the Netherlands this summer. Writing in the paper, the former deputy chairman of the Conservatives, Lord Ashcroft, gives his backing to the campaign arguing "it's hard to imagine a more deserving cause". The government says veterans will be at the heart of 80th anniversary commemorations in the UK.

The Daily Telegraph reports that President Trump has suggested he could sign up the US as an associate member of the Commonwealth, because of his love for the King. The paper says he backed the idea on social media, in response to claims that Buckingham Palace could make him a "secret offer" during his second state visit to the UK. It adds it is "not known" whether the palace or the government have been involved in any such discussions, with plans for the trip still being finalised.

Sign up for our morning newsletter and get BBC News in your inbox.