Newspaper headlines: 'Britain demands bill freeze' and farewell Boris

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By BBC News
Staff
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Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end, has died aged 91

Mikhail Gorbachev is pictured on several of the front pages. The Daily Telegraph describes the former Soviet leader as "charming and modernising".

The Sun calls him a "peace-maker". Metro's headline is "World mourns a true man of peace". The Times says he was widely hated by Russians who resented the loss of the country's super-power status. The I points out that many in Russia never forgave him for the "turbulence" that his reforms unleashed.

"Have police given up on burglary?" asks the headline on the front of the Daily Mail, as it covers a report by a former detective chief inspector who warns that the public feel forces have all but given up on dealing with break-ins.

It says David Spencer, who is now at the centre-right think tank Policy Exchange has called for a "radical shake-up" of forces, including wider use of existing powers to sack failing chief constables.

The Telegraph focuses on his calls for officers to be barred from taking the knee or wearing campaign badges - to stop the impression that officers are too distracted by what it calls "woke" causes to solve crimes.

The Times reports on plans for patients in England to use the NHS smartphone app to shop around for hospitals with the shortest waiting lists, as part of efforts to cut backlogs for routine care. The paper has seen a memo which explains that the app will contain the same information that is currently available to GPs, so people can decide where they want to be treated.

The impact of rising prices leads on three of the front pages. The Guardian says that food banks around Britain have warned of a "completely unsustainable" surge in demand that may leave them having to turn people away this winter.

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A poll of Daily Mirror readers suggests that eight in 10 people want the government to keep the energy price cap at its current level, rather than allow October's planned rise to more than £3,500 a year.

And the i reports on fears that small firms are facing mass closures without an energy price cap or new help from the next prime minister. It says staff are already being sacked from some small companies which face a fivefold increase in bills.

The former chancellor, Rishi Sunak, who is widely seen to be the underdog in the Conservative leadership race, has suggested to the Financial Times that Boris Johnson should accept that his time in frontline politics is over, after the wave of resignations which led to the prime minister announcing he would step down.

With less than a week to go before he leaves office, Mr Johnson has told the Express that he offers his "open support" to either Mr Sunak or Liz Truss - and that he backed both to "grab the torch and run with it".

And according to a survey of 1,500 people carried by the Mail, the smell of meat roasting in the oven, clean sheets on the bed, and a well-stocked fridge are the top three things that make a house feel like a home. Fresh flowers and framed family photos also make the top 10 - along with something which must be good news for us: having the radio on in the kitchen.