Newspaper headlines: \'No-deal Brexit could lead to £36bn bill\'
Newspaper headlines: 'No-deal Brexit could lead to £36bn bill'
By BBC NewsStaff
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The chancellor has warned the UK will have to pay the EU £36bn if it fails to agree a trade deal, the Daily Telegraph reports. The paper says Philip Hammond told cabinet on Tuesday that Britain would be unlikely to win any legal battle to withhold large chunks of the Brexit divorce bill, despite previous government assertions payment was conditional on a deal.
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A worldwide register of suspected sexual predators working in the aid sector is set to be launched by the UK, the Times reports. International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt will make the announcement on Wednesday. It comes after the Times exposed sexual misconduct by Oxfam workers in Haiti in 2011.
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The number of gangs shipping drugs from cities to provincial towns has doubled to 1,500 in less than a year, according to the Daily Mail. The so-called "county lines" crime epidemic uses youngster as drug mules, and the paper says they make £7m a day for the gangs.
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The Guardian says Europe's security is being put at risk by so-called "golden passport" schemes that have allowed states to sell citizenship or residency to potentially dangerous individuals. The concerns come from EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourava, who says the programmes are "problematic" and "unfair".
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The Metro leads with the case of a man facing trial for a second time for the murder of two nine-year-old girls in 1986. The Old Bailey heard Richard Bishop, 52, strangled and sexually assaulted Nicola Fellows and Karen Hadaway, who were found dead in the woods. He denies the charges.
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BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, says inflows into its funds sank to a two-year low in the third quarter of this year, the Financial Times reports. It comes after fellow financial giants Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley reported robust earnings.
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TV presenter Ant McPartlin's divorce was granted in just 30 seconds, the Daily Star reports. The paper says his ex-wife, Lisa Armstrong, said the star had been "intolerable to live with". McPartlin admitted adultery and the pair declared their marriage had broken down irretrievably.
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The Daily Mirror also leads with news of Ant McPartlin's swift divorce. A source told the paper he admitted adultery to "bring a quick resolution" to the couple's split.
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The Daily Express says Remain activists planning to march on Westminster this weekend should "respect the 17.4 million who voted Brexit". In the paper, its political editor Macer Hall says the predicted 100,000 demonstrators would face "a furious backlash".