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Spoiler alert: Winner of I'm a Celebrity... Get me out of here! revealed in Monday's paper review.
The incident at Heathrow on Sunday is leading the Metro's front page. A three-year-old girl was among 21 people treated for injuries after men allegedly used what police believe was pepper spray during a suitcase robbery in a multi-storey car park at the airport. The paper says "flights were cancelled or delayed as armed police hunted suspected attackers" inside one of the airport terminals, causing train and Tube lines to suspend services.
Top economists tipping an interest rate cut in the US is the Financial Times's lead story. It writes a majority of leading experts at the Chicago Booth Clark Center predict the federal reserve will lower borrowing costs by 25 basis points "in response to fears that the labour market is slowing and affordability pressures are mounting".
The Independent leads with the probation watchdog saying the government should think "very, very carefully" about overhauling the justice system to allow "more criminals to be electronically tagged and punished in the community". Probation Services Chief Inspector Martin Jones tells the paper the system is already in "perpetual crisis" and could be "set up to fail" under the new proposal.
"Bosses will be legally obliged to tell staff about their right to join a union" under a new "overhaul of workers' rights", the Times says in its top story. Shadow Business Secretary Andrew Griffith tells the paper "it'll be Christmas every day for trade unions if this proposal became law", while a government source says "people have a right to join a trade union if they want to in their workplace".
The Sun leads with a Home Office review of its decision to deny the Duke of Sussex "armed police protection on visits to the UK". It writes "the U-turn could pave the way for a reunion between the King", Prince Harry, and his children Archie and Lilibet.
The Daily Mail leads with a new survey showing "1 in 4 are confident they'd receive good treatment from the health service if diagnosed". The paper writes "many Britons are living in fear they could be neglected in a failing hospital or care home."
Emergency carers hired on a short-term basis do not fall under "regulatory oversight due to a legal anomaly", the Express reports. It claims the "loophole" means "children needing urgent protection could be placed directly into the hands of predators".
An NHS watchdog survey has found "one in seven people" has their GP referral "lost, rejected, or delayed", the Guardian reports. The paper says the "referrals black hole" leads to many patients suffering "harm to their physical or mental health". A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson says the outcomes are "not acceptable", while noting "improvements have been made since the research was done in March".
A campaign for Kevin Sinfield to be knighted leads the Daily Mirror after the rugby league star finished "seven ultramarathons in seven days", raising £11.3m for motor neurone disease charities and research.
Angry Ginge was crowned king of the jungle, the Daily Star reports, revealing the winner of the reality TV series I'm a Celebrity... Get me out of here!
The Daily Telegraph reports on concerns of "free speech campaigners" who accuse the government of using "spurious safeguarding concerns" to "silence people with 'patriotic views'". It reports on some of the cases identified by the Free Speech Union (FSU), where it says "laws intended to keep children safe from harm from adults are being used to crack down on Right-wing views".
