'Military jet tripped chaos' and 'A failure for dying people'
The weekend edition of the Financial Times reports that a military aircraft entering "spurious" flight data into air traffic control led to a system outage that grounded thousands of planes this week. Four sources have told the paper that a flight plan submitted by a military aircraft led to a shutdown of British skies for several hours, causing a "meltdown" within the wider air traffic control system. The incident has led to "strained relations" between carriers and National Air Traffic Services, the paper writes.
Several papers reflect on the fall of the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday. "Agonising" declares the Daily Mirror, reporting that the "fresh bid" to change the law failed by just 16 votes - a result that the paper declares a "shock Commons U-turn".
The i Weekend says the "biggest societal change in decades" has been blocked, amid "celebration and tears from MPs". The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill would have allowed adults with fewer than six months to live to apply to be given help to end their own life, subject to certain conditions. The paper says that the proposal's opponents argued that the bill's safeguards would not be enough to protect vulnerable people from being coerced.
The Daily Express focuses on the reaction of Dame Esther Rantzen, a key supporter of the proposal, who called the result a "travesty" and a "failure for dying people".
Reform UK has received a record £36m donation, the Telegraph reports. It writes that the donation, which was from cryptocurrency billionaire Ben Delo, is a "game-changing gift" for the political party. Delo says he donated the sun to ensure a "fair fight" for Reform at the polls, according to the paper, which adds that the donation means the party has raised five times as much as the Conservative Party this year - and more than six times as much as Labour.
Former Labour cabinet minister Alan Milburn has given an interview to the Times, where he said the UK needs to take a "tough love" approach to young people who are on benefits. Milburn, who is writing a review on youth unemployment, told the paper that young people should be given greater employment support in exchange for a new "duty to engage", suggesting Britain needs to introduce a "backstop" like other welfare systems in Europe.
The Daily Mail accuses the prime minister of bowing to the "Green menace", after Andy Burnham reportedly delayed a "key decision" on new gas drilling. The paper says he has postponed approval of drilling in the Jackdaw gas field until after the Holborn by-election, where Labour could lose valuable votes to the Green Party.
Former Little Mix member Jesy Nelson is pictured on the front page of the Sun, which says the star is in "advanced talks" to join the cast of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!
The Daily Star says a 2,700-year-old mummy has gone missing from a museum. Its headline reads "Woke like an Egyptian". "She's having a Pharaoh time," it seems.
