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Image description, As general election coverage fills multiple front pages, the Guardian has an exclusive story saying Britain’s National Crime Agency is “considering striking back” against a Russian ransomware gang that stole 300 million NHS patient records. The paper reports that the Qilin gang’s leak contained “highly sensitive” data, such as blood tests for HIV and cancer from patients at the affected London hospitals. A hotline has been set up to answer questions amid “widespread concern” about the hack, the Guardian said.

Image description, The Times reports that Harry Potter author JK Rowling has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “letting women down” when it comes to transgender rights. Writing for the newspaper, she claims the Labour leader has adopted a “dismissive and often abusive” attitude towards women, adding that she will find it difficult to vote for the party because she does not trust Sir Keir’s judgement and has a “poor opinion” of his character. The Times is also one of several newspapers to feature a picture of Prince William and his children holding hands and jumping around on a beach holiday in Norfolk, taken by the Princess of Wales last month.
Image description, The Daily Telegraph leads with comments from Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch, who has claimed Labour will “reverse” Brexit if the party wins the election. The Tory minister told the newspaper that leaving the EU was a “10- to 20-year project” and a victory for Sir Keir would undo all the benefits of the process.
Image description, Nigel Farage has caused an uproar by claiming the West “provoked” Russian President Vladimir Putin into all-out war against Ukraine, according to a Daily Mail editorial. The newspaper reports that the Reform Party UK politician provoked “fury” when he made the claim in a BBC Panorama interview, prompting former Conservative defence secretary Ben Wallace to brand him a “threat to British security”.
Image description, The Daily Mirror exclusively reports that one of Stephen Lawrence’s killers has applied for a suspended sentence after serving 14 years for his murder. The teenager was killed in a racist attack in London in 1993. The newspaper reports that David Norris is set to receive a suspended sentence hearing that will cause “fresh grief” for the Lawrence family.
Image description, The National Trust has called on British politicians to “save Britain’s rivers”, according to i Weekend. The newspaper says the charity has called on political parties to prevent illegal sewage disposal and other pollution. The National Trust has 5.7 million members who will increase pressure on Labour and the Conservatives to “agree a rescue plan”.
Image description, Rich foreigners are leaving Britain under plans backed by both Labour and the Conservatives to scrap the tax status for non-dom citizens that exempts them from paying tax on their overseas income, according to the FT Weekend’s top story. The newspaper interviewed more than a dozen ultra-wealthy people or their advisers, who also cited reasons for their move, including “Brexit, fiscal and political instability and security concerns”.
Image description, The Daily Express’ front page features an exclusive interview with Dame Esther Rantzen, who told the newspaper she never expected to celebrate her 84th birthday. The presenter praised the “miracle drugs” that kept her alive after she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in January last year.
Image description, An “election bombshell” about the paper’s friend Count Binface appears on the front page of the Daily Star. The unconventional candidate, who wears a futuristic bucket-shaped headgear, is running against Rishi Sunak in his Richmond constituency. According to the Star, an exclusive poll has shown him to be just four points behind the Prime Minister in the race and significantly more popular than Sunak’s predecessor, “Lettuce Liz” Truss.

The front pages of the Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph feature reactions to Nigel Farage’s comments that the West had provoked President Vladimir Putin into invading Ukraine.

The Sun newspaper points to a poll it commissioned which suggests Mr Farage will win the seat he is running for in Clacton on the Essex coast.

Mr Farage uses an article in the Daily Express to attack Labour’s plans to repeal a law providing a conditional amnesty for crimes committed during the Northern Ireland conflict. He asks how Labour can claim to be “the party of national security” when it wants to “strip the law that protects our Northern Ireland veterans from prosecution”. There is no direct response from Labour to the article.

The Times leads with comments from JK Rowling accusing Labour leader Keir Starmer of “abandoning” women concerned about transgender issues. In an article for the newspaper, she suggests that she might vote for an independent candidate in her constituency who campaigns for “clarification of the Equality Act”.

According to The Guardian, Labour is considering introducing a wealth tax to fund public services if it wins the election. The options being discussed also include changes to capital gains and inheritance tax, according to the newspaper.

A senior party source is quoted as saying Labour will “start from scratch” on public services and infrastructure. They say the party needs to show investors that it is “serious about borrowing and raising tax revenues”. However, a Labour spokesman stresses that none of the party’s plans require “an additional tax increase”.

“Rich foreigners turning away from Britain,” reads the front-page headline of the FT Weekend. It says that increasing numbers of them are moving to other countries because of the abolition of the “non-dom” regime that allowed them to avoid tax on their overseas income – a change supported by both Labour and the Conservatives.

According to the Daily Mirror, one of Stephen Lawrence’s killers, David Norris, has applied for parole as his minimum sentence of 14 years expires.

Stephen’s father, Neville Lawrence, told the newspaper he had written a statement to read at the parole hearing. He is quoted as saying Norris “needs to tell the family he is sorry” and that he “should say who else was involved in the murder.”

And the Daily Mail has a picture of a man holding a 5ft 3in cod. The paper says the fish could break the record for the longest cod ever caught. The British angler who caught it is dubbed the “Cod Father” in the paper and says the fish could feed “180 people”.

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