Storm threat to England match and 'bid to block Miliband'
Saturday's front pages were published before it was confirmed that England's match against Mexico at the Fifa World Cup on Sunday would be kicking off as scheduled, despite the threat of thunderstorms. Discussions had been going on after it was suggested that the match could be brought forward by six hours. "Replanned of god" declares the Sun, with a photograph of Mexico City's Azteca Stadium splashed across the paper's front page. The headline is a nod to the infamous "Hand of God" goal scored at the stadium in the 1986 World Cup, when Argentina beat England 2-1.
The Telegraph said the match could have been moved to 12:00 local time (19:00 BST) due to fears of an electrical storm in Mexico City.
The Mirror says the adjusted match time would have spared England fans an all-nighter.
England's Harry Kane is pictured on the front page of the Daily Star, which jokes that "Hurri-Kane" might have swept the kick off time forward.
The Times reports that the senior officials in the US have warned their British counterparts that appointing Ed Miliband as chancellor would be "a mistake". According to the paper, the US is concerned about the energy secretary's opposition to new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, which it believes could be a valuable source of tax revenue. It notes that Andy Burnham, Sir Keir Starmer's likely successor, is yet to announce who he would appoint as chancellor should he become prime minister.
The National Crime Agency has warned parents they should not put photographs of their children on public display online, the Guardian says, as part of landmark guidance issued in response to the rise of AI-generated sexual abuse material. The paper breaks down some of the advice included in the guidelines, including suggestions that parents and guardians make their social media accounts private.
The weekend edition of the i Paper focuses on lobbying from Labour MPs for a so-called wealth tax. The paper says that an influential group within the party has offered Andy Burnham its support in exchange for a "proportional tax" based on property values, and the scrapping of council tax and stamp duty.
The Express leads on its own campaign for injured first responders to be awarded medals. Their front page spread includes photographs of Police Constables Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes, both of whom were killed in the line of duty after responding to reports of a burglary in 2012. The two officers were awarded the Elizabeth Emblem in late 2024, but the paper says that there is no comparative accolade for those who are injured while in service.
"Anthropic to close China loopholes" reads the Financial Times, which says that Chinese companies had been accessing Anthropic's AI tools with workarounds such as cloud providers and overseas subsidiaries. The paper says that although such workarounds do not break US or Chinese law, they do breach Anthropic's terms of service, which specifies that Chinese companies and foreign entities are banned from using its models.
The Daily Mail has lent its support to the family of former England captain Bobby Moore, who have launched a campaign to recover his long lost 1966 World Cup final jersey - which it says "vanished in mysterious circumstances". Its headline reads: "Give us Bobby's 1966 shirt back".
