What the papers say - August 18
A "latte levy" on disposable coffee cups and concerns over rocketing childhood diabetes rates are among Saturday's front page stories.
The Daily Express and The Independent lead with figures that childhood diabetes linked to obesity has soared by 41% in three years.
Saturday's Daily EXPRESS: "Shocking Rise In Child Diabetes" #bbcpapers#tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/GUsfYGE0zp
-- Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) August 17, 2018
Saturday's INDEPENDENT Digital: "Childhood diabetes soars" #bbcpapers#tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/Op9LpzyNIl
-- Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) August 17, 2018
A "latte levy" on single-use coffee cups that will also see takeaway boxes taxed is close to being announced, the Daily Mail reports.
Saturday's @DailyMailUK#MailFrontPagespic.twitter.com/OZcfIyy7Vs
-- Daily Mail U.K. (@DailyMailUK) August 17, 2018
An Israeli athlete who survived the Munich Olympics massacre has urged Jeremy Corbyn to "disappear" from politics over the anti-Semitism row, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Saturday's Daily TELEGRAPH: "Corbyn is an anti-Semite, says Munich survivor" #bbcpapers#tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/wE5KPtFIr0
-- Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) August 17, 2018
The acid attacker who left Katie Piper scarred could be released from jail within weeks, the Daily Mirror reports.
Tomorrow's front page: Katie acid thug 'to go free'#tomorrowspaperstodayhttps://t.co/K2bHmTFvRLpic.twitter.com/hsucuPZMIe
-- Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) August 17, 2018
Some asylum seekers have had to wait more than 20 years for decisions on their asylum claims, The Guardian reports.
The Guardian front page, Saturday 18 August 2018: Asylum seekers spend decades awaiting Home Office decision pic.twitter.com/VukrwaUqeO
-- The Guardian (@guardian) August 17, 2018
A Government crackdown on corrupt oligarchs has failed to materialise, The Times reports.
Tomorrow's front page: UK failing to tackle rich foreign criminals #tomorrowspapertodaypic.twitter.com/79oTNVMUv1
-- The Times of London (@thetimes) August 17, 2018
The FTWeekend focuses on US president Donald Trump's backing for quarterly reporting for businesses to be replaced with a new system.
Just published: front page of FT Weekend, London edition, Saturday 18 August https://t.co/r0FqpbWPn5pic.twitter.com/JwAoombu6t
-- Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) August 17, 2018
Universities face being ordered to cut the number of unconditional offers they give to A-level students, the i reports.
#tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/1WaaEcPqT6
-- i newspaper (@theipaper) August 17, 2018
And The Sun leads with comments from Thomas Markle Sr about the Royal Family.
Tomorrow's front page: Meghan Markle's dad has likened the Royal Family to Scientologists because of their 'cult-like' secrecy https://t.co/TJd7MIRxEApic.twitter.com/5JtTE7fevy
-- The Sun (@TheSun) August 17, 2018