Here are the biggest stories on Saturday’s newspaper front pages.
The Irish Times and Irish Independent lead with the latest speculation over the timing of the general election.
Residents in Midleton are fearful of another major flooding event this autumn as the Cork town still recovers from Storm Babet last year, according to the Irish Examiner.
The Irish Daily Mail says more than 200 RTÉ staff working on soap opera Fair City are worried about losing their jobs.
The Irish Daily Mirror and Irish Daily Star have the latest tributes to One Direction star Liam Payne, who died aged 31 on Wednesday.
A self-taught hacker from Co Derry managed to steal more than €200,000 from Nike using a computer programme that "took about an hour" to make, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
The Herald has the latest from the trial of Diarmuid Phelan, a Dublin barrister accused of murder.
The Echo reports from the Central Criminal Court, where a 25-year-old man pleaded guilty to the rape and abuse of his younger cousin in Co Cork.
The UK government’s fiscal plans for the upcoming October 30th budget lead the British front pages.
The Financial Times, Daily Mail and The Times all splash on finance minister Rachel Reeves’ plans to extend a freeze on income tax thresholds, which could result in up to a million people paying higher taxes as part of efforts to plug a £40 billion (€45 billion) fiscal shortfall.
Just published: front page of the Financial Times, UK edition, Saturday 19 October https://t.co/QZmsd6eJtV pic.twitter.com/gZ6wtBe5Ek
— Financial Times (@FT) October 18, 2024
Saturday’s Daily MAIL: “Labour Plots A Tax Raid On Your Holidays” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/H03NdAOHX4
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) October 18, 2024
TIMES: Reeves plan will pull 1m into higher rates of tax #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/yVOQIsXYEe
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 18, 2024
Meanwhile, the i’s weekend edition claims extending the freeze could raise up to £7 billion pounds per year.
Saturday's front page: Income tax set to rise for millions past 2028#Tomorrowspaperstoday
Latest by @HugoGye @CallumCMason: https://t.co/9QjlmVCrDz. pic.twitter.com/RaehJLFaqa— The i paper (@theipaper) October 18, 2024
The Daily Telegraph‘s front page reports the freeze is part of a “triple whammy” move – labelled a “tax raid” by critics – which will also include putting up the fuel duty and raising more money from inheritance tax.
The front page of tomorrow's Daily Telegraph:
'Reeves prepares tax triple whammy'#TomorrowsPapersToday
Sign up for the Front Page newsletterhttps://t.co/x8AV4OoUh6 pic.twitter.com/90xYv31yhP— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 18, 2024
The Independent claims Ms Reeves has been warned plans to increase inheritance tax will “punish” the middle class.
INDEPENDENT: Reeves warned: Hike in death taxes will punish middle class #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/jyIkyvDEqC
— Neil Henderson (@hendopolis) October 18, 2024
The British prime minister has been warned more migrants will die attempting to cross the channel unless the crisis is treated like a “national emergency”, the Daily Express reports.
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The Sun reports former One Direction singer Liam Payne checked himself out of rehab after only two days, months prior to his death in Buenos Aires.
Saturday’s SUN: “Liam’s Brave Bid To Get Clean” #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/oyV8p83pa9
— Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews) October 18, 2024
And the Daily Mirror reports on singer Cheryl’s heartbreak after ex-boyfriend Liam Payne’s death. The two share a seven-year-old son.
Saturday's front page: Cheryl's heartache#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/V9agzO1gPe pic.twitter.com/4Iowpm7vvr
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) October 18, 2024
Lastly, the Daily Star’s front page condemns the nation to a “day of shame” amid news Britain’s “long and proud” tea-drinking tradition has been usurped by “faithless coffee drinkers”.
Saturday's front page: R.I.P TEA#TomorrowsPapersTodayhttps://t.co/zRdwqcyrIe pic.twitter.com/6UxPAuP9hc
— Daily Star (@dailystar) October 18, 2024
