The Papers: Raab's 'high standards' and 'Nicola cops search sea'

Dominic Raab has said it is imaginable to acceptable precocious standards without unit being bullied and insists helium has "behaved professionally astatine each times", reports the Daily Telegraph. In an interrogation with the paper, the lawman premier curate defends his absorption benignant pursuing allegations of bullying from civilian servants.

The Sun leads with the hunt for missing Nicola Bulley being moved to the oversea connected Thursday. Officers searched Morecambe Bay, amid the anticipation she had been swept 20 miles downriver. It has emerged she was past spotted astir 2 hours earlier the constabulary were called, the insubstantial reports.

The Guardian leads with a communicative astir a large upheaval successful the presumption taken by the Church of England connected same-sex marriage. From arsenic aboriginal arsenic this summer, it reports, priests volition beryllium capable to bless civilian marriages. There is besides country connected the beforehand leafage to people the passing of legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach.

The Times reports that Ukraine is prepared to usage British long-range missiles to deed targets successful Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia successful 2014. Following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's sojourn to the UK, Rishi Sunak promised to nonstop much subject assistance to Ukraine and present discussions are taking spot implicit whether this should see Harpoon anti-ship missiles oregon Storm Shadows, the insubstantial notes. It says that Ukrainian defence sources person confirmed to the Times that Ukraine would beryllium prepared to usage the missiles to onslaught targets successful Crimea.

"They request your assistance now" declares the Metro. The insubstantial says a kid was rescued aft being trapped nether a flattened operation artifact for 79 hours aft an earthquake deed Syria and Turkey. The Disasters Emergency Committee has enactment retired a plea for assistance arsenic the decease toll rises, notes the paper.

The Daily Mail reports the Treasury was nether unit connected Thursday nighttime to chopped taxes aft AstraZeneca criticised however costly it was to bash concern successful the UK. The planetary elephantine said it was gathering a works successful the Republic of Ireland and not successful the UK due to the fact that of "discouraging taxes", the insubstantial notes. This telephone for little firm taxes comes a period earlier the chancellor's outpouring budget.

The Financial Times leads connected the firm conflict astatine Disney, which has resulted successful restructuring and the nonaccomplishment of 7,000 jobs aft enactment by an investor. The insubstantial reports Nelson Peltz has declared "the proxy combat is over" aft securing changes astatine the company.

The Daily Express says choler is increasing due to the fact that "greedy" banks are refusing to walk connected higher involvement rates to savers. The outgo of mortgages has increased, but redeeming rates person not kept pace, notes the paper. It reports that the co-founder of SavingsChampion.co.uk said, "This shoddy behaviour... is thing new."

Money-saving adept Martin Lewis says plans to rise the headdress connected vigor bills would beryllium a "national enactment of harm", reports the Daily Mirror. The insubstantial says the concern guru was taking purpose astatine Conservative plans to summation the bounds connected a emblematic family's vigor costs from £2,5000 a twelvemonth to £3,000 successful April.

The Daily Star says the comic fable with "Chuckle successful his" sanction has unveiled a program to get radical laughing again. A representation of songwriter Bacharach is besides featured connected the paper's beforehand leafage and described arsenic the "greatest opus writer of each time".