Newspaper headlines: Tory rebels 'ready' as Corbyn pledges to stop PM By BBC News

Staff Published duration 30 August 2019

image copyright Getty Images image caption Boris Johnson said he would step up efforts to negotiate a new Brexit deal

Coverage of the ongoing row over the suspension of Parliament continues to dominate the front pages.

The Sun says it is "All Systems Go-Jo" after Boris Johnson promised to step up efforts to renegotiate the withdrawal deal by increasing the number of meetings his officials have with counterparts in Brussels.

The BuzzFeed website claims Downing Street is examining what it calls "a series of extreme measures to force through Brexit ".

They include creating new bank holidays to stop Parliament sitting, ignoring legal judgements, or even advising the Queen to not give Royal Assent to any bills that further delay Brexit.

The Independent is one of a number of outlets focusing on what they call "The Fightback"

The Sun takes a more unflattering approach, calling Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn a "Rabble Rouser" after he backed protestors to "shut down the streets" with demonstrations.

'Dictatorial powers'

The Daily Telegraph reports that the Commons speaker, John Bercow, has been "colluding" with the Conservative backbench MP Oliver Letwin in an attempt to stop parliamentary proceedings being suspended.

Writing in the same paper, the Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith urges Mr Bercow to retain his impartiality, saying "his good record of reform in Parliament may be lost in the mire of the Brexit debate."

The Daily Express, meanwhile, claims the Queen will refuse to meet the Labour leader , over fears of being dragged into the political turmoil at Westminster.

The Daily Mail's Ephraim Hardcastle column ponders whether that may have been prompted by his decision to decline the traditional offer of an audience with the Queen upon becoming leader, noting that "HM will not have forgotten".

In it, she says it "will set a horrifying precedent that will mean Mr Johnson will be able to exercise dictatorial powers whenever he sees fits".

'Britain's best battler'

There is plenty of coverage of Ruth Davidson's decision to step down as the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, with many carrying pictures of her welling up as she made the announcement.

Scotland's edition of the Times claims the party is considering splitting from the wider Tory party following Ms Davidson's decision.

An editorial in the Daily Record says that Scottish "independence seems more likely than ever" after "Britain's best battler raised the white flag," while Peter Geoghegan writes on the Politico website that Ms Davidson's "resignation raises serious questions for the Conservative Party north and south of the border".

The UK-wide papers are almost universal in praise of the former leader and the manner of her departure.

image copyright Getty Images image caption Ruth Davidson fought back tears in her resignation speech

Fraser Nelson writes in the Daily Telegraph that following Ms Davidson's example could help heal the country's divisions over Brexit after she "taught her party that the impossible can be pulled off".

John Crace's sketch in the Guardian praises her principles , saying that "amid the Tory hypocrites and chancers, a conscience stirred".

The Daily Mail is one of a number of papers to report on scientists discovering that there is no single gene which dictates whether somebody is gay

Experts at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysed genetic data from almost 500,000 people, and concluded that genetics hereditary factors account for between 8-25% of same-sex sexual behaviour when the whole genome is considered.

Five specific genetic variants were found to be more closely associated with homosexuality, including one linked to the sense of smell.

HRT cancer risk

The Times leads on the publication of research which suggests the risk of developing breast cancer from using hormone replacement therapy is double previous estimates.

The study, which was led by scientists at Oxford University, also discovered that the risk of contracting the disease as a result of taking the hormones is increased for at least 10 years after treatment is stopped.

An editorial in the Daily Mail urges Health Secretary Matt Hancock to ensure guidance on the treatment is updated urgently, saying "women deserve to be appraised of all the facts - especially when the decision to have treatment can end in tragedy".

The i newspaper runs claims that the fracking firm Cuadrilla selected experts to put forward the case about the risk of their activities causing earthquakes.

The paper prints sections from the email trail where representatives from the company discuss which seismologist they should choose to write to local residents near Blackpool before fracking began last year.

We've become used to Team GB's athletes bringing home medals in recent years - and now Britain's vocational workers have given us something to celebrate too.

The Times reports on the extravagant WorldSkills Competition in Kazan , Russia, where the UK has won two gold medals, a silver, a bronze, and 15 medallions of excellence.