Newspaper headlines: Airport misery and 'rebel bid' to halt no deal By BBC News

Staff Published duration 8 August 2019

image copyright EPA image caption Thousands of passengers were affected by travel chaos at airports

The front pages tell of travel chaos for UK holidaymakers affected by airline strikes and IT "meltdowns".

With the headline "Wish You Weren't Here" alongside a picture of a packed terminal at Gatwick Airport - the Daily Mail says it is a "summer of hell" for travellers.

The Mail has spoken to a family who spent £900 re-booking onto a new flight only to find they were not listed as passengers - and the Guardian to a pair of teenagers trying to get home to Glasgow, without any cash.

Elsewhere, the Guardian reports that a cross-party group of MPs is considering plans to force Parliament to sit through the autumn recess, to stop Boris Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit.

This would give MPs an extra three weeks, according to the paper, to pass a bill requiring the government to request an extension of Article 50.

The rebels are said to be alarmed about the growing power and influence of Mr Johnson's adviser, the former Vote Leave strategist Dominic Cummings.

A Conservative insider describes Mr Cummings as running a "reign of terror" at No 10 - after demanding total control of operations as his price for entering government.

The Daily Telegraph says the shadow chancellor John McDonnell has threatened to drag the Queen into a constitutional crisis.

Speaking at the Edinburgh Fringe festival , Mr McDonnell reportedly said if Boris Johnson refused to quit after losing a confidence vote - he would send Jeremy Corbyn to Buckingham Palace in a taxi, to inform the Queen that Labour was taking over.

The historian David Starkey tells the Telegraph that if that happened, Mr Corbyn would be arrested.

The Daily Express believes Mr McDonnell's remarks are a "dire warning" to Conservative remainer MPs who think that bringing down the government is better than allowing Brexit to happen.

image copyright Getty Images image caption Moving in or out? More and more adults are living with their parents

The Times leads on official statistics showing a million more young adults are living with their parents than 15 years ago.

The paper says the rise is being blamed on high rents and house prices, and will increase pressure on the government to build more affordable first homes.

Other papers focus on the record numbers of older people living alone.

The Telegraph puts the rise down to so-called "silver splitters" - divorcees over the age of 55. For campaigners in the Daily Express , the figure is a call to arms to fight the misery of loneliness.

The Daily Mirror leads on an investigation into a trophy-hunting firm run by a British former gamekeeper who - the paper says - organises trips for the rich to kill defenceless animals.

The paper's front page shows a client armed with a rifle, posing over a dead antelope. The Mirror reports that the company - called ProStalk - offers animals to kill from a list of 66 species, including £6,500 for a hippo, and just £47 for a monkey.