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Image caption,A hard-hitting report on the current state of the NHS in England - which says the "toxic" behaviour of doctors is putting patients at risk- provides an eye-catching lead story for the Times. Rob Behrens, who investigates complaints about the NHS, calls in his report for medical training to be redesigned to encourage new medics to be more empathetic. He also warns of a "Balkanisation" of health workers with "rivalries between doctors and nurses or midwives and obstetricians harming patient care".
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Image caption,The Daily Mail, however, highlights a positive development for the NHS, reporting that a "landmark" prostate cancer screening will initially see 300,000 men invited for MRI scans and other screening to detect the cancer. The paper hails the move as a "major victory" for a campaign it has been supporting.
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Image caption,The i weekend leads on what Labour is planning for the NHS if it gets into power next year. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting tells the paper he wants the NHS to team up with entrepreneurs and tech firms to more quickly develop "cutting-edge treatments and technology". The paper's headline says he will "hold the door wide open" for people from the private sector who can help the NHS.
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Image caption,But it is the current plans of government ministers that occupy several of the other front pages. The Daily Telegraph claims an exclusive double, as it not only interviews Chancellor Jeremy Hunt to find out that he believes the time is now right to "plot a path to lower taxes" - but also reports that Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has backed Suella Braverman's plan to break the deadlock on the government's policy to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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Image caption,"PM gets punchy! I'll take on anyone standing in our way" is the Daily Express's headline summation of Rishi Sunak's determination to bring in emergency laws to see the Rwanda policy get through its legal obstacles.
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Image caption,The Guardian, meanwhile, reveals the priorities of new Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron. It says he wants to "unlock billions of dollars for foreign aid" over the next decade and reveals the detail that he spent his first night in his new job reading a White Paper reflecting the international development part of his brief.
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Image caption,"Penalty!" is the simple single-word headline for the Sun as it reports on the 10-point deduction for Everton for breaching financial regulations. The paper says that "football is in turmoil" as there is speculation that Manchester City and Chelsea could yet face even bigger punishments.
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Image caption,The Daily Star headline writers reach for the football cliche handbook with the headline "Everton: We wuz robbed of 10pts" to reflect the Merseyside club's sense of injustice. But the same sub-editors do also manage to get the words "pleistocene epoch" on to the same front page as they report that "giant-headed DNA boffins" are planning to use cloning techniques to bring woolly mammoths back to life.
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Image caption,"Everton in shock over points dock" is the rhyming headline for the Daily Mirror, but it reserves its lead story spot for a "winter warning" about another few months of the British public facing high energy bills.
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Image caption,And the Financial Times reports that Saudi Arabia is planning to prolong its current cut of oil production into next year. The paper says that the recent drop in the price of oil is one factor for the decision but pointed out that Saudi Arabia is one of four Opec members - the others being Kuwait, Algeria and Iran - who are "agitated" by Israeli attacks in Gaza and believe that tightening oil supplies sends out a message to Western nations.
Judging from many of Saturday's newspapers, a clamour for tax cuts is getting louder the closer we get to the government's Autumn Statement next week.
The Daily Telegraph says its interview with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is the clearest indication yet that he will unveil both personal and business tax cuts.
In its editorial, the Telegraph urges the government to immediately scrap inheritance tax - in part, to give its wavering supporters a reason to go to the polling booth at the next general election.
The Daily Express is of the same view. "Time to cut taxes is now" is the headline above its leader column. The paper says it would welcome tax cuts for businesses, but adds that measures to reduce personal tax bills are needed now more than ever.
But the Times argues that the scope for tax cuts is scant. It says figures showing an improvement in the public finances are deceptive since tax revenues have been boosted by inflation and wage growth. In an editorial, the paper says the chancellor must maintain fiscal discipline to reassure financial markets.
The Daily Mirror says cutting inheritance tax would be not just immoral but also deeply insulting. The paper says the tax is paid by just about 4% of people and most of them are worth at least £2m. The editorial says that, with public services on their knees, the last thing "this lamentable government of losers" should consider is another tax cut for the super-rich.
According to the Guardian, Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron will say - in a paper to be published on Monday - that he wants to unlock billions to spend on foreign aid over the next decade as part of a "moral mission" to help the world's poorest people. The paper says the internationalist tone is likely to infuriate the Tory right.
On its front page, the Daily Mail says thousands of lives could be saved thanks to a landmark prostate cancer screening trial, expected to start next year. Around 300,000 men across the UK will be invited for MRI scans and other screening methods to detect the disease.
The Times highlights a warning from the health ombudsman for England, Rob Behrens, that patient safety is being put at risk by "toxic" behaviour in the NHS. He says care is harmed by rivalries between doctors and nurses or midwives and obstetricians. An NHS spokesman tells the paper the vast majority of care is well delivered by dedicated staff.
Meanwhile, the Sun says football is in turmoil after Everton were deducted 10 points for breaching financial rules.
The paper says Burnley, Leeds and Leicester City - all close relegation rivals in recent seasons - now plan to sue Everton for £300m in estimated lost revenue after dropping into the Championship.
And finally, the Times has spoken to a skipper of a catamaran who believes he's discovered the best way to deter orca whales from attacking boats. Pawel August says he played heavy metal on full volume when three orcas set upon his vessel in the Strait of Gibraltar and they immediately left.
