with me are martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the london evening standard, and martin liptons chief sports reporter at the sun. lovely to have you both here. in a moment and we're going to discuss some of this front pages. verse, a quick summary and we're going to start off with the sunday times. it says the prime minister's team has begun contingency planning for a snap general election in november. the sunday telegraph says a conservative donor is threatening to fund a breakaway party if theresa may doesn't deliver brexit. in the sunday express, the prime minister says britain must hold its nerve in the standoff with the eu. meanwhile, the observer says the deputy labour leader tom watson has told the party leader, jeremy corbyn, they must back a second referendum. finally, the sunday mail says that an mp who's criticised jeremy corbyn needs an armed guard at the labour conference after receiving death threats. plenty to discuss with my two guests. i've got the two martins. really made myjob easy, didn't i? you know what? is all about labour and the brexit, really. saturday

with me are martin bentham, the home affairs editor for the london evening standard, and martin liptonwho's shief sports reporter at the sun. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday times says the prime minister's team has begun contingency planning for a snap general election in november. the sunday telegraph says a conservative donor is threatening to fund a breakaway party if theresa may doesn't deliver brexit. in the sunday express, the prime minister says britain must hold its nerve in the standoff with the eu. the observer says the deputy labour leader tom watson has told the party leader, jeremy corbyn, they must back a second referendum. the sunday mail says that an mp who's criticised jeremy corbyn needs an armed guard at the labour conference after receiving death threats. plenty to discuss with my two guests. let's begin with the sunday times. we didn't have this in the last hour, did we? basically, it is a brexit. it is interesting. what you've actually got is a good headline, which is may's team plots snap election to save brexit, and in the space of the

30pm and again at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, martin benthamhome affairs editor for the london evening standard, and martin lipton, who's deputy head of sport at the sun. comcast has outbid 21st century fox for control of sky, in a dramatic bidding battle, after months of boardroom rangling. the auction, ran by the uk's takeover regulator took place this evening, and went to the maximum three rounds. comcast‘s bids of £17.28 a share, beat the smaller bid of £15.67 a share from 21st century fox. the deal values sky atjust over £30 billion. sky shareholders will still have to approve the deal. our business editor simonjack has been following the story. well it's probably the most epic, protracted boardroom battle i've ever witnessed. it has been going on for months. both of these companies want sky very, very badly for different reasons. if it was going to be very close, i would have expected fox and disney to carry on and fight this, but sources tell me now that comcast are offering 10% more than fox disney. fox is now predominantly owned by dis

with me are the business journalistjohn crowley and martin bentham, home affairs editor for the eveningd. you get the feeling that things are starting to come back to life after the summer. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the mail on sunday reports on an alleged plot led by the prime minister's former election guru to oust her and install borisjohnson in her place. the sunday times also leads on the apparent attempt by sir lynton crosby to destroy the prime minister's brexit plan and boost mrjohnson‘s leadership chances. the paper sasteremy corbyn too is under threat, with mps planning a vote of no confidence in the labour leader. the prime minister herself writes in the sunday telegraph, saying she will not agree to compromises on her brexit plan that are not in the national interest. the sunday express has a pledge from the prime minister that there will not be a second brexit referendum. the observer leads on what it says is a cash crisis engulfing local councils, pushing children's social care services to tipping point. and the independent reports on remarks from the

and at 11:30 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, martin bentham from thetandard and the business journalistjohn crowley. stay with us for that. a memorial service has been held for senatorjohn mccain in washington with two former presidents, barack 0bama and george w bush, leading the tributes. his daughter appeared to criticise president trump, who wasn't invited to the service, saying herfather was "the real thing, not cheap rhetoric." the vietnam war hero, who was one of america's most high—profile politicians, died a week ago from brain cancer at the age of 81. 0ur washington correspondent, chris buckler reports. for almost four decades, john mccain served inside the capitol building. today, his body was carried from it to begin a final journey through washington. the cortege paused at the vietnam memorial. a moment for his family to pay tribute to senator mccain's military, as well as his political, service. during the vietnam war, john mccain was shot down as he flew over hanoi. for years, he was held prisoner, and periods of torture and interrogatio

tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30 this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are martin benthamthe london evening standard and martin lipton, who's deputy head of sport at the sun. the foreign secretary has urged eu leaders to step back from the abyss of a no—deal brexit and engage with the british government's proposals. jeremy hunt said they had not given a detailed response to theresa may's plans. the so—called chequers plan was largely dismissed by eu leaders at the salzburg summit on thursday. last night, the european council president, donald tusk, said the british had already known about the eu's objections but he insisted a deal was still possible. 0ur political correspondent, matt cole, reports. international law, international commerce, and the media, what have we got to fear? at a rally today, the former brexit secretary david davis telling theresa may she's got it wrong and should seek a new way of leaving the eu. that we should only accept a clean and clear brexit. not some fudge, not some weak compromise. i have to tell you, i'm afraid that a weak compromise is exa

our guests joining me tonight are martin bentham, home affairs editor for the evening standard, and businessared in court charged with the murders of a mother and daughter in solihull. janbaz tarin is accused of killing raneem 0udeh and khaola saleem on monday. he was remanded in custody to appear before birmingham crown court on tuesday. it's been revealed hm revenue and customs use a traffic light system to rate the tax arrangements of people who've been nominated for an honour, according to government documents seen by the times. it's claimed the system has meant some high profile nominees may not have received awards as a result. i have been getting a reaction from a labour peer and former cabinet minister, who has written several studies on the british class system. people should only get owners who are completely above board when it comes to their tax affairs. there are comes to their tax affairs. there a re lots of comes to their tax affairs. there are lots of aggressive tax schemes, and hmrc are wanted in the whole time. as the ipod?, often it is just?, over individuals then it needs

30pm and again at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers, martin benthamtor for the london evening standard,