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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Evans puts the brakes on bad news from Top Gear as LeBlanc revealed as co-host. P3
Archers story aids abuse charity. P3
UN finding means arrest threat must end, says Assange. P4
Moyles factor gives 39% listener boost to Radio X. P18
Cosby fails to have sex assault case dismissed. P22
Ill health rumours persist as Redstone gives up Viacom. P27
Daily Telegraph
Anger at UN inquiry ruling over Assange ‘detention’. P4 + Leader P17
A history of telling Britain how to run its own affairs. P4
Friends star to give Top Gear more sex appeal. P7 + Comment P24
Andrew Davies: ‘My only regret is not making War and Peace longer. P23
Financial Times
Unease in Redstone’s media empire as daughter objects to Viacom succession. P17
Struggle begins for Redstone’s empire. P19
Hon Hai edges ahead in battle to take over Sharp. P19
Japan’s tech groups lose out in robotics race. P21
The Times
Top Gear gets a little help from a Friend. P3
Assange held unlawfully, UN says. P15 + Leader P29
The Independent
GQ publisher fined for phone-hacking article. P7
Culture secretary may defy Cameron by backing Brexit. P11
Facebook users have only 3.57 degrees of separation between them. P14
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Page 3 profile: new Top Gear presenter Matt LeBlanc. P3
Britain set to ignore UN panel ruling on Julian Assange detention. P5
Interview with Gotham actress Morena Baccarin. P31
Inside television. P37
Wall Street Journal
Case against Cosby allowed to proceed. A5
Opinion: Why Bloomberg could become president. A11
Sharp favours Foxconn Deal. B3
Daily Mail
BBC signs up Matt LeBlanc for Top Gear. P3
Under fire, Facebook mums who parade parenting skills. P5
Fat cat pay scandal exposed using Freedom of Information requests. P11
US says Britain has ‘held Julian Assange unlawfully’. P19
Bill Cosby can face sex assault trial. P24
Stop bashing ‘posh’ actors blasts Dame Diana Rigg. P38
Ant and Dec’s £650k bonus. P38
Daily Express
Friends star Mat LeBlanc is new Top Gear presenter. P3
Let Julian Assange walk free, UN tells UK. P10
The Sun
Matt LeBlanc wins big-money deal to co-host Top Gear. P3
Taxpayers face paying more to keep Julian Assange in London. P4
Britain’s Got Talent auditions take place in Birmingham. P15
X Factor to return next year. P19
More male nudity in new BBC thriller. P39
Holby Star Tina Hobley leaves The Jump following injury. P39
Noel Edmonds hits out at Channel 4 for not telling him is show would come back. P39
Sales in New Corp’s online property division grew by a third in 2015. P55
Daily Mirror
Top Gear’s new Friend. P9
Prunella Scales’ husband criticises John Cleese for reviving his Basil Fawlty character in a Specsavers ad. P9
UN: Assange held illegally. P24
Daily Star
Celebrity Big Brother coverage. P1, P6, P&
Pressure on UK to free Julian Assange. P2
Matt LeBlanc named new Top Gear co-host. P5
Del Boy voted Britain’s top comedy character. P11
Cilla Black’s great nephew competes on The Voice. P27
Timothy West blasts John Cleese for selling out with Specsavers advert. P27
