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Today’s headlines
The Guardian
BBC faces multimillion-pound bill for Jeremy Clarkson’s suspension. P6
Downing Street considers online election debate to break impasse. P8
Paul Gascoigne: Mirror phone hacking turned me paranoid. P11
Make YouTube charge, music industry urged. P29
Editorial: BBC must never indulge violence or bullying. P36
Hadley Freeman: Don’t weep for Jeremy Clarkson – his friends will look after him. P37
Zoe Williams: My vision for an eco-feminist Top Gear. G2 P2
Robert Peston interview. G2 P10-11
Thirty years of TV soap Neighbours. P16-17
Daily Telegraph
Nigel Farage steps up first for Telegraph online leaders’ deabte. P8
Jeremy Clarkson jokes he’s off to the jobcentre – but Sky is more likely. P11
Paul Gascoigne: phone hacking nearly killed me. P12
BBC to launch North Korean service. P17
Editorial: A digital leaders’ debate is the best way forward. P21
Allison Pearson on Poldark. P23
Thirty years of TV soap Neighbours. P25
Vodafone ramps up push into broadband and pay-TV. Business P1
Financial Times
BBC stand-off with Jeremy Clarkson shows danger in having brands rely on capricious ‘key man’. P4
The Times
BBC faces huge bill for dropping Top Gear. P1
Jeremy Clarkson ‘threw a tantrum over cheese platter dinner’. P7
Questions for BBC chief after Clarkson’s suspension. P7
Twitter users joke about Clarkson’s future. P7
Mandelson attacks BBC over threat to ‘empty chair’ David Cameron in debates. P10
Mirror hackers ruined my life, claims Paul Gascoigne. P18
David Elstein: Clarkson has skidded off the track at the BBC. P30
Editorial: Clarkson is clever and funny, but he may be running out of road. P33
Satnam Sanghera: Is this the end of the road for Clarkson? Times2 P2-3
The Independent
TV rivals set to poach Jeremy Clarkson as he laughs off ‘dust-up’. P12
Mirror hacking ‘ruined my life’, Paul Gascoigne tells court. P19
Simon Kelner: Jeremy Clarkson’s flaws are inseparable from what makes him popular. P32-33
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Tories and Labour may go digital in debate. P5
Jeremy Clarkson row leaves rival channels gearing up for full-on bidding war. P9
Paul Gascoigne: My life was ruined by phone hacking. P11
Simon Kelner: Jeremy Clarkson’s flaws are inseparable from what makes him popular. P13
TV reporter robbed in South Africa as camera rolls. P31
Wall Street Journal Europe
Sony ramps up efforts in online TV. P19
Daily Mail
Jeremy Clarkson ‘fracas’ was row over a steak. P6-7
Profile of the BBC’s Danny Cohen. P7
Jeremy Clarkson’s most controversial moments. P6-7
Special report on Rona Fairhead and her links to Hacked Off member Sir David Bell. P20-21
Daily Express
ITV chiefs plot £10m swoop for Clarkson after Top Gear row. P5
David Cameron says he hopes Clarkson keeps his job. P5
The Sun
Jeremy Clarkson row was over a steak. P1,4-5
BBC’s Newsnight McAlpine inquiry boss to decide Clarkson’s fate. P5
Guido Fawkes: Brits love drinking, smoking Clarkson. P5
Editorial on Jeremy Clarkson. P8
Rod Liddle on Jeremy Clarkson. P11
Madonna: Radio 1 ‘age ban’ made me hopping mad. P14-15
Paul Gascoigne: Mirror hacking ruined my life. P17
Coronation Street coverage. P31
Phillip Schofield interview. P32-33
Daily Mirror
Jeremy Clarkson row was over a steak. P1,4-5
Daily Star
Jeremy Clarkson set to leave BBC over ‘fracas’ row. P1,4-5
