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"Help on way for UK energy bills" headlines the i Paper. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will unveil new measures for those using heating oil and ministers are planning wider schemes for all households, it reports.
The Independent echoes the i Paper with Starmer "to promise help for homes hit by soaring heating bills". It says tens of millions of pounds will be set aside in support.
Jessie Buckley lights up the front page of The Times in a red and pink gown at the Oscars, in parallel with the news that the "PM resists Trump's call for warships in the Strait". Also on its front, the Times reports two people have died and 11 are seriously ill after a meningitis outbreak at a the University of Kent.
The Daily Telegraph says the news that British ships will not go to the Strait of Hormuz comes after Trump made a request for a "team effort" to open the shipping channel. The paper also reports accusations against the NHS, that it is meeting waiting list targets by "throwing patients off" them.
But the Guardian reports that Britain could send minesweeping drones to the Strait of Hormuz. Also on its front page, the paper says there is a "student fees standoff" that threatens the "EU reset" after Brussels asked the UK to cut tuition costs for European students.
India has said "talks with Iran yield results", the Financial Times reports. Two Indian-flagged gas tankers were allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz because of diplomacy, the country's foreign minister told the paper. In Rome, the paper says the founder of tech-firm Palantir, Peter Thiel, will give lectures on the antichrist, arguing those who regulate tech are harbingers of the figure.
President Donald Trump's former adviser John Bolton has said the US leader "knows he's in trouble" over the conflict in the Middle East, writes Metro.
The Daily Mail carries the meningitis outbreak as its top story, saying 30,000 students and staff have been alerted after the deadly disease struck the Canterbury campus after a social event. According to the Mail, the victims are thought to be aged 17 and 21 and have not been named.
In the "crisis of our age", the Mirror has seen a report about NHS dementia care that says "hospitals 'routinely' restrain patients and sedate them". A "containment culture" means the chances of people ever going home are reduced, it writes.
The Daily Star headlines with Jeremy Clarkson who it quotes as saying "make me Iran's Supreme Leader". The former Top Gear presenter staked his claim to the position in his column in the Sunday Times, writing that he was "universally loved".
The Sun leads with what it calls a new "Beckham bombshell". It says Brooklyn Beckham snubbed his mother Victoria Beckham on Mother's Day in a social media post while praising his mother-in-law.
The headline in the Daily Express says "violent thugs will be kept off child abuse register". A woman who won her fight for a national register is now "warning of a loophole" in the system, it reports.
