Barcelona begin their La Liga campaign in just a few hours’ time amid a backdrop of financial uncertainty.

Brentford host Manchester United in just a few hours’ time in what looks like another hugely difficult game for Erik Ten Hag.

The stabbing of Sir Salman Rushdie leads most of the national papers as the weekend begins.

Nick Gardner has been climbing Scotland’s highest mountains since his wife went into full-time care.

The 75-year-old Indian-born British author sustained injuries to his arm and liver in the stabbing.

The Met Office has issued an amber heat warning in the south and a yellow thunderstorm warning in the north.

According to the NHS, between the months of May and July, 170,500 people referred for checks for suspected lower gastro-intestinal cancers.

Welsh Secretary Sir Robert Buckland said the Foreign Secretary’s plans offered the ‘best shot’ for the economy.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has insisted he can be flexible with his non-negotiables and he does not want a squad devoid of characters and full of clones.

Mikel Arteta insists William Saliba did not need to be persuaded to stay at Arsenal this summer.