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Newspaper headlines: 'Noel's crying his heart out' and 'global IVF disaster'

A couple of the papers feature more reaction to the Manchester City drama, after the club was found guilty of breaking the Premier League's financial rules.

· 405 words· updated September 27, 2026 at 03:22 AM

Many of Sunday's newspapers look ahead to Andy Burnham's first Labour conference as prime minister.

The Observer describes him as a "people-pleaser with a ruthless streak of ambition." "A skilled communicator praised for his ordinariness," it argues, "will need to bring more clarity to his vision."

"Buoyant Burnham is more popular than his party," according to the Sunday Express . The Sunday Mirror says that losing his father has fuelled his social care mission. The family heartache has spurred him to "grasp the nettle" of reform, it says.

The Sunday Times writes that ahead of the conference, Chancellor John Healey has raised hopes of help on fuel duty in next month's Budget. The Mail on Sunday believes Labour is at war over migrants and the economy, with cabinet ministers trading blows on the eve of the conference.

The Sunday Telegraph says Burnham is already out of ideas. The country does not need more speeches about "hope," it argues - it needs a prime minister willing to spend political capital forcing change through, whatever the objections of Labour MPs.

The Sunday Times says an estimated 800,000 people greeted the Pope as he travelled down the Champs Elysees in Paris on Sunday. It titles a photo of his visit "Mass appeal." The Sun on Sunday headlines its coverage "Chateauneuf-du-Pope."

"They think it's all over... it's not" says the Sunday Mirror , as it considers the Manchester City's chairman's insistence that - as the Sunday Express puts it, the club's "not guilty" of breaching the Premier League's financial rules. The Sunday People says one of the club's most famous fans, Noel Gallagher, has insisted the crisis is nothing to do with the players or supporters. The Daily Star Sunday reaches for not one, but two Oasis song titles for its coverage. Noel's crying his heart out, it says on page one - while on the back page, suggesting the club chairman is urging people to "Stand by me."

The Sunday Times says it can finally answer the divisive question of whether you need to rinse cans and jars before recycling them - something, the paper says, has caused marriages to crumble.

The head of Britain's biggest recycling firm, Veolia, has told the paper there's no need to rise them out as long as they are "relatively clean." Divorce rates will fall, delights the paper. Except for one nagging question: "What exactly do you mean when you say "relatively."

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