Britain’s ‘winter catastrophe of rising energy bills’ is the story consuming Saturday’s front pages, as the cuntry faces a bleak end of year.

His fee comfortably beats the £40million the Magpies paid for Brazilian Joelinton during the summer of 2019 and takes the club’s spending in the two transfer windows since Amanda Staveley’s consortium took over to around £210m.

"Great to hear the thoughts of Rishi Sunak, who didn't know how to use a contactless card," wrote Toby Earle.

A blackout across the region heightened fears of a catastrophe in a country still haunted by the Chernobyl disaster.

"We still have to manage until September 7 with no money and I still have to pay out for electricity as I am on pay as you go."

"And so it seems that the British Tory leadership are simply playing to their own grassroots and they have no regard for the damage that that is causing the economy..."

"Brilliant response to the unnecessary ignorance and rudeness of Liz Truss," wrote one person in response.

"Perfectly normal morning in a perfectly normal country with a perfectly normal media," wrote James O'Brien.

“All the solutions lie at the Westminster Government’s door, yet it is silent in the face of this looming disaster.”