Newspaper headlines: Murder teens 'show no remorse' and 'surprise fall in inflation'

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Image caption, Emotional statements from murdered teen Brianna Ghey's mother and father feature across many of Thursday's front pages

The face of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey, who was murdered by two teenagers, is on many of Thursday's front pages following their guilty verdicts. "What they did to our beautiful Brianna will haunt us forever," says , one of several papers to cover the reaction of her parents. In they say "their house feels empty without her laughter", and in "they will never stop loving her".

Lower than expected inflation figures prompt to speculate that interest rates may fall in February. believes tax cuts may follow next year. According to , market analysts believe interest rates will drop by almost 1.5% in 2024. The business section of says economists have warned that the Bank of England's "insistence on keeping interest rates higher for longer is looking increasingly absurd", and that the Bank's decisions "risk needlessly tipping the economy into recession". says it would not trust the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, "to forecast Christmas Day".

On its front page, reports that a single clause in a new criminal justice bill means the police will be able to run facial recognition searches on the database of Britain's 50 million driving licence holders. Academics warn that the government is sneaking the move in "under the radar", as the intention to allow the authorities to exploit driving licence records is not explicitly referenced in the bill or its explanatory notes. The newspaper says the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Office has declined to comment.

is among the papers to report on a bus lane in Manchester that has raised more than Β£10 million for the local council from fines for cars using it. Drivers straying into the lane, on Oxford Road, have resulted in more than 180,000 fines being issued since the start of 2020, according to a freedom of information request.

carries an interview with India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, who tells the paper he will "look into" any evidence of an alleged Indian assassination plot in the US, after the attempted killing of a Sikh man in New York. Mr Modi describes his country's relationship with the US as "broader in engagement, deeper in understanding, warmer in friendship than ever before", adding "our foremost guiding principle in foreign affairs is our national interest".

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Image caption, Many papers are running columns on Prince William's rumoured nickname "One Pint Willy"

Many papers devote column inches to the revelation that Prince William's nickname, at least according to his cousin Zara's husband, Mike Tindall, is One Pint Willy - such is his low tolerance for alcohol. devotes part of its editorial to the news, saying it "is not exactly 'the Lionheart', or 'the Great' is it?" The paper concludes that One Pint Willy "is not an ideal nickname for the Prince of Wales".

Showbiz insiders tell that standing ovations are now being given "at the drop of a hat" by theatre audiences. The paper says at least one cast member has recently felt awkward acknowledging what they felt was a "disproportionate response". An etiquette expert from Debrett's sniffily dismisses the trend as coming from across the pond, saying US audiences are "much more voluble and noisily appreciative... this tendency has gradually spread to British audiences".

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