Sunday newspaper round-up: Boris dossier, 21st Century Fox, Sky, Apple, John Lewis Partnership
The Tory party was plunged into a bitter civil war over dirty tricks last night after it was revealed that Theresa May’s aides drew up a dossier on Boris Johnson’s sex life in an apparent effort to prevent him from becoming prime minister. - The Sunday Times
Donald Trump nearly started a conflict with North Korea in early 2018, when he proposed a tweet that "scared the daylights" out of his defence secretary James Mattis, a new book claims. - Sunday Telegraph
Senior Tories have heavily criticised Boris Johnson for describing the government’s Brexit strategy as putting the UK constitution in a “suicide vest”. - Observer
Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox is preparing a last-ditch push to seize control of media giant Sky as a final deadline for the £26 billion takeover battle looms. - Mail on Sunday
Police chiefs are drawing up contingency plans to deal with widespread civil disorder at the country’s borders and ports in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to a leaked report. - The Sunday Times
Customers could spend £2,000 on the new iPhone as they kit out their device with the latest Apple-branded smartwatch, headphones and accessories. - Sunday Telegraph
Polling stations have opened in Sweden in elections likely to force a historic realignment in the nation’s politics, as support for the established centre-right and centre-left blocs slumps in the face of a surge by the populist, anti-immigration Sweden Democrats. - Observer
The John Lewis Partnership may be forced to take a £50 million hit to profits after enduring an epidemic of price cuts over the summer. - Mail on Sunday
The European Central Bank has ordered financial institutions to reveal details of their plans to shift staff to the Continent after Brexit, ramping up pressure on banks and brokers to explain how they will operate once Britain leaves the bloc. - The Sunday Times
Debenhams has parachuted in a team of top company doctors to draw up emergency turnaround plans as a full-blown crisis threatens to engulf the troubled department store chain. - Sunday Telegraph
The chief executive of British Airways has promised to compensate customers who have had their data stolen in what he described as a sophisticated breach of the company’s security systems. - Observer
Monkeypox has been discovered in the UK for the first time ever, Public Health England have said. - Mail on Sunday
A leading member of the family that founded the Japanese pharmaceuticals giant Takeda has spoken out for the first time in opposition to its $62bn (£48bn) takeover of Shire, the London-listed rare disease specialist. - The Sunday Times
A coalition of retailers, landlords, councils and pubs has called for planning laws to be torn up so that abandoned shops can be turned into cafes, galleries, gyms and other businesses that could help rejuvenate Britain’s decimated high streets. - Sunday Telegraph
Senior managers at a university that recently hit the headlines after staff spent thousands of pounds at a lapdancing club have received more than £600,000 in bonuses over the past four years. Bonus payments to Northumbria University’s senior leadership averaged more than £9,000 each last year. - Observer
A wealthy British couple have created a 'designer grandson' using sperm from their dead son. - Mail on Sunday