The Daily Telegraph leads with its take on the "£7bn Afghan migrant cover-up", saying the UK secretly offered asylum to 24,000 Afghans after a 2022 data breach exposed the names and personal details of 19,000 people. The paper says the scheme was kept secret for almost two years due to a super-injunction requested by the government. The paper reports that the government has moved about 18,500 Afghans to the UK so far. [BBC]The Daily Mirror headlines their lead on Torode's firing with "BBC's kitchen nightmare". The paper reports the men have both been jailed for four years after felling the world-famous Northumberland landmark in a fit of "drunken stupidity".
