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Friday's National Newspaper Front Pages

THE PAPERS' TOP STORIES

:: Metro

Lloyd's has blamed uncertainty caused by Brexit for cutting jobs and branches, despite reporting a doubling in pre-tax profits.

:: Financial Times

Company results suggest that exporters and producers of necessities have benefited from Brexit, while importers have lost out.

:: The I

EDF's vote to approve funding for Hinkley Point C could create 25,000 jobs, though critics fear environmental damage and escalating costs.

:: The Guardian

The government is likely to welcome EDF's commitment, though formal documentation may not be completed until the autumn.

:: The Times

Ministers have said they will need to review subsidy plans for the nuclear plant until September.

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:: The Daily Telegraph

Alcohol licensing at airports could be reviewed to stop families on holiday feeling intimidated by drunk travellers.

:: Daily Mirror

Patients at an A&E in Stoke had to wait on trolleys for eight hours before being seen.

:: Daily Mail

Health trusts are refusing to offer cataract operations to the elderly until they experience considerable loss of sight.

:: Daily Express

The Prime Minister has suggested she will curb rules on freedom of movement.

:: The Sun

British pigeon racing has been rocked after the sport's top fancier admitted to cheating to win a race and quit the sport.

:: Watch the Press Preview on Sky News every evening at 10.30pm and 11.30pm. Friday night's reviewers will be the historian and author Kate Williams and the Daily Telegraph's leader writer Tim Stanley.