Call for Bercow to quit and Meghan baby news

It comes after a report that found allegations of sexual harassment against MPs had been “tolerated and concealed”.

“The change in culture has to come from the top,” writes Sir Kevin Barron, who “no longer believes” Mr Bercow is “the correct person to provide that leadership”.

Mr Bercow declined to comment, but has previously vowed to stay on as speaker.

Analysis of Land Registry figures shows the average cost of a home dropped by almost 9% between May and July, while elsewhere in Wiltshire, prices went up over the same period.

Most of the papers are awash with pictures of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, following the news that they’re expecting their first child.

Finally, “council killjoys” are threatening a much-loved Christmas tradition in County Durham, according to the Telegraph and the Daily Star.

For years, they say, Santa has toured the streets of Newton Aycliffe on the back of a truck-mounted sleigh.

But the town council says the event cannot continue in its current form, as it breaks rules banning people from standing on a moving vehicle.

From now on, Father Christmas will be required to sit in the lorry’s cab with his seatbelt on, and can only greet local children at designated stops. For both papers, it’s “elf and safety gone mad”.