What the Sunday papers say

SUNDAY EXPRESS THE Bank of England is set to cut the base rate to a new record low of 0.25 per cent on Thursday in a bid to keep the economy moving. FORMULA E, the electric racing series that concluded its season at London’s Battersea Park last month, skidded to a £43.8million net loss during its first full year. EUROPEAN holidaymakers need to be reassured that they are still welcome in Britain post-Brexit as continental tour operators are cancelling their 2017 bookings, Best Western chief executive Rob Payne says. VIVINO, the developer behind the world’s largest wine app, is to launch its own online store that will allow people to buy their favourite bottles by clicking twice on their smartphones. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH VODAFONE is considering a major investment in its own broadband network in the UK, in a move that would challenge BT and dash hopes of a potential merger with Virgin Media owner Liberty Global. THE fate of Port Talbot’s steel plant is likely to hang in the balance until next year as Tata attempts to thrash out a deal with ThyssenKrupp. SUNDAY TIMES AN activist investor is attempting to shake up French Connection, calling on the struggling retailer to ditch its famous FCUK logo. THE boss of O2, Ronan Dunne, is set to take a senior job with the telecoms giant Verizon in America. OBSERVER BEIJING-BRITISH relations may be stressed over Hinkley Point, but the efforts to bring Chinese money to the “northern powerhouse” go on.