What the Sunday papers say

SUNDAY EXPRESS HOMEBASE is urging landlords to back its restructuring plans on Friday and warns that it will go into administration if they fail to do so. CRICKET fans looking to buy a piece of Lord’s are unlikely to make any money from it according to David Gower, chairman of the property firm behind the deal. JOHN LEWIS has teamed up with green gas supplier CNG Fuels to launch the UK’s largest-ever trial aimed at showing how biomethane, a low carbon alternative to diesel, can slash HGV emissions and costs.

SUNDAY TIMES ROMAN ABRAMOVICH is exploring a multi-billion-pound sale of Chelsea Football Club after rejecting an approach from a US private equity firm. TRANSPORT for London’s plans for the Tube network have been thrown into disarray after a French train maker challenged its decision to award a £1.5billion contract to Siemens.

SUNDAY TELEGRAPH MELROSE is courting bidders in a multi-billion sale of the bestperforming part of GKN, the historic engineer the turnaround company acquired less than six months ago in a hostile turnover. ELON MUSK has abandoned his plan to take Tesla private, saying investors have persuaded him to keep the electric car company as a listed business.

OBSERVER RYANAIR will no longer let passengers take a small suitcase on board for free, with charges for a 10kg case to be introduced in November.