A number of Friday's papers are focusing on the situation in Middlesbrough following the A66 crash last weekend that killed seven. The Mirror describes a town "under siege". On Wednesday, woman and a seven-year-old were killed in a house fire in the area, and there have been reports of cars being rammed into local homes. Residents are living in fear, it says, amid reports of a "gang turf war".

The Telegraph says hundreds of police officers have been deployed to Middlesbrough to "tackle Northern gang wars", as the town remains "on alert for further violence". Andy McDonald, Labour MP for Middlesbrough and Thornsby East, told the paper that people do not feel safe to go to the shops and are "trapped in their own homes".

"How did UK town become a war zone?" asks the front page of the Sun, running this next to a picture of Valentina Foster, the seven-year-old girl who died in a house fire earlier this week. A local told the paper that gang members could "do what they want to each other, but now we've got innocent people being killed".

The devastation in Nepal and Tibet after flash floods on Wednesday is front and centre for the Guardian, which says the international community is "scrambling" to provide aid. The paper says rescue teams are finding bodies hundreds of miles downstream from the disaster zone, and more than 1,300 people remain missing.

Pictures of missing Britons in Nepal dominate the Times, which writes that the death toll is continuing to climb. According to the paper, both Nepal and China have warned that there could be a second potential flooding event, due to a fast-filling lake at the site of the first disastrous breach. It notes that, while the exact sequence of events is still being determined, experts believe the flash floods were caused by a collapsing glacier in Tibet.

Similarly, the front page of the Daily Mail reads: "Faces of Britons missing in Nepal". It says that British families are in "torturous limbo" as they try to contact loved ones who remain missing.

Though the front page of the Financial Times does carry a photograph of a mud-strewn street in Nepal, the leading story is dedicated to a potential lawsuit against Fifa president Gianni Infantino. It says Uefa is preparing to bring criminal legal proceedings against the football boss, after his failed plan to sell a stake in the World Cup to private investors.

"China Embassy guards using their electroshock weapons to threaten protesters" reads the i Paper, which says the security team was "caught on camera" pointing stun batons at activists. It notes that such weapons are prohibited under Section 5 of the Firearms act, and reports the footage is being reviewed by Metropolitan Police.

The Daily Star says former Liverpool footballer Jamie Carragher is facing an ยฃ800,000 tax bill, declaring "Carra in the red".

Official figures show the number of asylum seekers being housed in British hotels  has halved in the past year, which the Metro reporting that this is the lowest its been since 2022. The paper looks back on how the migrant crisis has unfolded over the last 12 months, and includes quotes from Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, who says the figures mean the government is "restoring control at our border and fairness to the migration system".

The Daily Express also considers what it calls the "deportation crisis" in the UK, reporting 21,294 "foreign criminals" are "roaming the streets". It says this means the number of "crooks" in the community has grown by 1,000 in just three months.

The devastation in Nepal is pictured across many of the front pages. The Daily Mail reports on the British families desperately trying to contact missing relatives, after what's described as a "tsunami from the sky", external.

The Times says a nurse from Kent is among the missing, external, while the Sussex businessman, Pramod Poudel, tells the Daily Telegraph from Gatwick Airport , externalhe is travelling back to his Nepalese home village to try to find his wife, mother, uncle and brother.

The Guardian focuses on warnings that there could be further flooding, external, with a newly-formed lake now at risk of bursting. According to the Financial Times, the disaster is a "brutal reminder of the growing risks to people in the Himalayas",, external which is "deeply vulnerable to climate change".

"Under siege" is the headline in the Daily Mirror, which leads on the deployment of hundreds of additional police officers in Middlesbrough, external - where it says "residents are living in fear" because of an "alleged gangland turf war".

One resident tells the Daily Express: "It seems like the whole town has gone crazy", external. Another, quoted in the Sun, says: "It's scary, you wonder what's going to happen next"., external The paper's front page asks how a UK town could become a "war zone".

The i Paper reports that guards at the Chinese embassy in London have been caught threatening protesters with banned electro-shock batons., external The paper says the incident has sparked a diplomatic row, with the government warning Beijing that it will not tolerate any attempts "to coerce, intimidate, harass or harm" people on UK soil. The Chinese embassy has been contacted for comment.

Sources tell the Mirror that the Home Office is "actively" reassessing whether Prince Harry and his family should have taxpayer-funded security., external Since moving to the US, the Duke of Sussex has paid for his own protection. But insiders say now that he is moving back to the UK, "the goalposts have moved".

And the Telegraph declares that people over 40 are "the last generation of regular drinkers"., external A study by 'Our Future Health' suggests those in their forties are 52% more likely than younger people to exceed government alcohol recommendations.

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