The Times, external says that some of England's metro mayors could hand money back to residents under the prime minister's devolution plans. The Sun quotes a French police officer, watching a boat setting off, as saying, "Our orders are to let them go." Without their involvement, it says, there could be no World Cup worthy of the name. Instead, it concludes, he risks being remembered as the man who Americanised the World Cup and tried to sell football's crown jewels. Ditching much-loved shows, warns the Daily Express, external, means the BBC's future will become even more precarious.