These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers.

The Times of Malta leads with news that the beleaguered head of the Broadcasting Authority was given a €27,000 EU presidency-related job by the government in February 2016. 

The Malta Independent reports on Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's pledge that the government is committed to delivering on its promise of a tunnel between Malta and Gozo. 

L-Orizzont leads with reports that Fredrick Azzopardi is being urged out of retirement by the Nationalist Party, with the party reportedly struggling to find new electoral candidates in Gozo. 

In-Nazzjon reports that one man died and another was hospitalised after inhaling toxic gases early on Thursday morning.

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