These are the leading stories in today's newspapers.

Times of Malta reports that football lovers paying for the GO sports channel are fuming because not all English Premier League matches on Saturdays will be screened live. It also quotes the tourism minister saying that deckchair and umbrella operators at the Blue Lagoon in Comino have already been fined €11,500 this summer, but this “may not be enough”.

L-oriżżont cites lack of funds for the national broadcaster's decision not to air the Olympic Games. It also reports that CCTV led to the arrest of a foreigner caught stealing in Paceville. 

In-Nazzjon says that instructions had been given to reserve beds for the chief executive of St Vincent de Paule home for the elderly. It also reports the statement issued by the Church Environment Commission saying that the common good was being ignored in favour of constructing new buildings. 

The Malta Independent also reports about the Comino saga, reporting that the average family was paying some 150 euros to spend the day on the island. 

 

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