The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.

Times of Malta says the widower and children of Daphne Caruana Galizia have instituted constitutional proceedings against the Police Commissioner, the Attorney General and Deputy Commissioner Silvio Valletta, claiming that Mr Valletta’s involvement in the murder investigation could breach their right to a fair hearing. In another story, the newspaper says European data shows that a quarter of Maltese children remain at risk of poverty or social exclusion, despite a slight improvement over the past six years.

The Malta Independent says the University is concerned that the capping of mentors could drastically reduce mentor availability.

In-Nazzjon leads with a denial to yesterday’s lead story in Malta Today saying it was absolutely not true that it was in the precarious financial situation claimed by the newspaper.

L-Orizzont says that St Paul’s Bay mayor Graziella Galea has been charged with a number of irregularities by the Local Councils Governing Board.