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Thursday's National Newspaper Front Pages

THE PAPERS' TOP STORIES

:: Financial Times, The Times

Chancellor George Osborne will start selling the state's £32bn stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland.

:: Metro, Daily Express

Motorists were "stunned" to see eight migrants cut their way out of a lorry in the Cotswolds after reaching Britain.

:: The Daily Telegraph

House prices could rise by up to a quarter over the next five years, according to a report.

:: The Guardian

Two al Qaeda leaders say the terror group is no longer functioning after being "ripped apart" by Islamic State.

:: Daily Star, The Sun, Daily Mirror

The newspapers report on Briton Eleanor Hawkins, who has been blamed for "causing a killer earthquake" in Malaysia.

:: Daily Mail

Broadband and mobile phone customers will now be able to switch provider without paying penalties.

:: The Independent

The newspaper reports on the first person in the UK to be prosecuted under a new forced marriage law.

:: Watch the Press Preview on Sky News every evening at 10.30pm and 11.30pm. Thursday night's reviewers will be the PR consultant George Pascoe-Watson, and the writer Lucy Beresford.