Sunday newspaper round-up: Boris Johnson, Brexit, housebuilders, Tesla, Standard Chartered

Boris Johnson is at the centre of a new row over racism after an investigation into online abuse revealed his official Facebook page hosts hundreds of Islamophobic messages. Under entries that publicise Johnson’s articles and speeches, the MP’s followers left comments including calls to ban Islam and deport Muslims, as well as vile attacks on the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan. - The Sunday Times

A British woman has said she feels lucky to be alive, having been rescued 10 hours after falling from a cruise ship into the sea off Croatia. The 46-year-old, named Kay, had been on a Norwegian Star cruise ship, and fell into the Adriatic Sea shortly before midnight on Saturday following the incident around 60 miles off the coast. - Sunday Telegraph

Conservative MPs are warning of a risk of entryism in the party as the pro-Brexit group Leave.EU encourages its supporters to become members in order to back Boris Johnson or Jacob Rees-Mogg in a future leadership contest. - Observer

The bosses of Britain’s top housebuilders have cashed in £300m worth of shares between them over the past year. Our analysis of share sales by building bosses comes as fears rise of a downturn in the market. - Mail on Sunday

In an attempt to cut costs the NHS knowingly put thousands of patients’ lives at risk for at least eight years by using syringe pumps that failed to meet internationally recognised minimum safety standards. A Sunday Times investigation has identified up to nine patient deaths that occurred because Britain carried on using the equipment despite its potential dangers after other countries had chosen to stop using them.

A record £1.1bn was recovered by the government last year in a clampdown on international benefit fraud by UK citizens, new figures show. The fraudulent claims include people continuing to receive certain UK benefits while living abroad, deliberately failing to declare property overseas or being in receipt of a UK disability benefit while working abroad. - Sunday Telegraph

The former CIA director John Brennan is threatening legal action against Donald Trump, after he was summarily stripped of his security clearance in an unprecedented display of presidential pique. Brennan took to the airways on Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press and made clear that he had no intention of being cowered by Trump’s bombshell action to deprive him of access to classified information. - Observer

Motorists could be fined for driving just 1mph over the speed limit under a zero-tolerance crackdown being considered by police chiefs. An official review is now under way into the 'buffer zone' that currently protects drivers from punishment if they go slightly too fast. - Mail on Sunday

The secretive leisure billionaire Trevor Hemmings has launched a High Court action against a raft of institutions, including Kuwaiti and Singaporean sovereign wealth funds, accusing them of trying to “unjustly enrich” themselves through complex litigation related to Royal Bank of Scotland’s 2008 rights issue. - The Sunday Times

Tesla shares plunged on Friday as investors reacted to an interview in which its chief executive Elon Musk admitted taking the sleeping pill Ambien, working 120 hours a week and described how exhaustion was taking its toll. - Sunday Telegraph

Tougher demands by European Union regulators may force banks to shift more jobs to Frankfurt, Paris and Dublin than originally planned due to Brexit, a senior City executive has warned. Tracy Clarke, Standard Chartered’s CEO for Europe and the Americas, said the bank has been waiting nearly nine months for EU officials to approve an operating licence that will turn its Frankfurt branch into a subsidiary, but regulators have yet to make a decision. - Observer

Two women are fighting for their lives after a stranger 'smashed them in the head' and left one's 'face hanging off' in an unprovoked attack. Joe Xuereb, 27, is being sought after two women, who were not known to him, were targeted at Adderley Gardens in Greenwich, south-east London, today. - Mail on Sunday

Flu vaccine may have to be airlifted into Britain to prevent a winter crisis in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to the largest producer of the jab. Hugo Fry, UK chief of the French drugs giant Sanofi, said the extreme measure may be needed because of the threat of crucial supplies being stuck in border queues. - The Sunday Times

Former UBS trader Kweku Adoboli could be detained by the Home Office next week and deported, after having been denied permission for a judicial review of his case. Mr Adoboli, known for his role in Britain's biggest ever fraud which saw him lose UBS $2.3bn (£1.8bn) through unauthorised trades and handed a seven-year sentence, has been battling attempts to have him deported to Ghana, where he was born, for years. - Sunday Telegraph

The billionaire owner of of three Grand National winners has launched a court case against a collection of former allies, claiming they “unjustly” enriched themselves during their joint litigation relating to Royal Bank of Scotland’s 2008 rights issue. - Observer

Antisemitism training at this year's Labour conference could be scrapped after Jewish members accused party leaders of trying to 'censor' the sessions. The Jewish Labour Movement (JLM) has decided to not run courses at the conference in Liverpool next month, reports the Independent. - Mail on Sunday