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The five-mile queue for the Queen’s lying-in-state is “not for the faint-hearted”, says The Daily Telegraph. Around 400,000 people are expected to wait for up to 30 hours to pay their respects, with more than a thousand stewards lining the route (below). The Queen’s coffin returned to Buckingham Palace for the final time yesterday and will be transported to Westminster in a ceremonial procession beginning at 2.22pm. The government has warned businesses that their share of the £150bn energy support package may be delayed until November, despite most fixed-price energy contracts ending on October 1. Without government help, execs face a “fivefold increase in their energy costs”, says the FT. A “top space boffin” claims aliens will be discovered within the next 25 years, says the Daily Star, thanks to a new telescope that can zoom in on Earth-like planets. “With the Ukraine war, the global energy crisis, a planet-wide pandemic and populist wallies as world leaders, they may want to stay away.”