Newspaper headlines: The £1bn a day cost of the 'Beast from the East'

The Observer says the so-called Beast from the East weather front and Storm Emma have resulted in empty shops and restaurants, lost hotel and rail bookings, and idle diggers.

The Arctic blast has seen people across Britain stay at home or got stuck on gridlocked roads.

The paper says analysts estimate the cost to the economy was at least £1bn a day - which could halve economic growth in the first three months of the year.

However, the paper says some are also counting the beast's hidden benefits, as isolated communities cut off by the snow suddenly found themselves dependent on each other.

The Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday both report that a key ally of Boris Johnson has accused one of Theresa May's most trusted aides of leaking a letter from the foreign secretary to the prime minister.

The letter played down the risks of a hard border in Northern Ireland.

According to the Mail on Sunday, Mr Johnson's ally - a senior MP - claims it was Mrs May's chief of staff, Gavin Barwell who leaked the letter.

The MP is reported as saying the leak was designed to put Mr Johnson in his place before the prime minister's keynote Brexit speech on Friday.

However, the paper adds that Mr Johnson's spokesman has tried to distance the foreign secretary from his ally's remarks.

Mr Barwell tells the paper: "These claims are ridiculous and totally untrue."

The Sunday Telegraph's main story says the BBC is facing a revolt by presenters being pursued by HMRC for tax demands - some running into hundreds of thousands of pounds.

It says they believe the BBC should foot some of the bill.

The paper says there is growing anger that the BBC continues to deny presenters were pressured to set up personal service companies, despite a recent tax tribunal ruling that to be the case.

The mechanism allowed the BBC to save millions by not having to pay National Insurance contributions, the paper adds.

A BBC spokesman tells the paper: "The use of personal service companies is legal, complies with tax legislation and should not result in any avoidance of the tax or National Insurance contributions due to the Exchequer."

According to the Sunday Mirror, the serial sex offender, John Worboys, is to get 24-hour protection from guards costing up to £300,000 a year if he's freed from prison.

Some of his victims are challenging the Parole Board's decision to release him.

The paper says a specialist bail hostel for high and medium risk offenders has been found for him outside London if the legal challenge fails.

Finally, it appears a new tradition is being born - Easter trees, complete with decorations.

The Sunday Telegraph says some retailers are trying to make sure the seasonal decorating craze doesn't end at Christmas.

Some shops are now stocking Easter trees and baubles to tempt consumers into spending yet more on homewares and decorations.

One major retailer has reported a 22% rise in sales of Easter baubles this year - featuring chicks, rabbits, sheep and butterflies.

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