In this week’s issue of First News

  • Batman takes on the cost of living! p5
  • Meet Chester Zoo’s new ‘celebrities’ p10
  • Brazil’s Lula wins re-election by a whisker p14
  • UK’s biggest Harry Potter shop p19
  • Chatting to Tom Fletcher about new book p22
  • Man United misery continues p28

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