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Here are the top business stories making the headlines in the morning newspapers.

Heathrow Airport drops Covid face mask rules

The UK's largest airport has dropped mandatory face masks for passengers.

The BBC reports that Heathrow Airport will no longer requires people to wear them at its terminals, railway stations or office buildings but will continue to recommend they do.

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic the latest airlines to relax their policies on face coverings.

Passengers must still wear them on board flights if the country they're travelling to requires it.

Concern over future of Aberdeen surgery

An Aberdeen doctors surgery has begun reaching out to others for a potential merger, says the Press and Journal.

Practices across the country have been experiencing a GP recruitment crisis for years, with the pressures even more prominent amid the pandemic.

Recently, several north-east surgeries have had to shake up their structure, go private or shut altogether.

And now GPs at Great Western Medical Practice say they're working hard to ensure the "future sustainability" of the centre.

As it stands, Great Western has around 10,000 patients on its books.

But its GPs say nothing immediate will change for them, with patients' health and wellbeing still their top priority.

However, they've also been asked not to contact the practice for more information, as "staff will not be able to comment further".

A statement from the Great Western GPs said: "As soon as we have any further information to share, we will inform our patients as a matter of priority."

Some Western brands can't shut outlets in Russia

The invasion of Ukraine has led many Western brands to shun Russia, but some still have outlets open in the country and say they are not able to shut them.

Marks and Spencer, Burger King, and hotel groups Marriott and Accor are restricted by complex franchise deals preventing them from withdrawing

The firms have outsourced the Russian businesses to third parties and do not own the operations bearing their name.

Together the firms have almost 1,000 outlets still open in Russia.

M&S has 48 shops and Burger King has 800 restaurants still open, whilst Marriott and Accor have 28 and 57 hotels open respectively.

The BBC understands the brands are locked into legal franchise agreements, making it difficult for them to remove their name from the Russia's High Streets and shopping malls.

A lot of Western firms have held such agreements for decades. For example, Marks and Spencer stores have been operated by a Turkish company called FiBA, which has held the rights to sell the retailer's products across Eastern Europe, since 1999. The retail giant has said it has suspended shipments of its goods to FiBA in response to the war.

Legal battle expected after Camelot loses National Lottery contract

The fate of the National Lottery is set to be decided by a legal battle after the Czech billionaire Karel Komarek won a contract to run the game in a closely-fought race.

Mr Komarek has been named as "preferred bidder" for the lottery following a vow to launch a digital investment spree aimed at weaning millions of players off paper tickets.

The Telegraph says the decision is a major blow for current operator Camelot, which has run the lottery since its inception in 1994. It is understood to be working with magic circle law firm Linklaters on plans to challenge the decision in the High Court.

Mr Komarek's gambling empire, known as Allwyn, won the bidding process with promises to halve ticket prices for the main draw to £1, while more than doubling the amount of money the National Lottery generates for good causes each year, and revamp the lottery's app and website to bring its customers online.

The winning bid was led by Sir Keith Mills, the inventor of the Air Miles and Nectar loyalty card schemes.

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