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A "shameless stitch-up" is the Daily Mail's , externalverdict on Andy Burnham's seemingly unopposed path to becoming the next prime minister. The Financial Times , externalreports that Burnham is considering plans for his deputy prime minister to be given control of what will be known as "Number 10 North", as part of an effort to underline the redistribution of power across the country. But the i Paper, external warns there might be problems ahead for Burnham, with 80 Labour MPs signing a letter urging him to rip up Shabana Mahmood's plan to reform the immigration system. It could be the new prime minister's "first mutiny" says the paper.
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, writes in the Times , externalthat the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK will help turn the "entente cordiale" into the "entente amicale". He adds that the successful transfer of the 70-metre long artwork has required the "willing suspension of disbelief".
"Ignorant" is how the front page of the Daily Mirror, external describes the Restore Britain leader, Rupert Lowe, for his comments about the Dunblane massacre. The paper has spoken to families of some of the victims who say Lowe's description of it as "one murder" is "selfish".
The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, will "purge" future candidates who back net zero according to the Daily Telegraph, external. It says she also wants "teachers and builders" to represent the party at the next election, not "failed" politicians.
The Guardian, external is one of a number of papers to feature the Oscar-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins, who says he has achieved his "first wish" by releasing a debut single at the age of 88. The paper says the star of The Silence of the Lambs first composed Bracken Road in 1963, while he was a young actor at Liverpool Playhouse.
The Daily Express, external has a picture of King Charles III on a visit to the penguins at London Zoo on its front page. The King is quoted as saying he wanted to "join" them in the water to escape the heatwave.
