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American showbiz website TMZ published pictures that seem to show parts of Liam Payne’s dead body. The pictures were of an arm and waist which both featured identifiable tattoos. The website said they had chosen not to publish the whole image. But backlash on social media has seen TMZ remove the images – although they now exist online – as well as a picture of a blue police tent reportedly placed over Payne’s body after his fall. “This is beyond disrespectful, it’s a complete failure of humanity and decency,” wrote one X user. “That is just vile,” another said. The…

Thursday’s front pages continue speculation about the upcoming October Budget. The papers offer up their predictions and reports on whether the chancellor will raise taxes or cut spending.
Other domestic topics are splashed on the front pages including reports on whether Russian spies planted devices in Birmingham, and there’s ongoing coverage of showbiz topics.
The newspapers had gone to print long before news broke of the death of One Direction star Liam Payne in Argentina. The 31-year-old fell from his balcony at his hotel. The story is dominating the UK news cycle online and on social media.
The papers continue their coverage of the appointment of Thomas Tuchel as the new England Football manager.

Council puts up giant pencils to stop parents driving children to school | UK News Giant pencils have been introduced in one London borough’s streets to stop busy parents from driving their kids to school, and some people are inevitably unhappy. The coloured pencils are part of a plan to prevent cars entering certain roads at drop-off time. And while many have welcomed the idea, others have said it simply pushes traffic problems further out. The borough of Richmond-upon-Thames in south west London has now approved a roll-out of the eye-catching designs, which warn people a school street is near.…

Man arrested for selling illegal Sky streaming packages in bulk | UK News A man has been arrested on suspicion of selling illegal streaming packages which provided access to Sky channels. Officers from the police intellectual property crime unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police arrested the 38-year-old while executing a search warrant at a home in Wolverhampton early yesterday morning. He was detained on suspicion of copyright and money laundering offences after he was suspected to have sold illegal streaming packages in bulk for others to sell to the public. Further search warrants were carried out at four business…