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The Guardian – Cost of living crsis forces student ‘Covid generation’ to live at home Summary of the front page The Guardian reports that one in three students starting university this year may opt to live at home, according to research that found rising costs and family needs were affecting the “Covid generation” of school leavers. The front page reports on the death of Jamie Ried – the artist who designed the famous work for the Sex Pistols. The paper says the artist helped shape the punk era. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

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Metro – BBC comic is charged with sex offence Summary of the front page Metro leads with the arrest of comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli, who has been charged in connection with “non-recent” sexual offences. The 54-year-old’s arrest follows an investigation by the Times newspaper which said several people had raised concerns about his behaviour. The front page features pictures of athletes – as the Premier League is soon to return. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

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Daily Mirror – ITV hit by more bullying claims Summary of the front page ITV is facing fresh bullying claims in the wake of the row that cost Phillip Schofield his job, the Daily Mirror reports. Phillip Schofield has been spotted in public for the first time in weeks, according to the paper, which features an image of the former This Morning presenter leaving a west London restaurant with friend Vanessa Feltz. The front page also reports on the British man who will be aboard the Virgin Galactic flight to space. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment…

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Daily Express – Threat to quit rights treaty if Rwanda blocked again Summary of the front page A close ally of the prime minister has threatened to pull Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights if deportation flights to Rwanda stay grounded, the Daily Express reports. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick says he is “very confident” the Supreme Court will rule in favour of plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, but that he will do “whatever is necessary” to end the small boats crisis, the paper reports. The front page says his comments come after being asked whether…

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The Sun – Shame of thrones Summary of the front page Police swooped on a thong-wearing OnlyFans model on the King’s front lawn at Windsor Castle, The Sun reports. The paper quotes the model as saying a lot of tourists were taking photos. The front page is mostly dedicated to the story, but a small amount of space is dedicated the ID leak of police officers, which has reportedly left people in fear. Today’s top stories Like this article? Leave a comment UK National newspapers

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Lee Anderson’s ugly words shame Britain The Guardian says A week after the devastating fire that consumed Grenfell Tower in June 2017, I joined a march of silence from the library in Ladbroke Grove to Grenfell Tower. Nothing prepared me as I raised my eyes to look at the terrible and shocking black shell of the tower, as though transplanted from hell’s own landscape – an unsightly and menacing frame, a blind, burnt, blackened towering box, its empty glassless windows a shocking indictment of negligence and all that is morally ugly in our society. I am haunted by that image,…

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Lee Anderson’s vile anti-migrant comments pose this question: do we want politics like this? The Guardian says Does it matter if Lee Anderson, the deputy chair of the Conservative party, thinks disgruntled asylum seekers should​ “fuck off back to France​” and says so?​ “If they don’t like barges then they should fuck off back to France,” Anderson said. “These people come across the Channel in small boats … if they don’t like the conditions they are housed in here then they should go back to France, or better, not come at all in the first place​.” He was speaking to…

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Tory MP Lee Anderson’s ‘f*** off back to France’ comment shows government trying to distract from failings, says Labour’s Yvette Cooper Sky News says Labour has accused the government of ramping up divisive rhetoric to distract from failures on immigration after it backed Lee Anderson’s “f*** off back to France” comment. Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, told Sky News the remarks were “clearly wrong” and that instead of promoting division, ministers “should be getting on with sorting the problems out”. Tory deputy chairman Mr Anderson made the comment about asylum seekers after it emerged about 20 of them were…

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Candidate in Ecuador’s presidential election Fernando Villavicencio shot dead Fernando Villavicencio, a candidate in Ecuador’s upcoming presidential elections, has been shot dead at a campaign rally.  Villavicencio, a member of the country’s national assembly, campaigned against corruption and gangs. He was attacked as he left the event in the capital, Quito, on Wednesday. He is one of the few candidates who have alleged there are links between organised crime and government officials in Ecuador. According to witnesses, Villavicencio was shot three times. A member of his campaign team told local media the candidate was getting into a car when a…

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James Bernard Hendricks was found dead at Arches National Park in Utah (Picture: AP)

A body found at Arches National Park has been identified as a man who traveled there to spread his father’s ashes and died of a heat stroke.

James ‘Jimmy’ Bernard Hendricks, 66, was hiking at the Utah park and likely got disoriented due to heat, the high altitude and dehydration, said his sisters Ia Hendricks and Ruth Hendricks Brough.

He was an experienced hiker and was traversing the western states to the Sierra Nevada mountains, where he intended to release his dad’s ashes on a peak near Reno, Nevada, they said.

‘It was just a horrible crushing blow to everybody,’ she Brough. ‘He was the quintessential nature boy who went everywhere and did everything. He was so strong.’

James did not return and was reported overdue on August 1. Rangers found his car parked at a trailhead and he was found roughly 2 1/2 miles in from there.

The temperature in the area hit a high of 100 degrees Fahrenheit on July 29. James embarked on along hike in the morning and then went on a shorter hike, during which it is believed he died.

James was taking medication that may have caused dehydration, Brough said. His water bottle was found empty.

‘He was loved by countless people because he was an unusually kind, sweet person who made friends easily,’ Bough told the San Antonio Express-News. ‘Now all these people are grieving. It was a horrible shock.’

James’ death comes more than 20 years after his brother Ron Hendricks vanished around Lake Tahoe. The family was informed this year that the remains were identified as Ron through DNA testing.

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Long renowned as a graffiti artist’s heaven, Brick Lane in east London has found itself at the heart of a furious political debate overseas after a group of Chinese art students spray-painted Communist Party slogans over one of its walls. The red Chinese characters extolling the “core Socialist values” appeared on August 5, drawing online furore and inspiring counter-graffiti critical of the Chinese authorities and Xi Jinping’s rule.

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