The Guardian says “I’m getting older,” sings Billie Eilish, who’s 19, on Happier Than Ever’s opening track. “I’ve got more on my shoulders”, she adds
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19 people were killed on Thursday in the fiercest clashes in Syria’s Daraa province since it was recaptured by the government, from the American backed militia.
The Times says senior civil servants in the Home Office received pay rises of up to £20,000 last year even though police officers have been hit with a pay freeze.
The Guardian says a serial killer who murdered five women in Suffolk in 2006 has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of murdering a teenager who went missing on her way home.
The i says the July heatwave has well and truly come to an end, with much of the country being doused in heavy rain over the weekend.
The Times says Bethany Shriever won Great Britain’s sixth gold medal of the 2020 Olympics, and Kye Whyte claimed silver, as Great Britain enjoyed a superb morning on the BMX track.
The Guardian says Winds of up to 75mph (120km/h) will lash parts of south-west England as Storm Evert, the first storm to be named in the month of July, hits the UK on Friday.
The i says I can’t be the only person surprised to hear The X Factor has been axed by overlord Simon Cowell and ITV?
The Guardian focuses on a report by MPs which criticises police failure to stamp out racial injustice in the ranks – 22 years after the Macpherson report identified “institutional racism”.
“Travel rules descend into French farce” says the Times, as it reports on France’s amber-plus designation – which means fully vaccinated travellers to the UK must quarantine.
The i newspaper focuses on the coronavirus traffic light system for travel abroad, saying that ministers are considering a new “amber watchlist”.
Arab News says the tourism sector in Jordan has gradually started to show signs of a positive trend after a near collapse due to the COVID-19 pandemic, tourism officials said.
TRT World says Scarlett Johansson is suing Disney over its decision to release superhero movie “Black Widow” on streaming at the same time as in theatres.
Aljazeera says the Taliban armed group has taken responsibility for the killing of a comic this week in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar.
France24 says France said it failed to understand why it was exempt from the rule allowing fully-vaccinated EU citizens to enter England without quarantining.
BBC News says England’s chief midwife has stepped up her call for pregnant women to get the Covid jab as soon as possible.
Mirror says Brits are bracing for gale force winds and heavy rain as Storm Evert sweeps through huge swathes of the country today.
Britain is “winning the Covid fight”, the Daily Mirror says, after Deputy Chief Medical Office Jonathan Van-Tam claimed vaccines had saved 60,000 lives and prevented 22 million infections.
No jab, no job” is the Daily’s Mail’s take on the story, which says Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has backed the ultimatum by businesses in the US as a “smart policy”.
Some of the papers feature stories on Covid passports and compulsory vaccination in the wake of tech firms such as Google requiring staff to be fully jabbed before returning to the office.
The INDEPENDENT says ITV has said there are “no current plans” to air another series of The X Factor – the talent show that launched the careers of chart-topping artists.
THE TIMES says Simon Cowell has cancelled The X Factor after 17 years after deciding that he wanted to save the show from becoming a “joke”, it was reported last night.
DAILY MAIL says X Factor ‘AXED’: former X Factor contestants Jedward and Katie Waissel have reacted to news that the show has been axed after 17 years with glee.
METRO says Simon Cowell’s X Factor has finally been axed after 17 years as one of the biggest shows of the 21st Century – and some of its leading stars couldn’t be happier.
There has been a sharp fall in the number of people on furlough, with young people moving off the government scheme fastest, new figures show.