Image caption, Wildfires raging through France and Spain lead the front pages of several papers. "Race against time" says the i Paper, next to a photo of a French firefighter standing in front of a burning row of trees and tall grass. French President Emmanuel Macron "holds crisis meeting" and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warns of the "consequence of climate emergency", the paper reports. Meanwhile, "UK fire crews braced for wildfires" the paper adds, "as fourth heatwave looms this week".
Image caption, "Race to contain wildfires before new heatwave" echoes the Independent in its headline as "flames race closer to Bordeaux" in south-west France. "Forecasters warn another spell of 40C heat" could sweep across western Europe later this week, according to the paper.
Image caption, "Wall of flame" writes the Financial Times in its front page coverage of the European inferno. Elsewhere in UK politics, the papers says Prime Minister Andy Burnham "is preparing to tell schools to tailor their curriculum to the needs to local employers as he pushes to get more young people into work," citing insiders familiar with the plans.
Image caption, The Times refers to the rejigged curriculum proposal as "Burnham's 'hard hat' schools", saying that "children as young as 14 will be encouraged into technical training rather than academic education". A photo on the front page shows a fire raging near Madrid.
Image caption, "Hard hats 'as important as graduation caps'," is the Daily Telegraph's take on Burnham's mooted education reforms, perceiving it as an "axe" to former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair's "vision" of "50 per cent target for university attendance". Elsewhere, Burnham is captured standing side-by-side with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Portsmouth on Monday, under the caption "Brothers in arms".
Image caption, "Teach pupils for local jobs, Burnham to tell schools", the Guardian writes. "Tributes as Goodies' Bill Oddie dies at 85," it reports, next to a photo of the beaming late comedian and naturalist, one of three members of the tandem bike-riding members of the 1970s trio the Goodies.
Image caption, "We've lost a Goodie & a bestie," the Daily Star says, as the BBC presenter Chris Packham leads "tribute to Springwatch star", referring to the programme which Bill Oddie hosted on the BBC until 2009.
Image caption, "Fears that PM will try to impose 10% levy on ALL inheritances to fund social care," says the Daily Mail in its top story, quoting critics who describe it as an £18bn "death tax".
Image caption, The Sun leads with Andy Burnham's "dead ringer", who calls herself "Mandy Burnham" on social media, placed next to the new prime minister. "Chaplain Emma Roberts, 54, and the Labour chief, 56, share the same haircut, brows, thick-rimmed specs and smile," the paper reports, fashioning a game of "spot the difference".
Image caption, "How could someone be so cruel?" asks the Metro, reporting on the beginning of a sentencing hearing of a funeral home director in Hull, where a court heard that he "left 31 bodies – including a stillborn baby's – to rot on an 'almost industrial scale' in a parlour that became a horror scene".
Image caption, Continuing on the funeral director's hearing, the Daily Express writes "families hear distressing evidence as rogue funeral director faces sentencing". It calls Robert Bush – the director – "shameless" and says he "breached the trust of grieving families".
Image caption, The Daily Mirror leads with the statement from the "heartbroken" relatives impacted by the funeral director's actions as they "reject cruel undertaker's apology as he arrives at court". It quotes: "Even if he grovelled to us on his knees, it wouldn't be enough."
