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'Row professor found dead' and 'barbecue ban'

Image caption, At the top of the Times is the news that ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who has been at the centre of a row in-part focused on accusations of plagiarism, has been found dead. The police have said his death is being treated as "unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious". Also on the front page, "Burnham calls up the military to tackle fires".

Image caption, In the lead for the Daily Telegraph is that "men lose right to prostate cancer test". The Telegraph also includes the news of Arday's death, noting that his memoir is due to be published in the UK later in August.

Image caption, The Sun leads with the "ban on barbies" as it says Prime Minister Andy Burnham has warned people not to light any fires.

Image caption, The i Paper also leads on the barbecue ban "to stop new UK wildfires". It says that the RAF's £50,000 "wildfire buckets for dropping water" are 2,000 miles away, citing military sources. It adds that a blaze in the West Midlands destroyed 19 homes.

Image caption, A warning from the prime minister that "Britain is a 'tinderbox'," leads the Financial Times. This comes as he faces "criticism over his government watering down targets for electric vehicle sales".

Image caption, A train has derailed in Essex "less than 24 hours after 20 people were injured in a a similar accident. However, the train stayed upright in the latest derailment, it says.

Image caption, "Back where we started" is the Daily Mirror's headline, alongside a picture of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage who has been re-elected MP for Clacton. Following what it calls a "pointless & costly by-election," now, it says, a "sleaze probe into £5 million 'gift' from billionaire restarts".

Image caption, The Daily Express also leads with Farage, who it quotes as saying he speaks up for the "ignored". The paper says he has fired a "defiant warning to critics".

Image caption, The Daily Mail's top story is that Lucy Letby's alleged boyfriend reportedly died after he was fired over "messages to nurse about baby she tried to kill". It says an inquest, for which a date is yet to be fixed, is due to open into his death.

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