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'Race against time' and 'We've lost a Goodie'

"Race against time: Firefighters battle to tame wildfires before heatwave hits Europe," reads the headline on the front page of the i Paper.
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".
"Race to contain wildfires before new heatwave," reads the headline on the front page of the Independent.
"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.
"Burnham seeks welfare bill savings by tailoring schools to local jobs market," reads the headline on the front page of the Financial Times.
"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.
"Burnham's 'hard hat' schools," reads the headline on the front page of the Times.
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.
"Burnham axes Blair's university vision," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Telegraph.
"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".
"Teach pupils for local jobs, Burnham to tell schools," reads the headline on the front page of the Guardian.
"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.
"We've lost a Goodie & a bestie... Packham tribute to springwatch star," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Star.
"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.
"Burnham's £18 billion ''death tax' nightmare," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Mail.
"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".
"Chaplain is lookalike: I'm Mandy Burnham," reads the headline on the front page of the Sun.
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".
"Horror beyond belief at rogue funeral parlour," reads the headline on the front page of the Metro.
"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".
"Bodies were piled up like in a 'horror scene'," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Express.
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".
"Funeral home scandal: 'Sorry' will never be enough," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror.
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."

The Times features an article by Prime Minister Andy Burnham about his plans to promote more vocational education for teenagers from the age of 14. In it, the prime minister says the country will "value the hard hat every bit as much as the graduation cap". He goes on to say that getting the plans right will make the difference between people believing they can realise their talents or "growing up believing there was never a place for them to begin with".

"Burnham axes Blair's university vision" is the Daily Telegraph's front page headline on the story, while the Guardian says the prime minister will tell schools to adapt their curriculum to the needs of local businesses. The Financial Times notes that previous governments, both Conservative and Labour, were unconvinced by the policy when Burnham introduced similar plans in Greater Manchester.

The Sun's editorial says Burnham's vow to make benefit claimants face tougher hurdles has become pressing. It says the prime minister's biggest challenge "will be forcing even these modest proposals past his delusional backbench MPs". The Daily Mail includes an article by Reform UK's treasury spokesman, Robert Jenrick, who warns Burnham against introducing a 10% estate tax, for which he has previously expressed support, to pay for social care. Jenrick calls it "every pensioner's worst nightmare".

A dramatic image of the wildfires in France features on the front page of the i Paper, beneath the headline "Race against Time". The Guardian's report says fleeing the wildfires "felt like a disaster movie".

Many papers pay tribute to Bill Oddie. The i Paper remembers the former Springwatch presenter as "the man who made Britain fall back in love with birds". His earlier career as a member of the comedy troupe the Goodies is frequently referenced. The front page of the Daily Star says "we've lost a goodie", and for the Mirror it's "a goodie innings". The Daily Express editorial says "it's quite an achievement to be admired and respected in one career, but to do it again in another is remarkable".

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