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A majority of papers feature the death of Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne, aged 76, on their front pages. Sir Elton John's tribute to the "trailblazer and rock god" leads the Daily Star. It is also one of the papers that moved quickly enough to react in their early editions to the late-night heroics of England's women footballers - who sealed an extra-time win over Italy to reach the Euro 2025 final. "LionYESSS!" is the paper's assessment.
"RIP Ozzy" is the simple headline for the Daily Mirror, which runs a full=page picture of the "rock wildman" performing in a chair at his farewell concert in his home city of Birmingham just 17 days ago. "Italian job's a good 'un" is the paper's top bar headline, which features Lioness Michelle Agyemang, the 19-year-old goalscorinng substitute in England's nail-biting win.
The Sun leads their tribute to the "self-proclaimed Prince of Darkness" with a photo of Ozzy Osbourne with his wife Sharon. The paper reports that the "rock legend" died after battling Parkinson's disease, but that he had been "determined" to perform at that final show earlier this month.
Ozzy and the Lionesses both make the front page of the Times, but the paper leads with government concerns that the impact of immigration and the cost of living could lead to a "summer of riots". Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is demanding "urgent action" from cabinet officials to avoid unrest, with Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner warning that immigration was having a "profound impact on society".
The Daily Telegraph leads with the police response to violent protests this week outside an asylum hotel in Epping, Essex. The paper says that Essex Police have "admitted" to directing "pro-migrant" counter-demonstrators from Stand Up to Racism to the hotel, action which protesters said "prompted the violence". The storey adds that the force will hold a news conference today to explain its policing of the protests.
Mounting international condemnation of Israel's actions in Gaza fronts the Guardian. UN Secretary General António Guterres says that "the last lifelines keeping people alive" in the territory were "collapsing", while the EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas says the killing of civilians is "indefensible". More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while seeking aid at food distributions sites since May, according to UN figures cited by the paper.
A photo of starving child Muhammad in Gaza is the full-page lead for the Daily Express, which says in a stark headline "For pity's sake stop this now". The emaciated child in "Gaza hell shames us all", adds the paper's sub-headline.
Families grieving the loss of relatives in last month's Air India crash are "suffering further" after their bodies were incorrectly identified before being sent to the UK, the Daily Mail leads. The paper reports one family had to abandon funeral plans after learning a coffin contained the body of an unknown passenger instead of their family member.
British workers will get "emergency access" to pension cash under a plan to boost savings, the i Paper reports. The money will be tied to retirement funds, but unlike retirement pots, iyt could be accessed earlier "if needed in a financial emergency".
Even if you didn't catch Covid, the pandemic "aged our brains", says the front page of Metro. Scientists found that isolation and the stress of "not knowing when the two-year coronavirus crisis would end" was to blame, in the research that included 1,000 people.
The estate of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, who died in a yacht accident last year, will be bankrupted following a High Court ruling that it owes more than £700m to Hewlett-Packard, the Financial Times reports. The Lynch family is considering whether to appeal the ruling, according to the paper.
