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'Cop killers will go free' and 'Farage's sinking ship'

News imageBBC "Cop killers will go free" reads the headline on the front page of the Sun.BBC
Many of Tuesday's papers lead with the latest on the early prisoner release scheme. "Cop killers will go free", headlines The Sun. The paper says police officer Andrew Harper's widow has called the plans, which will not exclude prisoners such as Harper's killers, "disgusting".
News image"Pc Harper killers will still be freed early" reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Telegraph.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has written in the Telegraph that he had "pushed to the very limit of what is possible" but couldn't exempt more prisoners from early release without the prison system "collapsing within months". The Telegraph also reports that the PM is "on holiday after two weeks in job".
News image"Rapists and groomers will not be freed early, says PM" reads the headline on the front page of the Guardian.
The Guardian highlights that "rapists and groomers will not be freed early". However, it adds that the PM "will still allow the domestic abusers and killers to go free" in October, and quotes a watchdog saying this puts the lives of women and girls "at risk".
News image"Killer but not rapists to be given early release" reads the headline on the front page of the Times.
The Times headlines with "killers but not rapists to be given early release", as it says the "PM waters down scheme but can't go further". It quotes Burnham as saying he was responding to public "anger, anxiety and distress" at the proposals.
News image"Farage's sinking ship" reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror.
"Farage's sinking ship" leads the Daily Mirror as it says Reform UK is in "chaos". The "hard-right party" had pledged to use the Royal Navy to stop small boats crossing from France should it win the next general election, but now the Mirror says the plan has been "torpedoed" by experts. A spokesman for Reform said: "We will always stand up for British interests and protect our people".
News image"Driest July in 190 years" reads the headline on the front page of The i Paper.
The "driest July in 190 years" is the top story for The i Paper, with both England and Wales seeing the driest July since records began. The i also carries the Farage story, as France has accused him of "violating sovereignty" with Reform's small boats plan.
News image"Athens suitcase murder suspect" reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Mail.
The "Athens suitcase murder suspect" leads the Times. It says the Afghan boxer Sharif Ahmadzai has been arrested on suspicion of murdering Elisabeth-Jane Ross.
News image"Apple launches legal challenge to new demand for data access" reads the headline on the front page of the Financial Times.
As Apple faces a "new demand for data access", it has launched a legal challenge, the Financial Times reports. The paper says the demand is UK ministers' "latest bid to create a 'backdoor' to access encrypted customer data, a year after the Home Office agreed to drop a previous order".
News image"Two jabs a year to target 'silent killer'," reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Express.
"Two jabs a year to target 'silent killer'," leads the Daily Express, saying the treatment "may help millions of people control their high blood pressure better".
News image"15st lighter... and jabs are just the job" reads the headline on the front page of Metro.
The Metro also leads on a jabs story, but instead headlines on weight loss injections. A "kebab addict's transformation" of losing 15 stone (95kg) is its top story, saying "jabs are just the job".
News image"Gianni: Here's Donny" reads the headline on the front page of the Daily Star.
"Gianni: Here's Donny", writes the Daily Star with a nod to The Shining - using a picture of US President Donald Trump breaking through wooden boards like Jack Nicholson's character in the film. The Fifa president Gianni Infantino "wants Trump to help him save his job", it says.

Writing in The Telegraph, Andy Burnham says he cannot exempt more criminals from his government's early prison release scheme without risking the collapse of the system "within months".

The Times says Burnham has "watered down" the scheme, saying "killers but not rapists" will be given early release.

The Guardian calls the changes a "major intervention" but reports the scheme will allow the release of domestic abusers. This "puts victims' lives at risk", the domestic abuse commissioner Dame Nicole Jacobs tells the paper.

The Sun hones in on the case of PC Andrew Harper, with the headline declaring: "Cop killers WILL go free".

The Daily Mail says it has details of the suspect arrested over the murder of a Scottish woman in Greece. It claims he was an Afghan boxer who arrived on a small boat and converted to Christianity. He's due in court on Wednesday.

The Mirror describes Nigel Farage's Reform UK party as a "sinking ship". The paper says the party's plans to use the Navy to stop small boats has been "torpedoed" by defence experts.

The Financial Times speaks to one former navy commander, who says while it is "doable" the navy will have to "stop pretty much everything else".

The political sketch in the Times asks if Reform's "Operation Fortress" plan is designed to keep Farage "afloat".

The Daily Express leads on a twice-yearly jab heralded as a "game-changer" to help people control high blood pressure. The paper says the experimental drug could see some patients ditch the daily pills they take to tackle what the paper labels as a "silent killer".

The Times pays tribute to the journalist Rod Liddle, calling him "brilliant" and "provocative". The Sun says its "funny and fearless" columnist "specialised" in saying the "unsayable". The former BBC Radio 4 Today programme editor died aged 66 after a short illness.

And The i Paper's front page picture shows parched brown fields. It is highlighting England and Wales recording the driest July since records began 190 years ago.

The Telegraph reports another effect of the UK's recent heatwaves: stunted potato crops. As spuds stop growing if temperatures reach above 30 Celsius, the paper warns chips may soon be shorter and baked potatoes hard to come by. The "chips are down", the headline reads.

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