'Harry's coming home' and 'Day trip tragedy'

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News image — News that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to move back to the UK is prominent across Thursday's papers with several printing late editions to fit it in. "Harry's coming home" says the Daily Telegraph as it reports the couple intends to relocate from the US later this month with their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet enrolled to start at a British school in September.

The headline on the front page of the Daily Telegraph reads: "Harry's coming home." — News that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex plan to move back to the UK is prominent across Thursday's papers with several printing late editions to fit it in. "Harry's coming home" says the Daily Telegraph as it reports the couple intends to relocate from the US later this month with their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet enrolled to start at a British school in September.

The headline on the front page of the Sun reads: "Harry and Meg coming home." — "Harry and Meg coming home" echoes the Sun, "six years after Megxit". The paper says the "shock return" will be for "an extended period" and the family have already found a new home in the UK.

The headline on the front page of the Times reads: "Royal return: Harry and Meghan are moving back." — "Royal return" is the Times's headline as it says Prince Harry and Meghan's new home in the UK will be a private, non-royal residence thought to be outside of London.

The headline on the front page of the Daily Mail reads: "Ministers forced to tell asylum seekers: don't rape women." — The Daily Mail calls Harry and Meghan's return "a royal sensation" as it pictures the couple holding their daughter Princess Lilibet. Elsewhere, the paper says a Home Office guidebook handed out to asylum seekers includes a warning that having sex with someone without their consent "is a serious crime in the UK". The document sets out the "rules and expectations" of living in the UK and is part of an education campaign for those looking to stay in the country.

The headline on the front page of the Daily Express reads: "Don't rape or beat up women when in Britain." — The Daily Express says there is "outcry" over the guidebook having to explicitly give asylum seekers advice on how to behave towards women.

The headline on the front page of the Daily Mirror reads: "Day trip tragedy." — The Daily Mirror has more details of the three members of a family who died at Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex. The paper says the father who drowned with his partner and teenage daughter was a refugee who fled Palestine a decade ago. The family's younger daughter is still in critical condition in hospital.

The headline on the front page of the Metro reads: "Refugee family who drowned in seaside tragedy." — Metro says the family is among many victims in a "summer of swim deaths". At least 35 people have drowned so far during record-breaking heatwaves according to data by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

The headline on the front page of the Guardian reads: "Working in Starmer's No 10 was unbearable, says ex-chief of staff." — Sir Keir Starmer's former chief of staff revealed how "unbearable" it was working in No 10, saying she feared she was being recorded by colleagues, the Guardian reports. Sue Gray, who the paper says was "the most powerful adviser" in Downing Street before resigning in 2024, criticised the working environment under Sir Keir on a podcast.

The headline on the front page of the Financial Times reads: "Moderna shares double after success for custom-made skin cancer vaccine." — The Financial Times leads with US vaccine-maker Moderna's shares more than doubling in value after it reported successful trial results for an experimental skin cancer therapy. Jointly developed with Merck, the therapy would be "unprecedented" in cancer treatment, with custom-made vaccines for specific tumours. Analysts are expecting US regulatory approval next year.

The headline on the front page of the i Paper reads: "New skin cancer vaccine can stop disease and offers hope for era of personalised jabs." — The i Paper's top story also covers the landmark vaccine trial, which found patients with high-risk melanoma remained free of cancer for longer after surgery.

The headline on the front page of the Daily Star reads: Draculoo — The Daily Star splashes with the story of a woman who found a bat in her toilet after it flew in the bathroom for a drink of water. "Draculoo" is the headline.

"Harry's Coming Home" is how the Daily Telegraph headlines the story it broke about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returning to live in the UK. Expressing her shock at the decision, the paper's associate editor, Camilla Tominey, says "not since Bobby Ewing stepped out of the shower in Dallas have we been forced to perform such a double-take". The Daily Mail describes the story as a "royal sensation". Devoting its first seven pages to the news, the Sun speculates that the King may welcome them back, but Prince William will not be so forgiving.

The Guardian leads with revelations from Sir Keir Starmer's first chief of staff, Sue Gray, who has described the atmosphere in No 10 as "unbearable" for her. The paper says she told a podcast that it got to the point where she felt everything she said was being recorded by colleagues who planned to leak her remarks.

The Daily Express paraphrases Home Office guidance for asylum seekers on how to behave as "Don't rape or beat up women when in Britain". That such matters have to be spelt out has been branded "insane", according to the Mail. "Families daring to protest about the arrival of young migrant men in their communities have been branded bigots", notes the Sun, which argues that while it might be uncomfortable to acknowledge, "not all foreign cultures match British laws".

As hundreds of thousands of teenagers wait for their GCSE results, the Times says Education Secretary Lucy Powell has pledged to crack down on what she has described as the "pernicious" system of English and Maths resits for those who do not achieve a grade of at least four. She has told the paper she wants to replace what she called the "conveyor belt" of resits, with new stepping stone qualifications to demonstrate numeracy and literacy.

Under the headline "picture perfect," the Daily Mirror remembers its sports photographer Albert Cooper, who has died at the age of 90. The paper says his iconic images include those of the injured athlete Derek Redmond, being helped over the line by his father at the 1992 Olympics, and Paul Gascoigne crying after his infamous yellow card at the 1990 World Cup.

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