The Papers: \'Chaos\' at the beach and Starmer sacks Long-Bailey

Newspaper headlines: 'Chaos' at the beach and Starmer sacks Long-Bailey

By BBC News Staff
The Metro front page 26.06.20
Image caption Pictures of jam-packed beaches feature in most of Friday's papers, amid warnings that coronavirus cases will rise if people ignore social distancing. Labour leader Keir Starmer's sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey from the shadow cabinet also makes the front pages. "Where isn't wally?" asks the Metro, next to a photo of a rammed Bournemouth beach on the hottest day of the year so far.
Daily Mail front page 26.06.20
Image caption The Daily Mail leads on Health Secretary Matt Hancock's warning to the public not to undo their work on tackling the pandemic. The paper says it came after the warm weather triggered a "frenzied rush" to the seaside, with an "army" of 500,00 visitors overwhelming Dorset.
Daily Star front page 26.06.20
Image caption Not holding back, the Daily Star asks those who left litter on beaches: "Were you raised by wolves?" It says "feral yobs" dropped 33 tonnes of rubbish as Britain basked in 33C sunshine.
The i front page 26.06.20
Image caption "Chaos on the beaches" is the headline on the front of the i. It reports that a major incident was declared at Bournemouth beach due to overcrowding and gridlocked roads, as No 10 warned the planned relaxation of lockdown measures would be reversed if rule-breaking continues.
The Daily Mirror front page 26.06.20
Image caption The Daily Mirror also carries a photo of Bournemouth beach alongside the headline "Boiling point". It reports police have urged day-trippers to stay away from resorts and quotes one local as saying: "It's like they've forgotten we're in a pandemic."
The Times front page 26.06.20
Image caption The Times leads on England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty warning that coronavirus will flare up again if people do not enjoy summer more responsibly, after official figures suggested that cases had stopped falling. But its picture slot goes to Liverpool fans celebrating their first league title for 30 years, after their rivals Manchester City lost to Chelsea.
The Daily Telegraph front page 26.05.20
Image caption Opting for a different beach photo, the Daily Telegraph pictures two people lying metres apart on a beach in East Yorkshire with the caption: "Sun, sand and social distancing". Its main story says Boris Johnson is under pressure to exempt the 14-day quarantine rule for travellers coming from the whole of Europe. Elsewhere, it says the Labour leader "went to war with allies of Jeremy Corbyn" after sacking Mrs Long-Bailey.
The Daily Express front page 26.06.20
Image caption With a different lead story, the Daily Express says Home Secretary Priti Patel promised that people who attack police will be "taken off our streets", after dozens of officers were injured at an illegal street party. The paper says it's her "strongest warning yet".
The Financial Times front page 26.06.20
Image caption The Financial Times reports that Wirecard has filed for insolvency after the once high-flying financial technology group revealed a multi-year fraud that led to the arrest of its former chief executive. Elsewhere, it reports that Mr Johnson has pledged hundreds of millions of pounds to invest in the collapsed satellite operator OneWeb, which it says is "a move that underlines the government's push to put the UK at the forefront of space technology".

What's described by the Daily Mail as Thursday's "frenzied rush" to the coast is featured on most front pages, after hundreds of thousands of people flocked to the seaside to enjoy the hottest day of the year.

The Daily Mirror says the "chaos on the beaches" has sparked fears of a second wave of coronavirus.

But the Times says government sources have "downplayed suggestions of panic", insisting most people were obeying social distancing rules.

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Image caption A major incident was declared in Bournemouth when thousands of people travelled to the Dorset coast

Several papers publish photographs of sunbathers packed on to Bournemouth beach with barely an empty patch of sand to be seen, including the Metro, which asks: "Where isn't Wally?"

The other main story for the papers is Sir Keir Starmer's sacking of Rebecca Long-Bailey, which is interpreted by the Daily Telegraph as the Labour leader going to war with allies of Jeremy Corbyn.

The paper says the dismissal of the shadow education secretary for retweeting a controversial interview "marks a pivotal moment" in Sir Keir's leadership, with senior Corbyn supporters denouncing the move as a "reckless overreaction".

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Image caption Rebecca Long-Bailey and Sir Keir Starmer both ran to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader (file photo)

The Times says the Labour leader is in "a stand-off" with the left of his party - and will meet more than a dozen members of his front bench team today to try to repair relations.

The back pages all hail the end of a 30-year-wait for Liverpool after Manchester City's defeat to Chelsea last night confirmed the Reds as champions for the first time in the Premier League era.

"On Kop of the world", says the Sun.

MailOnline reports that celebrations could be heard from two miles away - "over the incessant tooting of horns" - as fans raced to Anfield to mark the occasion.

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Image caption Liverpool fans descended on Anfield Stadium and celebrated into the early hours

The Liverpool Echo says supporters lit fireworks, flares and smoke bombs before thousands took part in a "spine-tingling rendition" of the club anthem, You'll Never Walk Alone, outside the city's Bombed Out Church.

The Financial Times and the Times both report that the government is set to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in an American satellite operator which filed for bankruptcy in March.

According to the FT, Boris Johnson's chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, was "instrumental" in the decision to bid for a 20% stake in OneWeb, after soaring costs ended plans for Britain to develop its own global navigation system.

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The Times suggests the purchase will be intended as a statement that the government remains committed to a sovereign system - but says sources have warned it may not provide best value for money.

One industry insider is quoted as saying: "We probably won't ever know whether it's a good deal or not."

Space toilet wanted

Finally, the Guardian highlights a call from Nasa for help in designing a toilet for use on the Moon.

It says the space agency has launched the Lunar Loo Challenge in a bid to attract "new and innovative solutions" to the problem of waste capture and containment in microgravity, ahead of plans for astronauts to return to the surface of the Moon by 2024.

The Guardian points out that technology has come some way since the Apollo missions in the 1960s and 70s - when bags were tapped to buttocks "in a setup that was not always as secure as might be hoped".