The Papers: ‘Britain burning’ and ‘Truss closing on Mordaunt’
Record temperatures in the UK and the narrowing race to be the next Tory leader lead the papers …
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The Metro is one of a number of front pages to feature images of the fires that raged across the country on Tuesday. In one, a home in Wennington, east London, is seen ablaze after a fire began in a dried out compost heap – while in another smoke from a wildfire billows across the A2 in Dartford, Kent.