The Papers: 'Heartbreak' for England who 'did us all proud'

England's decision astatine the hands of Spain successful the women's World Cup last dominates Monday's beforehand pages. Metro features a full-page tribute to the Lionesses, utilizing a composite representation of the devastated expressions connected the faces of immoderate of the team's stars aft their 1-0 nonaccomplishment successful Australia. "You did america each proud," is the paper's header of choice.

The Guardian chooses a striking aerial changeable of England players and enactment unit arm-in-arm successful a post-match huddle, with the header "Pride and pain" superimposed successful the centre. Manager Sarina Wiegman appears to beryllium speaking to her players, portion fullback Lucy Bronze is incapable adjacent to basal aft a hard-fought match.

The Sun has chosen a representation of "battered but unbowed" defender Alex Greenwood, with a bandage astir her caput aft being deed by an accidental elbow during play, being comforted by midfielder Keira Walsh. The paper's communicative leads with England fans expressing their pridefulness astatine the team's performance, telling the players to "hold their heads high" aft a spirited defeat.

"Proud of you" is the Daily Mirror's prime for its ain full-page tribute to the Lionesses, who it says person "inspired the nation". In the post-match representation the insubstantial has chosen, guardant Alessia Russo wipes tearful eyes, portion skipper and antiaircraft stalwart Millie Bright has her caput successful her hands astatine the "pain of defeat".

The taxable of pridefulness successful the team's achievements is simply a diagnostic of galore beforehand pages, with the Daily Star hailing the "Brave Lionesses" who came truthful adjacent to glory. The insubstantial is the lone 1 to diagnostic an representation of the squad unneurotic with their 2nd spot medals, with smiles adjacent breaking done connected immoderate faces.

Even the Financial Times features a representation of the World Cup final, highlighting an arresting representation of England players embracing successful commiseration adjacent to their Spanish opponents doing the same, but successful joy. The paper's pb communicative reports that China is pushing for an enlargement of the Brics (Brazil, Russia India, China and South Africa) radical of processing nations truthful it tin go a "full standard rival to the G7" radical of affluent countries.

Police fearfulness slayer caregiver Lucy Letby whitethorn person attacked 30 much babies earlier she was caught, according to the Times. Detectives person been reviewing 4,000 cases from the neonatal portion successful Chester and a Liverpool infirmary wherever she worked betwixt 2012 and 2016, identifying "suspicious" incidents with the 30 infants, who survived but whitethorn person been harmed by her, the insubstantial says.

The families of the babies murdered oregon harmed by Letby person demanded a instrumentality to unit convicted radical to be their sentencing hearing, the Daily Mail reports. Accusing Letby of being "cowardly" for failing to beryllium successful tribunal for immoderate verdicts, the insubstantial says she is expected to garbage to look successful the dock connected Monday to perceive however agelong she volition walk successful prison.

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But a authorities root has told the Daily Telegraph that Letby could beryllium forced to look successful tribunal to look victims done "lawful enforcement". The root tells the insubstantial that Letby continuing to garbage to look successful the dock "will lone fortify our resoluteness to alteration the law" - truthful it is not wholly wide if she volition beryllium made to be her sentencing.

The i's apical communicative reports that "centrist Conservatives" person urged Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to sack Home Secretary Suella Braverman implicit her "repeated failures" to lick the situation of asylum seekers crossing the English Channel successful tiny boats. The insubstantial reports connected a caller canvass indicating Tory voters are "turned disconnected by a absorption connected a 'anti-woke' strategy" championed by Mrs Braverman.

The King plans to bring his member Prince Andrew "in from the cold" according to the Daily Express. The insubstantial says King Charles has offered his "disgraced" member an "olive branch" by inviting him to the Royal Family's Balmoral property successful the Scottish highlands, which sources accidental indicates "relations betwixt the brace person improved greatly".