Newspaper headlines: 'Bojo's no show' and Truss's tax attack

The Commons vote to back Heathrow expansion is widely reported in the papers but the main picture is of the high-profile opponent who wasn't there.

The Financial Times says Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson popped up in Afghanistan in what appeared to be a hastily arranged trip that allowed him to avoid the parliamentary vote.

"Johnson escapes to Afghanistan so he can dodge Heathrow vote" is the headline on the Independent website.

The Times says critics have pointed out that Mr Johnson hosted Abdullah Abdullah, the Afghan chief executive, in London less than three weeks ago, further questioning the necessity of his absence.

It was - Patrick Kidd in the Times observes - an awfully long way to go for a sicknote.

The Guardian recalls Mr Johnson's famous threat to lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop the third runway - but the New Statesman website says he has now bulldozed his hopes for the Conservative leadership.

However, the Sun comes to the defence of the foreign secretary. While admitting that his trip to Afghanistan wasn't a "good look", it says Mr Johnson had no realistic choice but to be away.

"The government cannot cope with another cabinet walkout of that magnitude - and 17.4 million Brexit voters need him where he is," the paper says.

The Mail points out that another opponent of Heathrow expansion - Chancellor Philip Hammond - was also "conveniently" out of the country.

"If this affair teaches them anything," the paper says, "they will think hard before making empty promises to curry constituents' favour."

The Telegraph leads with an attack by a senior minister on her cabinet colleagues' demands for what she calls "unsustainable" budget increases.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Liz Truss warns against a tax and spend policy

The paper says Liz Truss, chief secretary to the Treasury, has warned that a tax-and-spend policy would leave the Tories "crushed" at the polls.

Ms Truss adds - in an article written for the paper - that higher taxes would be a "complete contradiction" of Brexit because voters were led to believe that leaving the EU would free up more money for public services, not leave them personally out of pocket.

On the second day of its investigation into the trade in stolen British passports, the Mail says the documents are being sold openly on social media.

According to the paper, genuine and fake versions can be bought for as little as £800.

It says one page on Facebook has been used to trade illegal British passports for at least three years.

"Exhausted doctors act 'like drunks'" is the main headline in the Express.

It reports that a British Medical Association conference heard on Monday that overworked doctors are putting patients' lives at risk because they are so stressed and tired.

According to the paper, medical staff raised fears that doctors' concentration levels are being hampered due to the knock-on effects of working 12-hour shifts - hitting them the same way as if they had drunk too much.

Turkish elections

The papers find little enthusiasm for President Erdogan's renewed mandate in the Turkish elections.

The Guardian describes his new powers as "a giant leap towards one-man rule".

"It's little wonder that he's being compared to Vladimir Putin," the Times remarks - "and one Putin in Europe is already one too many".

Assisted dying

The Mirror makes the case for a law to allow assisted dying - without people having to go to Switzerland, where it's legal under certain circumstances.

It wants politicians to reflect what it calls the new public mood on the issue.

It says: "Genuine fears that such a law could be abused have to be addressed and safeguards built into any legislation.

"Any terminally ill person with less than six months to live who wants to battle on must be given the finest medical treatment and care."

But, it adds: "If they don't wish to carry on, they are surely equally entitled to die on their own terms."

'A nation of serial returners'

A new study on internet shopping suggests we are a nation of serial returners - sending back items worth some £7bn every year.

According to the Mail, Barclaycard research found that returns and refunds have risen at four in 10 online stores selling fashion, footwear and accessories since 2016.

But the paper says retailers are their own worst enemies because they fail to offer consistent sizes across their own ranges, while shapes and sizes vary enormously between retailers.

The result is that online shoppers routinely buy the same dress or top in different sizes and return those that don't fit - adding to retailers' costs.

'Hotter than the Sahara'

There are plenty of pictures of people sunbathing in parks and on beaches to mark the hottest day of the year so far.

The Sun says Monday was hotter than Brazil and - according to the Mirror- hotter than the Sahara.

A weather forecaster tells the Mirror there could be at least five more heatwaves this summer.

The paper reports that bookmakers have cut the odds of the record June temperature of 35.6 Celsius - recorded in 1976 - being beaten this year.