Newspaper headlines: 'Hopelessly devoted to you' and 'tax-plan tension'

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"The one that we loved", is the Daily Mirror's tribute to actress and singer Olivia Newton-John who has died at the age of 73. Images of the late star appear on most of Tuesday's front pages.

The Daily Mail features comments from her Grease co-star John Travolta who described Newton-John as "incredible".

The Guardian reveals that the pair's portrayal of Danny and Sandy in 1978 film almost did not happen - because Newton-John thought she was too old at 29 to be playing a high school senior.

"RIP Sandy" is the Daily Star's headline - while the Times writes in its obituary that although her post-Grease film career stalled, her record sales eventually topped 100 million.

"Britain's best days are ahead of us", is the message from the Conservative leadership contender Liz Truss in an interview with the Daily Express.

Setting out her economic vision, Ms Truss says she is "on the side" of people who work hard. But according to an expert from the Institute for Fiscal Studies quoted in the Guardian, her tax and spending plans "basically don't do much for those" who are "struggling most to cope".

"Hosepipe bans could last until October amid a new heatwave", warns the Times. The timescale is based on modelling from Southern Water, which has already imposed curbs on Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

The Daily Telegraph reports that ministers are set to announce an official drought this week. The paper says the move will put pressure on other water companies to bring in hosepipe bans.

However companies in Bristol, Portsmouth and Affinity Water, which supplies Greater London, have all said that restrictions will not be necessary this year, the paper notes.

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The Daily Mail reports that strict police checks on foreign nationals living in Britain have been secretly abandoned. The Police Registration Scheme covered arrivals from 44 countries including Russia, China and Iraq. An immigration expert advising the government has described the decision as a "shock".

A Home Office spokesperson told the BBC the programme was never used to monitor individuals, and data provided to the police was already collected by the Home Office when people applied to enter the UK.