Newspaper headlines: 'Gunned down at bedtime'

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By BBC News
Staff

Olivia Pratt-Korbel was fatally shot at her home in Liverpool on Monday night

"Just a child" is the front page headline of the Daily Express, reflecting on the shooting of Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Liverpool.

Her death is also the focus of many of the papers, with photographs of her on most nationals.

"Unbearable" says the Daily Mirror. "Gunned down at bedtime and left to die" says The Sun.

The Daily Mail says the murder has "stunned" the nation, and that police have vowed to "not rest until those who are responsible are put behind bars".

The Guardian says the attempted public killing of a senior gang member led to the nine-year-old being mistakenly shot dead. Neighbours have told the i newspaper that the death has left them feeling "sick" and fearful.

There is an emotional plea on the front page of the Liverpool Echo. It asks those who might know more about what happened but are keeping quiet to consider "whose side are you on?"

The paper says the choice is between surrendering the city to "thugs" or helping to "get justice for Olivia".

There are fears that European support for Ukraine's war against Russia could "dry up" as the "cost of living crisis bites", reports the Daily Telegraph.

Some governments are said to be increasingly concerned about spending on arms and humanitarian supplies in the face of soaring energy bills.

The paper says it understands British diplomats have been travelling to European capitals to make the case against cutting aid to Kyiv.

Charities are warning of a homelessness "precipice" says the Financial Times, as a result of soaring energy bills and record rents.

Twenty-nine organisations, including Shelter and Crisis, have written a letter to the Conservative leadership candidates, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, calling for them to honour Tory manifesto commitments to ban "no fault evictions" and to end rough sleeping by 2024.

The Times reports that members of the Red Arrows have been accused of bullying, misogyny, sexual harassment and drunkenness in what the paper calls "the biggest scandal in the team's 60 year history". Recruits have described a "toxic" culture.

An RAF spokesman says the force has a "zero-tolerance approach to unacceptable behaviour" and takes action whenever wrongdoing is proven.

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UEFA Women's Euro 2022 winner England midfielder Jill Scott has announced her retirement

"Doppelgangers share behaviour as well as looks" says the i newspaper.

The headline relates to scientists in Barcelona who analysed unrelated people who bear a striking resemblance to one another and found that they share genetic variants which not only make them look similar but also act in a similar way.

The Times says the findings suggest that if you met your alter ego you would "happily find quite a lot to talk about".

And many of the papers mark the retirement of the England footballer Jill Scott. She made her announcement a day after her team mate Ellen White said she was hanging up her boots.

The Daily Mail says it is hard to imagine an England squad without Scott. The paper says the 35-year-old was there when women's football was "on the periphery" and there "when it reached the pinnacle".

The Guardian says while Scott is making her final goodbyes to the sport she stressed "no sad faces" - explaining that there had been "too much fun for any tears".