Newspaper headlines: 'SNP fraud probe' and 'Brits missing in boat blaze'

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By BBC News
Staff
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The Daily Express highlights former first minister Nicola Sturgeon's statement, describing her "deep distress" and shock following her arrest.

The Daily Telegraph leads on calls from the Scottish Conservatives, and within the SNP, for Ms Sturgeon to be suspended from the party, while the investigation continues.

"Nic Nicked" is the headline in the Sun while both the Daily Record and The Scotsman opt for, "I'm Innocent". The Financial Times says it is a "hammer blow" for the SNP, plunging the independence movement into turmoil.

The Guardian focuses on Boris Johnson, reporting that senior Tories want him to "shut up and go away". As the privileges committee prepares to meet to discuss its report on his conduct, the paper says the MPs on its panel have been receiving threats from members of the public over the weekend.

According to the Guardian, some of Mr Johnson's allies are said to have urged Tory members to make their feelings known to the committee. The former minister Tim Loughton is quoted telling Mr Johnson to let the "grown-ups" in government get on with the job.

The Daily Mail says Home Secretary Suella Braverman has "blasted" Sir Keir Starmer, accusing him in an article for the paper of "being in the pocket of the eco mob".

In the piece, the home secretary also defends plans to give police greater powers to clamp down on protest marches. By introducing a new legal definition of "serious disruption" in England and Wales, she writes, officers will know they can tackle "slow-walking" tactics.

The front pages of the Daily Mirror and the Metro picture the diving vessel 'Hurricane' on fire in the Red Sea. "Holiday Inferno Horror" is the Mirror's headline as it reports on the search for three British tourists who were on board. The paper says it is a further blow for the Egyptian tourism industry, after a yacht with 29 people on board capsized in April, and a Russian tourist was killed by a shark last week.

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The Times reports that two spaniels have become the first dogs trained to sniff out great crested newts. The paper says the skill promises to reduce expensive delays to building projects because the newts are a protected species, and have to be moved before any construction can begin.

One of the dogs, Freya, was trained by a PHD student at Salford University. She can detect the amphibians even if they are underground, and sits or lies down when she senses them.

The Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic is pictured spread-eagled on the red clay of Roland Garros, on many of the sports pages, after he won the French Open yesterday. The Guardian says the 36-year-old achieved what once seemed impossible when he eclipsed his great rivals with a 23rd Grand Slam.

For the Times, there is no question he's the best male player of all time. The columnist Matthew Syed says Djokovic has never looked more authoritative, and predicts he will win at least six more majors.