Newspaper headlines: Banks free speech warning and 'strikes until 2025'

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By BBC News
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The controversy at Lord's yesterday dominates the front pages.

The Sun describes an "extraordinary bust-up" between MCC members and Australian players, after the stumping of the England batsman Jonny Bairstow.

"Underhand dismissal" is the Telegraph's verdict. England lost the second Test despite a breath-taking century by captain Ben Stokes.

"Hero and Villains!" says the Daily Mirror. The Daily Express and Metro both have the headline "just not cricket". The Sydney Morning Herald insists that Australia did not cheat. But a columnist for the paper says the tourists did something almost as pivotal - they made Ben Stokes angry.

Elsewhere, the Times carries an interview with the Health Secretary Steve Barclay, who says he is willing to give doctors a bigger pay rise. He has told the paper upcoming strikes by consultants need to be called off, so negotiations can resume. The walkouts by hospital doctors could continue until 2025, according to the Daily Express and the Sun. The papers have previewed a speech which will be made later by the chair of the British Medical Association. The Guardian meanwhile leads on a poll which has found that three in four British people believe charges will creep in for the NHS over the next decade.

The Telegraph reports that banks are to be told by the Treasury that they must protect free speech. A number of high-profile figures have had their accounts closed, including the prominent Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage. The paper claims that the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is "deeply concerned", and has asked the City Minister, Andrew Griffith, to investigate.

The Daily Mirror features more details of Labour's plans to improve schools in England. The paper claims the party will unveil proposals this week to send squads of "super teachers" into underperforming schools. They will reportedly consist of experienced teachers and heads who will focus on problem areas, such as behaviour and the progress of disadvantaged pupils.

Ministers are under pressure to rethink plans to ban all petrol and diesel cars by 2030, according to the Daily Mail. A poll carried out for the paper has found that just a quarter of the public agree with the deadline. The Department for Transport said the plans would lower emissions and put the UK ahead of its European competitors.

And the Sun says George Michael's family has been given the go ahead to erect a statue of him near his former home in Goring-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. Plans for a bronze memorial of the late singer were submitted by his estate five years ago.