Newspaper headlines: Shapps's war on 'woke' Army and King's 'wave of hope'

Azhar Ali has apologised for remarks he made about Israel's war in Gaza that were secretly recorded

The Times hails what it sees as the success of its Clean It Up campaign as it welcomes the news that ministers will block water chiefs from taking bonuses, if their firms carry out criminals acts of pollution. It says the shift has come after the paper revealed companies had poured vast amounts of raw sewage into dozens of areas of outstanding natural beauty.

The Telegraph and the Express focus on comments made by the Defence Secretary Grant Shapps, that a "woke" and "extremist culture" has infiltrated the Army. The Telegraph says Mr Shapps has raised concerns with military leaders about their plans to relax security checks to increase diversity in the armed forces. It quotes him as saying it was "inconceivable" that he would allow that amid the threat from Russia and the conflict in the Middle East.

The lead in the Financial Times is good news for Donald Trump. It says a survey carried out for the paper and in conjunction with academics in the US, found that 42% of Americans felt the former president would be the "best steward" of the economy. Only 31% chose Joe Biden.

Has Labour really changed? - is a question the Mail poses on its front page, referring to the decision by the party to stand by Azhar Ali as its candidate in the forthcoming Rochdale by-election. The paper says Mr Ali has apologised for remarks he made about Israel "allowing" the 7 October massacre by Hamas. But it carries a quote from the Campaign Against Antisemitism saying that Labour's failure to "boot" him out has made a mockery of Sir Keir Starmer's claim to have dealt with the party's antisemitism problem.

The main story in the Guardian is a "push" by thousands of overseas students who were accused of cheating in English language tests 10 years ago to clear their names. The paper says new evidence raises fresh questions over the Home Office's decision to make a "blanket" accusation of cheating against 35,000 of them in a case which it says draws parallels with the Post Office Horizon scandal.

My New Life is the headline in the Mirror. It has been speaking to Alex Batty, the teenager found by a lorry driver in the French Pyrenees last December, who had spent six years on the run with his Mum and grandad. On the eve of his 18th birthday, Alex, who now lives with his Gran in Oldham, tells the paper he does not expect to hear from his Mum and does not want to because he does not want her to get caught. He reveals he has started a computer-programming course, been on a few dates, and already enjoyed some birthday celebrations.

The Sun's front page carries a photo of the King and Queen Camilla waving to well-wishers as they walked to church on the Sandringham Estate yesterday in the King's first public outing since his cancer diagnosis. "King's wave of hope," is the headline.

Both the Times and the Telegraph carry a photograph of the singer Nicole Scherzinger on their front pages. She was named "best performer in a musical" at the WhatsonStage Awards in London for her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard.

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