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The custody shot of Huw Edwards is on the front of Tuesday's Metro. The ex-BBC presenter was given a six-month prison sentence suspended for two years after he admitted charges of making indecent images of children. The paper writes Edwards "breathed a sigh of relief" after being "spared jail".

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The i says the disgraced presenter, 63, will be on the sex offenders' register for seven years. It quotes chief magistrate Paul Goldspring as saying Edward's "long-earned reputation is in tatters" during sentencing. Also on the i's front is Ryan Wesley Routh, who is accused of an alleged assassination attempt on presidential candidate Donald Trump. "Safety of Trump and Harris cannot be guaranteed US intelligence sources admit", it writes.

Edward's custody shot also features on the front of the Daily Express. It writes ex-newsreader issued a grovelling apology to his family and victims of child abuse as part of his court case. Presenter Vanessa Feltz also offers her support to Dame Esther Rantzen who is terminally ill with lung cancer and is spearheading a campaign for an assisted dying law.

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The Daily Telegraph leads on Sir Keir Starmer defence of having accepting gifts, including clothes and alterations for Sir Keir’s wife Victoria, from a millionaire Labour donor who was later given a pass to access No 10. On Monday, Downing Street said the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner would not be investigating the matter. The paper also has the Huw Edwards story on its front.

"Disgraced, reviled... but not a day in jail" headlines the Daily Mail. The paper's topline on focuses on Edwards telling a paedophile that a folder of child abuse images was "amazing". A picture of Lady Starmer also makes the paper's front page. It says she is in "another outfit she hasn't paid for" while attending London Fashion Week. Parliament's standards watchdog has said it will not investigate whether Sir Keir broke rules by not declaring clothes gifted to his wife by donor Lord Waheed Alli.

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The Daily Mirror splashes on Edward's custody shot with the headline "appalling". It quotes the BBC who said he betrayed audiences who put trust in him.

The Guardian leads with the second apparent assassination attempt of Mr Trump. It writes phone records showed Mr Routh camped out near a golf course in Florida for about 12 hours before being confronted by a Secret Service agent. Elsewhere, the paper says traffic will be banned from London's Oxford Street under plans announced by the capital's mayor Sadiq Khan.

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"Working at home boosts productivity, says Labour" headlines the Times. It says the government is pledging to end the "culture of presenteeism" in Britain's workplaces, saying that a default right to flexible working will make staff more productive and loyal. The paper also reports junior doctors have voted to accept the government's offer of a 22.3% pay rise bringing an end to what it calls the "most devastating dispute in NHS history".

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The prime minister and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni are pictured laughing in Rome on the front of the Financial Times. The broadsheet quotes her saying Sir Keir was taking "great interest" in Italy's plan to process to asylum claims in Albania. The paper leads with the EU preparing to provide up to €40bn in new loans for Ukraine after previous G7 plans to use frozen Russian assets to aid Kyiv failed.

Cats and a red-capped dog with former President Donald Trump on its back take over the front page of the Daily Star. "They're not eating the dawgs" the paper says. It follow's Trump's running mate JD Vance defending false claims migrants are eating household pets in an Ohio town.

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Several front pages express surprise and anger that former BBC presenter Huw Edwards was not sent to jail when he was sentenced on Monday for admitting charges of making indecent images of children.

The Daily Telegraph says his suspended sentence has prompted accusations that sex crimes against children are being taken less seriously than offences involving social media comments. Campaigners also tell the paper that the sentence sends the wrong message to offenders, by suggesting they might not be sent to prison even if they have committed serious offences.

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The Daily Express says there is "fury" at the leniency of Edwards' sentence, while the Daily Mail's headline is "disgraced, reviled... but not a day in jail". The Sun says many people will ask how Edwards avoided prison given what it calls the "sickening" revelations in court.

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Huw Edwards was given a suspended sentence

The Daily Mail, The Times and the Daily Telegraph all carry photographs of the prime minister's wife, Lady Victoria Starmer, attending London Fashion Week in a distinctive dress - navy spots on white - loaned to her by a designer. The Daily Mail says it is "another outfit she hasn't paid for" referring to what it calls "wardrobegate" - the row over clothes and other gifts given to the prime minister and his wife by the Labour donor Lord Alli.

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The Daily Telegraph says the entrepreneur also lent the couple a house at times during the election. On Monday, Sir Keir said all politicians received gifts and it was important to declare them.

The Guardian reports that growing concerns about how the story of the donations was apparently leaked have prompted ministers to pressure the head of the civil service to bring forward his expected departure.

Simon Case is thought to be preparing to step down in January, but the paper suggests No10 insiders have become so frustrated by his apparent failure to get a grip on leaks they would like to see him go sooner. A Cabinet Office spokesman denied that Mr Case was the source of any leaks or negative briefing.

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The business secretary says he wants to give staff a default right to flexible working

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds tells the Times he wants to end what he calls the culture of "presenteeism" at work - where working at home is frowned upon. He says giving staff a default right to flexible working and allowing them to work from home and ignore work emails or calls in the evening will keep them motivated and resilient. The government is due to publish an employment rights bill next month.

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The Financial Times says that the European Union is preparing to provide up to €40bn (€33.7bn) in unilateral loans to Ukraine, regardless of whether the United States comes on board to help. The paper says Brussels is mulling the move because of concerns that Hungary will try to delay a previous G7 proposal to use frozen Russian assets to help Kyiv.

And the Guardian and Daily Telegraph both report that London mayor Sadiq Khan is to press ahead with his plan to pedestrianise Oxford Street. The Times says the thoroughfare is currently overcrowded, polluted and a hotspot for pickpockets -but the the mayor wants to create a European-style boulevard with planters, benches and water features.

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