UK papers spar over new PM Burnham, market jitters and science news

Andy Burnham’s first speech to the House of Commons as prime minister attracted scathing headlines, with one outlet calling him a "messiah without a mandate" after he blamed the nation’s problems on Thatcher and Brexit, and Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch ridiculing his backward-looking stance. The Daily Express warned that Burnham wants to take Britain back to the 1970s, while the Daily Mirror paired his promise of a better decade with Nigel Farage’s swearing-in after the Clacton by-election.

Financial reporting noted a market rout and borrowing costs climbing to their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis, adding pressure ahead of the autumn budget. The Times disclosed that Nottinghamshire Police did not tell victims’ families they were being stalked by a mentally ill man, leading the force to refer itself to the police watchdog. The i Paper highlighted a US research team in South Dakota that may have detected a dark-matter particle, and one outlet reviewed Dyson’s new toothbrush that streams a live view of the user’s mouth for £419.