'Burnham eager to get drilling' and 'Tardis fit for a King'

'Burnham eager to get drilling' and 'Tardis fit for a King'Published3 minutes agoImage caption, The papers on Friday have several reports on Andy Burnham, each focusing on different aspects of his first week in the top job. The Times says the new prime minister is "eager to get drilling in the North Sea", and is ready to "move quickly" to scale up oil and gas production as part of his "cost-of-living policy blitz". Sources told the paper that Burnham and his energy secretary, Miatta Fahnbulleh, are considering whether to give the green light to drilling in Rosebank, which it says is the "biggest undeveloped oil and gasfield in the UK".Image caption, Like many front pages, the Daily Express features a photograph of King Charles III and Queen Camilla making their grand entrance at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games - unusually, from the Doctor Who Tardis. "Tardis fit for a King" reads the caption. In its main story, the paper considers how Reform UK is responding to Labour's "controversial" early prison release scheme, which has been put on pause by the new prime minister.Image caption, The early prisoner release scheme is also the leading story for the Independent, which says Labour's plan to ease prison crowding will be put on hold until Burnham completes an "urgent review". The front page also carries a photograph of aerial firefighting in southern France, noting that wildfires are ravaging a "sweltering Europe" as the first part of the UK declares drought.Image caption, A similar headline leads the Daily Telegraph: "Burnham orders halt to early release". It investigates how the move could "threaten to plunge a prison system struggling with overcrowding into chaos", and says that some 6,000 prisoners had been set for release on a monthly schedule from early September. Neither Downing Street nor the Ministry of Justice have se...