The Papers: 'Race against time' and 'We've lost a Goodie'

'Race against time' and 'We've lost a Goodie'Published6 minutes agoImage caption, Wildfires raging through France and Spain lead the front pages of several papers. "Race against time" says the i Paper, next to a photo of a French firefighter standing in front of a burning row of trees and tall grass. French President Emmanuel Macron "holds crisis meeting" and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez warns of the "consequence of climate emergency", the paper reports. Meanwhile, "UK fire crews braced for wildfires" the paper adds, "as fourth heatwave looms this week". Image caption, "Race to contain wildfires before new heatwave" echoes the Independent in its headline as "flames race closer to Bordeaux" in south-west France. "Forecasters warn another spell of 40C heat" could sweep across western Europe later this week, according to the paper. Image caption, "Wall of flame" writes the Financial Times in its front page coverage of the European inferno. Elsewhere in UK politics, the papers says Prime Minister Andy Burnham "is preparing to tell schools to tailor their curriculum to the needs to local employers as he pushes to get more young people into work," citing insiders familiar with the plans.Image caption, The Times refers to the rejigged curriculum proposal as "Burnham's 'hard hat' schools", saying that "children as young as 14 will be encouraged into technical training rather than academic education". A photo on the front page shows a fire raging near Madrid.Image caption, "Hard hats 'as important as graduation caps'," is the Daily Telegraph's take on Burnham's mooted education reforms, perceiving it as an "axe" to former Prime Minister Sir Tony Blair's "vision" of "50 per cent target for university attendance". Elsewhere, Burnham is captured sta...