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and the Daily Mail both lead with Nigel Farage's claim that when it said it had axed him as a customer because he was not rich enough. According to 40 pages of documents from Coutts, which Mr Farage has shown the Telegraph, the bank referred to him as a "disingenuous grifter" whose association with the bank was an "ongoing reputational risk".

Writing in the paper, the former Ukip leader said the decision was "politically driven". He told the Mail the disclosures were "abusive" and included a series of "wildly false statements". Coutts said its ability to respond to Mr Farage's claims was restricted by its obligations of "client confidentiality".

Several papers lead on the scorching temperatures and wildfires in Europe. The i says , with temperatures predicted to reach 47C in Sardinia, Italy, on Wednesday. It has a picture of a lone fire-fighter tackling a huge blaze. The EU has issued warnings across much of southern Europe and the Balkans, the paper adds.

The Daily Mirror's front page shows by a police officer, as a fire rages in the background. The paper's headline is "the heatwave from hell".

More than 28,000 people in England and Wales have been convicted of breaching Covid-19 regulations, - despite the government's insistence that it never intended to criminalise people for minor breaches during the pandemic. The figures, from the paper's analysis of official data, found 55% of the convictions involved people under the age of 30. Magistrates are still working through the backlog of cases two years after restrictions were lifted, the paper reports.

A pandemic story also makes the front page of the Financial Times. It reports that a province in China has deleted data that showed a 73% jump in mortality rates after Beijing lifted Covid-19 controls at the end of last year. Figures reported in Zhejiang, on a huge rise in cremations, were taken offline after they attracted attention on social media, according to the FT. The paper notes that China has yet to follow through on its promise to release data on the severity of the outbreak.

The Daily Express leads with that illegal migrants face the "toughest-ever" laws if they try to reach the UK in small boats. Mr Sunak spoke to the paper after getting the Illegal Migration Bill through the House of Lords - insisting the measures to detain and remove those arriving illegally were a "critical step forward" in stopping dangerous crossings of the Channel.

The paper also carries a comment piece from the Refugee Council's Enver Solomon, who argues that the new bill is a "stain on Britain's proud tradition of welcoming those in need".

Finally, covers an international survey which found that Britons work more hours from home than any other nationality in Europe. It suggests UK staff spend one-and-a-half days a week working remotely - compared to an average of less than a day on the continent.

The study of more than 40,000 employees across 34 countries found that South Koreans were most likely to be at their desks. It also found that only Canadians spend less time in the office than UK workers.