Newspaper headlines: 'Deadly bug on barge' and students' bunk bed 'battle'

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The Daily Mirror is one of several papers to barge, after the Legionella bacteria were discovered in the vessel's water supply.

"Deadly bug on barge" is the paper's headline.

The Guardian's take on the story is "asylum barge evacuated as deadly bacteria found". It if they develop symptoms including dry coughs, confusion and diarrhoea.

The , saying the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Office is being accused of incompetence by both Conservative backbenchers and opposition MPs. The paper believes that there could be fresh calls for the government department to be split in two. It explains that some believe the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Office is responsible for too many major policy areas, including crime, migration and the response to terrorism.

But the Express is more positive about the removal of the migrants from the barge. Its leader argues that the decision "shows health checks are in place and that the authorities act quickly when needed". It concludes that the government must not end its efforts to provide alternative housing for asylum seekers.

There is a photograph on the front of the FT Weekend of the devastation caused by the wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The picture shows houses in the port of Lahaina that have been reduced to piles of grey ash - their swimming pools turned into blackened geometric shapes. "Paradise lost" is the headline.

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Image caption, Hundreds more have been reported missing in Hawaii and the death toll may still rise

The website , saying parts of the town have been turned into a "moonscape".

"Lahaina's famed banyan tree," it states, "looms black as a lump of charcoal". It also describes rows of burned-out cars abandoned on the roads, suggesting "a scene of chaotic desperation" as people tried to escape in their vehicles.

The . It quotes an unnamed GCHQ source saying the hack was "very embarrassing and caused a great stir in government".

The paper suggests it was a "phishing" attack, in which an email which looks harmless - but contains malicious code - is opened by an employee. A former member of Foreign Office staff is quoted as saying attacks like this are a "daily occurrence".

"Students to start term in hotels or bunk beds" is the headline in the Times. that some universities guarantee to provide rooms only to applicants who make that institution their first choice.

The problem is being caused in part by what the paper calls a "population bulge" - an increase in the number of 18-year-olds.

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Image caption, Bayern and Spurs agreed a deal worth more than 100m euros (Β£86.4m) for the 30-year-old on Thursday

Finally the from Tottenham Hotspur to the German club, Bayern Munich. The headline is: "Bye Bayern Harry".

It suggests the buyers might try to rush through the paperwork so the striker can feature in Saturday's German Supercup final, between Bayern and RB Leipzig. The is: "Kanes, planes and auf wiedersehens".