"My heroes" headlines the Daily Mirror as it reports on the King's first Birthday Honours List. In a slight to former Prime Minister Boris Johnson the tabloid says "these are honours for people who actually deserve them" following his controversial resignation honours list that the paper says "lavished on Tory cronies and Partygate aides".The i highlights banks pocketing £4.
" Joe Root is pictured on the front page after he scored a century on the first day of the Ashes., prompting the headline "Root gets the Ashes burning".The Daily Mail leads on the hosepipe ban imposed by South East Water affecting residents in Kent and Sussex with the weary-sounding headline "First hose ban is here already". Also featuring on the front is Boris Johnson who has been unveiled as the paper's new columnist.