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Great British Bake Off provides surprise as an early favourite leaves
The BBC cookery show served up a bit of a shock as a new star baker was named and one of the front-runners lost out on of having a further slice of the action
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Church of England defends Songs of Praise filmed in Calais migrant camp
Bishop of Leeds says it’s absolutely the right decision to broadcast from the corrugated iron church, known as St Michaels, in the ‘jungle’ camp
Today’s headlines
The Guardian
Church of England defends Songs of Praise filmed in Calais migrant camp. P4
Daily Telegraph
BBC’s Chris Evans to make £11m from classic car sale. P3
Great British Bake Off favourite exits show. P5
Adrian Chiles: Being ‘that ugly bloke off the telly’ isn’t easy. P21
Social media protests scare consumer retail giants. P26
Channel 4 invests in Jake Humphrey and David Coulthard’s Whisper Films. P27
Pearson sells stake in the Economist for £469m. P29
Financial Times
John Gapper: Alphabet can create a clever conglomerate. P9
Pearson sells stake in the Economist for £469m. P13
Pearson investors wary of acquisitions. P14
The Times
The Economist is sold to great dynasties. P3
Government’s digital guru Mike Bracken quit over cuts. P10
BBC’s Chris Evans to make £11m from classic car sale. P14
BuzzFeed’s revenue growth revealed by Gawker. P41
The Independent
Independent columnist barred from voting on Labour leadership. P5
Highest Saudi court reviewing blogger’s sentence. P15
A look at Netflix’s latest hit show about summer camp. P32
Facebook offers more to lure Indian advertisers. P49
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Ruth Wilson and Dominic West promote next series of The Affair. P15
Hospitals in New York to no longer allow filming of reality TV. P25
Wall Street Journal Europe
Pearson sells stake in the Economist for £469m. P15-16
Profile of Google’s Sundar Pichai. P15-16
Daily Mail
Great British Bake Off favourite exits show. P6
Clare Balding is top-earning female TV host at £1.2m. P9
Ed Vaizey says FM radio’s future is ‘under review’. P21
BBC’s Chris Evans to make £11m from classic car sale. P31
Fans rush to snap up Bake Off-related products. P52
Pearson sells stake in the Economist for £469m. P73
Daily Express
FM radio could end before 2020. P2
Great British Bake Off favourite leaves the show. P10
EastEnders’ Kellie Bright to appear on Strictly. P17
Hickey: Piers Morgan takes a dig at Jeremy Clarkson’s new TV deal. P30
The Sun
BBC’s Chris Evans to make £11m from classic car sale. P3
Daniella Westbrook loses out on £200,000 Celebrity Big Brother deal. P7
Gogglebox bosses plan kids’ version. P29
EastEnders’ Kellie Bright to join Strictly Come Dancing. P29
Poundworld boss on the BBC’s Pound Shop Wars. P30-31
Great British Bake Off coverage. P30-31
Daily Mirror
Sarah Ferguson plugs juicer on US QVC channel. P5
Police are combing Twitter for crime info. P6
EastEnders’ Kellie Bright to appear on Strictly Come Dancing. P23
Daily Star
Seagulls target Celebrity Big Brother house. P8
Katie Hopkins thinks new show will see a surge of complaints at Ofcom. P31
Shock result on Great British Bake Off. P31
