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GPs will be offered bonuses for recruiting patients into clinical trials, says The Times, as part of a push to lure pharmaceutical giants to the UK. It’s part of a £650m government programme to boost life sciences, with funds also earmarked for speeding up the approval of new drugs. Britain’s population is on track to overtake France’s for the first time, says the I newspaper. Record migration means that by 2025 the UK will become Europe’s second-largest country with around 68 million people, trailing only Germany, which has 83 million residents. British beaches may face a “monster jellyfish invasion” during next week’s half-term break, says the Daily Star. Warming sea temperatures will tempt the venomous blobs further north than usual, possibly including deadly Portuguese man o’ wars. “Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water…”