Newspaper review: Impact of heatwave assessed 18 July 2013 Last updated at 05:26 The hot weather across many parts of the UK continues to attract headlines. The Daily Telegraph says water companies are struggling to cope with demand for "cold showers and the watering of thirsty lawns." But it sees "little prospect" of a hosepipe ban. The Daily Express suggests the weather could turn into the "longest heatwave ever" and offers tips for keeping cool and sleeping soundly. A headline on a Guardian story reminds readers that "some don't like it hot" and it focuses on the Met Office heatwave alert for London and the south-east. Meanwhile, the Times draws on the expertise of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to calculate that the hot weather has already claimed the lives of up to 760 people in England. Complete madness Some papers seem hot under the collar as they contemplate advice that the economy needs more immigration. The Daily Express describes the idea of importing 140,000 migrant workers a year to help pay for the costs of an ageing society as a "population Ponzi scheme." The Daily Mail is equally alarmed by studies of the social impact of Bulgarian and Romanian migrants in France and Germany. And the Daily Star is not convinced the Home Office will do any better than the UK Border Agency in keeping tabs on, and getting rid of, illegal immigrants. Zero interest The Daily Telegraph carries an interview with the outgoing head of the armed forces in which he warns that Britain has to be prepared to "go to war" if it wishes to restrain the Syrian regime by implementing no-fly zones and arming the rebels. General Sir David Richards also says the government needs to clarify its "political objective" in Syria. The Sun also spoke to Sir David, and reports him as saying Britain would "have to act" if the Assad regime collapsed, in order to keep a stockpile of chemical weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists. A Guardian editorial reflects on the evidence of opinion polls which suggest that many of the issues that excite MPs "arouse almost zero interest" outside Westminster. That being so, the paper considers whether Labour is doing as well as it might be in the present political circumstances. The Independent's lead story is on a study that claims private companies providing public services are routinely "gaming the system" to make money for their shareholders at the expense of the taxpayer. Hurry up A comment by the Queen that she hoped the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby is born before she starts her annual summer holiday at Balmoral next week is covered in most newspapers. According to the Daily Mail, the Queen was "speaking for the entire nation" as she urged the Duchess of Cambridge's baby to "hurry up." The Sun reports the remark - to a schoolgirl in the Lake District - under the headline, "Get a move on Kate." And the Guardian uses the same phrase on its front page above a picture of the Queen. Inside, the paper reports on the growing number of journalists waiting outside the private wing of St Mary's Hospital in west London. The Daily Telegraph says the "whole country is getting impatient for the arrival... and the Queen is no different, it seems." But the paper also reports that a contingency plan for a birth at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, where Kate was born in 1982, remains in place. The Duchess has been staying with her parents in Bucklebury in the county, together with her husband, who has a period of rest days from his RAF duties, it says. Brian Reade in the Daily Mirror suggests that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge should give their baby a name that will make the "snobs vomit into their pashminas." He thinks many of the UK's problems stem from the fact that we are "a class-ridden country." But the Times says that's unlikely, with an exhaustive study of Royal names suggesting the smart money is on the royal baby being called George Frederick Henry Charles or Mary Elizabeth Sophia Philippa.