Every paper has on its front page a picture of the new Prime Minister entering Downing Street yesterday after noon apart that is from the Daily Star which reports





B BRO RUINED MY MARRIAGE





CELEBRITY Big Brother lovebirds Chantelle and Preston have split up, just 10 months after their fairytale wedding.And pals said it was the torment of seeing their fame fade away that put their marriage on the rocks.The couple announced the split yesterday, following months of speculation their relationship was in big trouble.





There is mixed reaction from the papers.



The Mail headlines



BYE BYE TONY MISSING YOU ALREADY



The Express says



GORD HELP US NOW-its good riddence to the Blair era but what can we expect from the man who stole our pensions.



The Independent gives the new Pm a manifesto on its front page



Ten pieces of urgent advice for the new man at No 10



The Sun tells us



In out shake it all about



NEW Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised an era of change yesterday as he finally achieved his lifetime’s quest to lead the nation.
He entered No10 Downing Street after repeating his school motto: “I will try my utmost” — and vowed to be the servant of the British people.



The Guardian leads with speculation about the new cabinet



We've made it. We're in



In a day of seismic shifts, stark contrasts and generous emotion, Gordon Brown yesterday finally entered Downing Street as prime minister, repeatedly promising change and immediately recasting his cabinet. Foreign secretary Margaret Beckett, health secretary Patricia Hewitt and justice secretary Lord Falconer will all lose their jobs.
It is expected that David Miliband, 41, the moderniser urged by some Labour MPs to challenge for the leadership, will be thrust into the Foreign Office - at three years older than the UK's youngest ever foreign secretary. If confirmed, it will be a bold move as he privately regards the intervention in Iraq as a great error.



Now let the work of change begin says the Telegraph



Mr Brown, clutching the hand of his wife Sarah, finally stepped out from Mr Blair's considerable shadow with a promise to heal the divisions within his party and the country over the Iraq war.
He also signalled a new, more low key style of government in stark contrast to the flamboyance of his predecessor.
"This will be a new government with new priorities," Mr Brown said. "I remember words that have stayed with me since my childhood and which matter a great deal today: my school motto, 'I will try my utmost'."



According to the Times



In another surprise move it emerged that Mr Brown was discussing with Baroness Williams of Crosby, a former Liberal Democrat leader in the Lords and former Labour minister, an appointment to a foreign affairs advisory post.
Earlier he had promised to bring in a “government of all the talents” and further nonpolitical appointments are expected tomorrow.
Mr Brown has also decided to split the Department for Education into two; one for young people and schools and the other for higher education and skills. That will mean two education ministers in the Cabinet for the first time. Ed Balls, Mr Brown’s long-term economic adviser, was tipped to enter the Cabinet and take charge of the new children’s department.



But the passing of the previous Pm in an emotional day couldnt be overlooked



A standing ovation, tears and a rainbow says the Telegraph



Tony Blair's 24-year political career as MP for Sedgefield came to an end last night as he tendered his resignation to a meeting of constituency members.


Moments before his arrival, a downpour soaked the waiting crowd and a striking double rainbow appeared over Trimdon Labour Club. It soon vanished, and by the time Mr Blair's official car pulled up the 100 well-wishers were bathed in sunshine.



Whilst the final performance in the House is described by Simon Hoggart in the Guardian



Tony Blair arrived. He began, as always, with tributes to fallen soldiers. His voice on the verge of cracking, he talked about the armed forces. "I know there are those who think that they face these dangers in vain. I do not, and I never will." That hovered on the edge of bad taste: was he using the dead to back his case for war?............





As he left, by prearrangement all Labour MPs rose for a standing ovation - strictly against the rules, but who would stop them? Cameron waved the Tories to their feet, and they stood less willingly, only a handful clapping. But all of them stood.
As he left, Gordon Brown slapped him on the back once, to say "well done", then again, as if to say, "that's the exit, there".



AND THAT IS THAT. THE END says the Mirror



Tony Blair joined the ex-prime ministers' club yesterday with standing ovations and beaming smiles all around.
Margaret Thatcher had to be dragged from Downing Street, devastated and crying. John Major, battered by years of Tory civil war, was carried out and finished as a politician.
But Tony Blair had cheers from the House of Commons, waves from the crowd and hugs from his family.
On his last appearance as PM he told MPs: "I wish everyone, friend and foe, well and that is that. The end."

to his future role the Independent reports





Blair's Middle East role tainted by associations with Bush, say critics




Mr Blair overcame Russia's reservations to be made Middle East envoy working on behalf of the US, Russia, the UN and the EU. His official remit will be to promote Palestinian economic development as well as advise on building the institutions of a future Palestinian state.
He told his constituency in Sedgefield, Co Durham, last night that he was quitting as an MP, causing a by-election, tipped to be on 19 July, to take up the new role.
However, reservations continued about his ability to act as an honest broker in the Middle East because of his unequivocal support for George Bush in the war in Iraq, and failing to call for a halt to the Israeli bombing of Lebanon last summer.
President Vladimir Putin had "positive" talks with Mr Blair before the ex-prime minister was confirmed in the post at a meeting of the Quartet powers in Israel.



Scepticism hangs over Blair's appointment as quartet envoy says the Guardian

Tony Blair is to make his first working visit to Ramallah in the West Bank next month as envoy of the quartet of Middle East peacemakers, it emerged yesterday, after his job was confirmed amid scepticism about any chance of his success.
His role of quartet representative was announced jointly in New York by the US, EU, UN and Russia. Mr Blair will work on building government institutions and the rule of law, mobilising international help, and promoting the economy.
"He will spend significant time in the region working with the parties and others to help create viable and lasting government institutions representing all Palestinians, a robust economy, and a climate of law and order for the Palestinian people," the quartet said in a statement.



The bad weather refuses to leave the papers,the Telegraph reporting that



Judge drowns after car is swamped in flood

A judge has died after flood waters swept his car from the roadside as he made his way home from work.Eric Dickinson, a county court judge, managed to telephone his wife to raise the alarm but drowned as the rising water overwhelmed him.
Police found his green Volvo estate car submerged 210ft from where he is believed to have left the road between Pershore railway station and Drakes Broughton, Worcs. His body was inside.
Mr Dickinson, 68, was believed to have left work at Evesham on Monday afternoon and was on his way home to Bransford, Worcs, when his car was swept away as he crossed a swollen ford.
His death brings the toll from the floods that have devastated swathes of Britain to at least five.
Yesterday a 41-year-old man was found floating in the River Leen in Lenton, Nottingham, after being swept away.

Environment Agency warns that 'almost nowhere will escape floods this weekend' reports the Mail


The devastating floods that killed six people and left thousands homeless could return to wreak more destruction at the weekend.
A severe weather warning has been issued by the Environment Agency - and flood experts say Britain is only experiencing "a lull between the storms". Several inches of rain are forecast for Saturday and Sunday across the whole country, swelling rivers that are already dangerously close to overflowing.
Not as much rain will be needed to inflict the same havoc, because most of the ground is already saturated.





Flood-hit towns and villages told to get ready for more heavy rain says the Times





The alert came as the Queen sent a message of support to all those affected by the floods and the emergency teams trying to cope with the suffering and damage to property.
“I have been shocked by the news and pictures of the devastation caused by the severe flooding across the country,” she said. “My thoughts are with those who have lost family or friends, whose homes or livelihoods have been damaged, and all those who have been displaced by these events.”



Meanwhile other parts of Europe are struggling with different problems

Dozens die as heatwaves and floods sweep across Europe says the same paper





A heatwave, storms like the one on the island of Prvic, in Croatia, torrential rain and fires have wrought havoc across Europe and caused dozens of deaths.
In Greece at least five people died during an eight-day heatwave. Temperatures in Athens hit 46.2C (115.2F) in the western district of Nea Filadelfia and fires broke out across the country.
In Romania 30 people died and 12 were reported injured as a heatwave was followed by storms that lashed the south of the country. In Bucharest, torrential rain disrupted power supplies and in Germany strong winds caused ferry services to be cancelled. In Italy the heat has destroyed fruit crops.





Environment and US policy top global fears says the Guardian



Growing numbers of people worldwide view environmental problems, pollution, infectious diseases, nuclear proliferation and the widening gap between rich and poor as the most menacing threats facing the planet, according to a 47-nation survey published yesterday by the US-based Pew Global Attitudes Project.
The survey, which conducted more than 45,000 interviews, finds that global opinion is increasingly wary of the world's dominant countries but also unimpressed by aspiring leaders in Iran and Venezuela who challenge the international status quo. In contrast, the UN receives strong support.

The Telegraph picks up on the same report

Urban population to exceed 50 per cent

The world crosses a threshold next year when more than half of its population, some 3.3 billion people, will live in urban areas for the first time, a UN report has said.
Over the next 30 years, the population of African and Asian cities are expected to double, adding 1.7 billion people, more than the current populations of China and the United States combined, to the global population.



RAIDERS LEFT £153M says the Mirror as it continues to report on the Securitas case

GUN raiders who carried out Britain's biggest robbery left behind £153million because their getaway van was stuffed full of cash, a court heard yesterday.
The seven men, in balaclavas and face disguises, spent an hour loading £53million into a 7.5 ton Renault.
But they drove off leaving an astonishing £153,833,020 in notes.


Prosecutor Sir John Nutting, QC, told the Old Bailey: "The only reason why no more was stolen was because they couldn't fit any more into the van."





Corpse found in car roof box reports the Sun

COPS were questioning a man last night after a woman’s rotting corpse was found in a car roof box in her back garden.
Police were alerted by worried neighbours who reported a terrible stench.
The festering remains were understood to have been inside the box for more than a MONTH. A source said the body had decomposed so much it was hard to tell if it was a man or woman. Locals said the couple who lived at the house in Brighton, Sussex, were Russian Catherine Genestin, and her husband Andre — a Polish body-builder.
The dead woman, found yesterday, was said to be a 37-year-old mum who disappeared more than six weeks ago.
The plastic box was found on the patio. Cops arrested a man of 48. He was in custody last night.

Meanwhile the Mail reports on the

Traffic warden beaten half to death outside wake for soldier killed in Iraq

A traffic warden is in a serious but stable condition in intensive care after being attacked in the street while issuing a ticket.
He was beaten round the head with a crash helmet yards from a pub where a wake for a soldier who died in Iraq was being held.
It is thought the victim was set upon by two mourners after they spotted him handing out a penalty notice across the road.





Egyptian billionaire ‘who spied for Mossad’ found dead reports the Times





An Egyptian billionaire financier who feared for his life after being accused of being a Mossad spy was found dead outside his Mayfair flat yesterday in suspicious circumstances.
Ashraf Marwan, the son-in-law of the late President Gamel Abdel Nasser, was found beneath his fourth-floor flat in Carlton House Terrace.
Police were treating his death as suspicious. Friends of Mr Marwan, a former shareholder in Chelsea Football Club, said that he had feared assassination after being named three years ago as an agent during the Yom Kippur war.



Finally most of the papers report on the

Rubber duck invasion of UK

A FLEET of 29,000 rubber ducks is set to wash up on Britain’s shores after a 15-year, 17,000-mile epic journey.
They are expected on Cornwall beaches in late summer.
The bath toys were set adrift in the Pacific after a container was washed off a cargo ship in 1992.
The sea corroded packaging, freeing the Chinese yellow ducks, plus blue turtles, red beavers and green frogs. Their colour has since faded to white.
Experts have tracked them across the world, spotting them in Alaska, Siberia, Japan, Iceland and Canada.