
She was simply the best mother in the World says the front page of the Mirror,
Princes William and Harry remembered their mother, Diana Princess of Wales, today with a moving tribute on the 10th anniversary of her death.
Prince Harry called her "the best mother in the world", at a special memorial service at the Guards’ Chapel near Buckingham Palace, attended by more than 500 family, friends and dignitaries.
In a tribute he had written himself, Prince Harry said: "She will always be remembered for her amazing public work. But behind the media glare, to us, just two loving children, she was quite simply the best mother in the world.
We think of her every day says the Sun as most of the papers carry pictures of the service for the 10 year anniversary of Diana's death on their front pages
‘Let it end here’ says the Times
Dr Richard Chartres, the Bishop of London and a close friend of the late Princess, underlined the Prince’s point succinctly. “Let it end here,” he told the congregation of 500, condemning those who used Diana’s memory for scoring points.
'Whatever that strange spasm of public anguish was 10 years ago, it ended here'says the Guardian's Polly Toynbee
For outside the chapel, where police with barriers expected multitudes, there were barely more watchers than at an ordinary August changing of the guard. An outraged Daily Telegraph had called for 10 giant screens to satisfy the expected throng. But journalists and camera crews from around the world almost outnumbered Royalists, with a shortage of Diana worshippers to film. Most who thinly lined the rails were curious tourists, few were British. Whatever that strange wailing, teddy-bear hugging spasm of public anguish was 10 years ago, it ended here yesterday.
The Mail leads with
The killer aged ten: Weeping boy guilty of stoning father to death
A boy wept in court yesterday as he was convicted of killing a man when he was only ten.
The child, now 12, was part of a gang who stoned a father-of-two to death as he played cricket with his son.
He becomes Britain's youngest killer since Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, who were ten years and six months when they murdered James Bulger in 1993.
The Independent reporting
Two stones, one the size of half a brick, struck him on the temple and fractured his cheekbone. He suffered a heart attack and collapsed to the ground. As the 67-year-old lay dying, his wife, Linda, rushed to his side.
Mr Norton, for 30 years a house husband who looked after his two children, James and Gemma, 26, died at the scene.
The Guardian leads with
The children drinking five pints a week
A persistent hardcore of pre-teen binge drinkers - almost one in 10 of all 11- to 13-year-olds - are consuming more alcohol than ever before, according to new government figures.
They have doubled their weekly intake over five years - to more than 10 units a week, the equivalent of a bottle and a half of wine or five pints of beer, according to an NHS report which surveyed more than 8,000 secondary school pupils.
Health campaigners believe alcohol is "ridiculously cheap" and too easy for children to buy and warn that girls in particular are drinking to dangerous levels.
Army chief attacks US over Iraq reports the Telegraph
General Sir Mike Jackson, the head of the British Army during the invasion of Iraq, has launched a scathing attack on the United States for the way it handled the post-war administration of the country.The former chief of the general staff said the approach taken by Donald Rumsfeld, the then US defence secretary, was "intellectually bankrupt", describing his claim that US forces "don't do nation-building" as "nonsensical".
We are not facing failure in Iraq, ministers tell U.S says the Mail
Ministers went on the defensive yesterday over U.S. claims that the British effort in Iraq is on the verge of failure.
The Defence and Foreign Secretaries took the unusual step of joining forces to counter allegations in Washington that Britain's resolve in southern Iraq is weakening and that a withdrawal is imminent.
The Independent reporting meanwhile that
All countries must stay course in Iraq, Bush tells Brown
The first signs of real divisions between George Bush and Gordon Brown over Iraq emerged as the President urged Britain to stay the course in the country.
The American President said: "We need all our coalition partners. I understand that everybody's got their own internal politics. My only point is that whether it be Afghanistan or Iraq, we've got more work to do."
In a Sky News interview, he made clear his irritation with Mr Brown's approach on Iraq. He said Western troops should only think of pulling out once they had completed the "hard work" of defeating al-Qa'ida and Iranian-backed insurgents.
It leads though with a different tack,
The casualties of summer
Some of Britain's most endangered creatures were dealt devastating blows by the monsoon summer which ended yesterday.
The effect on wildlife of the weeks of incessant rain and the unprecedented floods which followed was so acute that some species are likely to have suffered local extinctions – and isolated populations may never be able to be re-established.
From water voles to swallowtails, from partridges to bumblebees, species which are rare, declining or even just grimly hanging on suffered catastrophic losses, especially of their young, right across the country.
Death and desolation after the inferno on road from Artemida reports the Guardian on another tradegy of the summer
The flames rolled over the road all at once and when they came, Spyros Bilionis did instinctively what he did not want to do: he drove straight into them.
With Pandazis Chronopoulos, the mayor of Zaharo, in the passenger seat screaming not to stop he pointed his silver jeep at the inferno and closed his eyes.
Neither man is sure how long it lasted. Only that the fire, white-hot and fearless, licked at the windows of the vehicle, buckling them as if they were toffee, searing the men's feet and burning their lips dry. "We said 'Hail Mary, Hail, Hail Mary', and just drove. I couldn't see a thing, there was so much smoke, but I knew the road was straight and closed my eyes," said Mr Bilionis, recounting his experience of the deadliest fires to hit Greece since its birth as a modern state.
As it comes to an end the Telegraph reports
Big Brother future in doubt after poor series
Even as the last votes were counted and Brian Belo was tonight declared the programme's winner, ratings showed fewer viewers than ever seemed to care.
The show's first ever twins, Sam and Amanda Marchant, 19, were 1-6 favourites to pocket the £100,000 prize, but came second to 20-year-old Mr Belo, from Basildon, Essex.
Previous years have thrown up heroes and villians that have captivated the public - if only briefly - including 'Nasty' Nick, Jade Goody and Portuguese transsexual Nadia Almada.
But this year viewing figures have been the show's worst ever, averaging only 3.8 million.
The Times reports that
Tories approve poster blitz in readiness for autumn election
David Cameron has authorised a poster campaign next week amid Tory fears that Gordon Brown is preparing to announce an election this autumn.
The new advertising will seek to neutralise Labour claims that Mr Cameron has no substance and does not believe in anything, according to allies of the Tory leader.
It forms part of a concerted effort to narrow a Labour poll lead that has opened up since Mr Brown entered No 10 in June and which might lead the Prime Minister to gamble on an early election.
Meanwhile the Indy reports
Government rejects Vaz's call for vote on EU treaty
The Government has rejected calls for a referendum on Europe to be held on the same day as the next general election.
Amid growing signs that Gordon Brown is considering a snap election as early as next month, some pro-Europeans joined Eurosceptics by demanding a referendum on the proposed European Union treaty. The PM is due to visit the Queen at Balmoral this weekend but an election announcement is not imminent.
Finally the Guardian reports on
Mr Jolly and a murky tale of world's biggest diamond
It was the kind of news item of which dreams are made. South Africa's national radio led its 8pm bulletin with an announcement that the world's biggest diamond had been discovered - and it was twice the size of the fabled Cullinan diamond.
An hour later the discovery had fallen to the fifth item on the national news. But if the South African Broadcasting Corporation was losing faith in it, the world was slowly waking up to the news. The phones of mining experts began ringing with calls from the international media demanding to know if the claim could be genuine. Most hedged their bets. "Unlikely, but..." was the judgment being offered and it was the "but" which spun headlines of the "monster diamond" around the world.
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