As the Tory party conference kicks off in Blackpool,nearly all the papers lead with the conference.

The Sun leads on its front page with

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Three days to save the Tories

DAVID Cameron launched Mission Impossible last night as he tried to save the Conservatives from self-destruction.
The Tory leader, 40, chose to accept the daunting task of turning his ailing party around in just three days.
He acted as polls showed Labour heading for a rout if Gordon Brown goes for a November general election.
The Prime Minister, 56, will hold a council of war on Wednesday night, only hours after Mr Cameron’s rallying address at his party’s annual conference in Blackpool.
Last night the Tory supremo admitted he was on a high risk mission which could end in tears.

The Times claims

David Cameron’s policy blitz to head off snap poll

With polls over the weekend showing Labour with a double-digit lead and the prospect of an election this year casting a dark shadow over the Tory conference in Blackpool, shadow ministers are desperate to claw back the electorate’s support. On the second day of the gathering, George Osborne, the Shadow Chancellor, will announce several eye-catching tax initiatives and a pensions compensation fund. He is expected to announce a reduction in inheritance tax to be funded by toughening the treatment of non-domiciled millionaires, who have been criticised for taking advantage of tax loopholes.

Whilst the Mail leads with

Cameron targets families, children and pensioners in 'great Tory fightback'

The Tory leader confirmed that he will use a make-or-break week in Blackpool to set out an eyecatching series of manifesto pledges aimed at families, children and the elderly.
The Tories also plan to tackle "compensation culture" which, they say, will free schools from the fear of being sued.
He sought to hit Gordon Brown where it hurts with radical proposals targeted at middle-class voters who have been punished by ten years of Labour tax hikes.

The Telegraph picks up on one specific policy

Tories to end litigation culture in schools

As part of a raft of policies David Cameron hopes will spark a revival for his party, the Tories will call for legislation to allow pupils to enjoy school trips and adventure holidays without teachers having to worry about the threat of litigation.
Under the proposals, teachers will only be liable for prosecution if they have shown "reckless disregard" of the risks - rather than simply being negligent - should a child be injured on an outing, David Willetts, a senior MP, will say today.


The Guardian says

Labour attacks Cameron on 'unaffordable' tax cuts

David Cameron was last night accused of making uncosted and unaffordable promises on tax cuts as Labour ratcheted up the pressure on the opening day of the Tory conference. The Conservative leader unveiled tax breaks for families and the young middle classes in the hope of winning back public support to dissuade Gordon Brown from calling an autumn general election.

1M could lose vote in snap poll says the Mirror

John Turner, head of the Association of Electoral Administrators, said a new register would not be ready until December 1 - meaning anyone who has just turned 18 or moved house will not have a vote.
He added that strengthening of the law designed to tackle identity fraud was another serious cause for concern.

It leads though with

Anne Robinson's £60M divorce

Anne Robinson's marriage problems began THREE years ago, friends revealed yesterday.

They said the Weakest Link star and husband John Penrose, her ex-manager, had "grown apart" after 27 years together. The couple were believed to have had one of the strongest marriages in showbiz but pals said they had lived apart for months and decided to divorce during the last year.
One said: "Both Annie and John are very sad and upset.

The Sun claiming

THE marriage of Weakest Link star Anne Robinson was finally doomed when her hubby moved into a cottage five miles away.

The Independent continues to lead with the Burma situation

A monk's Tail says it front page

"We cannot turn back now. Whether it takes a month, a year or more, we will not stop." With his russet-red robes pulled around his knees, rocking back and forth on a low, wooden stool, the senior monk spoke quietly but determinedly.
Over the past few days, the monk has seen many of his fellow Buddhists rounded up and carted away as Burma's military regime brutally cracked down on anti-government protests, trying to suck any oxygen away from the flame of revolt. Pools of blood stain monastery doorways, memories linger of monks as young as 15 being clobbered over the head with truncheons and rifle butts.

The Mail reports that

Thousands dead in the massacre of the monks dumped in the jungle

Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma's ruling junta has revealed.
The most senior official to defect so far, Hla Win, said: 'Many more people have been killed in recent days than you've heard about. The bodies can be counted in several thousand.'
Mr Win, who spoke out as a Swedish diplomat predicted that the revolt has failed, said he fled when he was ordered to take part in a massacre of holy men. He has now reached the border with Thailand.

The Guardian reports that

UN envoy extends mission after talks with opposition

The UN special envoy tasked with brokering a compromise in the Burma crisis extended his mission into today after holding talks with pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, but failing to gain an audience with the pivotal military leader, General Tan Shwe.
Ibrahim Gambari spent yesterday shuttling between the junta's stronghold at Naypidaw and the main city, Rangoon, where weeks of street protests against military rule have generated a violent confrontation that has left at least 13 dead.

UN envoy snubbed by junta leader in Burma says the Telegraph

Ibrahim Gambari, a former Nigerian foreign minister, arrived in the country on Saturday and flew directly to Naypyidaw, the fortress capital recently established by the regime deep in the jungle of Burma, also known as Myanmar.However, the mission was already floundering. Mr Gambari returned to Rangoon without meeting Senior General Than Shwe.
Instead he delivered his message condemning the massacres to the acting prime minister, the deputy foreign minister and the ministers of information and culture.

Staying with the paper it reports that

Madeleine McCann 'died after fall down steps'

Portuguese police believe Madeleine McCann died after falling down a flight of steps and that her parents panicked, hiding her body because they feared being blamed, it was claimed yesterday.It was alleged that the four-year-old smashed the back of her head on a ceramic flagstone at her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz.

MADELEINE: SHE IS IN MOROCCO claims the front page of the Express

THE hunt for Madeleine McCann is focusing on Morocco after another credible sighting was made by a British tourist two months after she disappeared.
Samantha Peart, 43, said she saw a girl matching Madeleine’s description in a remote village in northern Morocco on July 10.

McCanns pray for help on hunt day 150 says the Mirror

Linked in anguish, Kate and Gerry McCann yesterday marked the 150th day since daughter Madeleine vanished clinging to the belief she is alive and praying for her safe return.
Throughout their harrowing ordeal the brave couple have refused to give in to their worst fears, taking strength from their abiding Christian faith.
Yesterday they were battered by further ludicrous claims - this time that their precious daughter died from cracking her head after falling down steps.

The Independent reports that

Maldives President says opposition parties to blame for bomb attack

Maldives police arrested seven men allegedly involved in a bomb blast that wounded 12 foreign tourists, a government spokesman said yesterday, adding that police were pursuing other suspects.
The nail-packed, homemade bomb was detonated outside the crowded Sultan Park in the capital Male on Saturday — the first such attack ever reported on this Indian Ocean archipelago renowned for its exclusive tourist resorts.
"Police have arrested seven men based on forensic evidence and now they have been named suspects. Some of them were trying to flee the country and were apprehended at the airport," government spokesman Mohamed Shareef said.

Maldives comes to aid of couple hurt by bomb after insurance refuses to pay reports the Times

Christian and Jennifer Donelan are expected to need skin grafts after they were burnt in the explosion on Saturday afternoon in a park in the Maldives capital, Male. Ten other tourists were also injured.
The Donelans’ friends and family spent much of yesterday trying to find someone to agree to pay for their medical evacuation for expert treatment. The Times understands that the Maldives Government last night agreed to provide the funds for the couple, who are both 32, after their insurance company refused to pay out.

The Mirror reports on the

Miracle survival of 100ft plunge tot

A girl aged two miraculously cheated death when she plunged from a seventh-floor window - and on to a scaffolding platform just 30ft off the ground.
The tot, named only as Alisha, fell from her flat 130ft up as her mum's back was turned.
But she survived by landing on wire meshing on scaffolding 100ft below - narrowly missing its metal bolts and poles.
She escaped with just a suspected broken leg and bruises and was last night stable in hospital.

Ten African Union troops killed as 1,000 rebels raid Darfur peacekeepers' base reports the Indy

At least 10 African Union soldiers have been killed and 50 are reported missing after a weekend assault on their base in southern Darfur. It was the worst attack yet on AU peacekeepers in the war-torn Sudanese region since their deployment three years ago, and happened just weeks before the first wave of new UN troops is set to arrive.
"Our camp has been completely destroyed," an AU spokesman, Noureddine Mezni, said yesterday. "There is a feeling of shock."
As many as 1,000 armed men in at least 30 vehicles stormed the base in Haskanita, South Darfur just after sunset on Saturday evening in what the AU called a "deliberate and sustained" assault.

Orange party on verge of victory in Ukraine says the Guardian

Ukraine's populist orange leader Yulia Tymoshenko was on the verge of a spectacular comeback last night after exit polls from yesterday's parliamentary elections showed she was on course to become the country's prime minister.
The polls suggested that Ms Tymoshenko's party won 32.4% of the vote, just behind the current prime minister, Viktor Yanukovich, whose Party of the Regions was projected to win 34.9%.

According to the Telegraph

House prices 'heading for fall next year'

Prices are now reaching the breaking point of unaffordability, according to research commissioned by The Daily Telegraph.
The market turmoil which caused the run on Northern Rock will be the final straw which tips house price inflation into negative territory, experts at Lombard Street Research (LSR) have predicted. "We are at the end of the house price boom," said Diana Choyleva, LSR's deputy director. "Prices could now grind to a halt, and falls in nominal prices are likely."

The Express reports that

'TWICE AS MANY' BANKRUPT OAPS

The proportion of pensioners going bankrupt has more than doubled during the past five years, new figures show.
Around 7% of all people going bankrupt in 2007 were retired, up from just 3% in 2002, according to accountants Wilkins Kennedy.
It warned the trend was set to continue as increased life expectancy put a greater strain on the limited savings pensioners had, while rises in food and fuel prices put their finances under further pressure.


15 women’s jails to be shut, with offenders offered detox and help says the Times

Fifteen women’s jails in England and Wales would close and be replaced with small custodial units in the biggest prison shake-up under consideration by the Justice Ministry.
The plan also involves sweeping changes to the current classification of jails, including the development of a federal system holding only high-risk offenders with other criminals in so-called community prisons, The Times has learnt.
Many short-term prisoners would be held in open community prisons rather than in closed jails, which would offer them detoxification treatment and help with resettlement in the community.

The Mail reports on a

Bedbug epidemic that's turning Great Britain into Great Bitten

An epidemic of bedbugs is sweeping the nation, fuelled by air travel and warmer summers. Infestations have soared 500 per cent in the last two years, according to pest control experts.
Cities such as London and Manchester have taken the brunt of the epidemic because of the large number of people on the move every day.
Experts believe the huge expansion in air travel, coupled with global warming, has brought millions of bedbugs into the country on travellers' clothes and in their suitcases.

Drivers pounded at the pumps says the Sun

LABOUR faces a backlash from motorists this morning as tax rises push petrol and diesel over £1 a litre.
Dearer oil has already sent prices at the pumps soaring by around 10p a litre this summer.
Today’s increase piles on the agony as ministers push through a 2.35p hike in fuel duty.
Gordon Brown announced the rise, the first in three years, in his last Budget as Chancellor.
But motoring organisations last night urged the Government to think again.

More tax news from the Mail which claims

£630,000: That's the size of tax bill the average household will pay over a lifetime

The average family hands over £630,000 in taxes over a lifetime, according to an analysis issued yesterday.
Even the poorest homes will pay more than £230,000 to the Chancellor.
The figures come alongside a report showing that the income tax burden faced by wage earners has doubled since Labour came to power in 1997.
Critics said that together, the statistics pointed to the extent of "stealth" taxation after a decade of Gordon Brown's work at the Treasury.

Finally to the Telegraph which reports

Over-50s 'happier than they have ever been'

The Government study suggests 50 is the new 30, with many who have passed their half-century feeling in the prime of life. Often dubbed "Gotys" - Getting Older, Thinking Younger - they are ambitious, financially more secure and less stressed.Nearly one in six uses social networking websites and internet chatrooms, while emailing is becoming the norm. Having paid off their mortgages and raised their children to independence, many are still enjoying robust good health into their 60s and beyond