The tabloids devote numerous pages and pictures to the second day of the Diana enquiry.

Diana was on the Pill: Coroner demolishes Al Fayed's baby claim is the headline in the Mail

Diana could not have been pregnant because she was on the Pill, the inquest was told yesterday.
The revelation demolished Mohamed al Fayed's claim that the Princess and his son Dodi were murdered by MI6 on the orders of Prince Philip because they believed she was expecting his child.
The coroner Lord Justice Scott Baker told the jury it was probably impossible now to scientifically prove whether she was pregnant.

THE TRUTH headlines the Express

PRINCESS Diana was on the contraceptive Pill when she died, it emerged yesterday

Adding

And Lord Justice Scott Baker warned the jury at the High Court in London that they would be hearing other intimate details of Diana’s private life in the coming weeks. Any blood sample taken at post mortem is always going to be unreliable .
The jury also heard stunning evidence that chauffeur Henri Paul was not drunk on the night of the fatal crash in Paris. It has been suggested he was several times over the legal limit in France.
But the jury was warned it would hear of serious doubts about the accuracy of the forensic analysis of samples taken from his corpse. And in a third bombshell, the inquest heard that Dodi Fayed did indeed buy an engagement ring for Diana just days before the couple died. It came from a range known as Dis-Moi Oui, or Tell Me Yes.

More pictures of her final moments on the front of the Mirror

THE HAPPY PRINCESS says the paper

few of those thousands of pictures ever captured her looking quite as relaxed and happy as she does in previously-unseen CCTV footage that was shown to the jury at her inquest yesterday.
A smiling Diana, for once unaware of the lenses capturing her every gesture, looks genuinely without a care in the world as she strolls through the Ritz in Paris with Dodi Fayed. Tragically, just hours later, she lay dying in an underpass in the wreckage of a Mercedes.

HER LAST SMILE says the Sun

PRINCESS Di flashes a vivacious smile in a hotel lift with Dodi Fayed — hours before they were killed.
The poignant picture was among a host of CCTV images of the pair seen for the first time yesterday at the Diana inquest.

The haevies menawhile concentrate on the last day of the Tory conference

BRING IT ON NOW says the Guardian

David Cameron yesterday called his party to arms in a virtuoso speech delivered without autocue that goaded Gordon Brown to call an election and let the people pass judgment on 10 years of "broken promises and old politics".
At the climax of a closely argued and fluent address that marked no retreat from his modern Conservative agenda, Mr Cameron demanded, to huge applause: "So Mr Brown, what's it going to be? Why don't you go ahead and call that election. Let the people pass judgment on 10 years of broken promises. Let people decide who's really making the arguments about the future of our country, let people decide who can make the changes that we need in our country. Call that election. We will fight, Britain will win."

CAMERON GAMBLES ON AN UNSCRIPTED FUTURE says the Times

Mr Cameron ended a 67-minute speech, which he delivered without a script, to the Conservative conference by trying to exploit the Prime Minister’s apparent uncertainty over whether or not to go for a poll on November 1 or 8. With the political world expecting Mr Brown to make a decision this weekend, Mr Cameron drew roars of support from the Tory faithful as he declared: “So, Mr Brown, what’s it going to be? You go ahead and call that election.”

David Cameron fights to stave off election says the Telegraph

In a departure from conference convention, an assured Mr Cameron dared to speak for more than an hour without a script, an innovation calculated to demonstrate both the sincerity of his beliefs and his appetite for power. adding that

Political commentators have forecast an improvement in the polls for the Tories but question whether it will be sufficient to dissuade the Prime Minister from announcing an election next week, with the country expected to go to the polls on November 1

He's up for a fight says the font of the Indy

He's got to decide next to a picture of Gordon Brown

Mr Cameron passed one crucial test of leadership as he delivered his speech. He proved he was calm under fire. The Conservative leader spoke for nearly one hour without a text, pausing during the applause to consult notes placed at a nearby table. Speaking on the same stage in Blackpool where he transformed his prospects in the Conservative leadership contest two years ago, he decided once more to perform without the comforting support of an autocue. On this occasion the stakes were higher still. Mr Cameron took to the stage hoping to reshape the political landscape with his discursive style, aware that in less than a week's time he could be fighting an election campaign.

The Sun reporting that

GUTSY David Cameron set the Tories alight yesterday as he turned Mission Impossible into Mission POSSIBLE.
The Conservative leader gave his ailing party a vital shot of adrenalin and a general election lifeline.

Cameron calls Brown's bluff on snap election says the Mail

Whereas the Mirror headlines

Cameron's jibes to appeal to die-hards

Desperate Tory leader David Cameron yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Gordon Brown in his conference speech made without notes.
But his over-rehearsed 70-minute showpiece betrayed a man making a last gasp appeal for the support of his own party.
He offered no new policies, returning instead to the traditional values that engage the Tory heartlands.

Staying with the paper it reports on yesterday's shooting in London

Nurse killed in gang gun fire

An innocent care worker has been killed in the crossfire of a gun battle between feuding gangs.
Magda Pniewska, who left Poland for a better life in Britain four years ago, was hit in the head by a single shot while on a five-minute walk home to her fiance.
The 26-year-old was found collapsed and bleeding on the stairwell of a block of flats opposite the Manley Court BUPA care home where she worked in New Cross, South East London.

Innocent Polish carer killed by a stray bullet in gang shooting reports the Independent

Officers said shots were exchanged between a man standing beside a red Volkswagen Polo near the flats and a second man at the top of a flight of stairs leading to a nearby field.
Detective Chief Inspector Tony Boughton, of Scotland Yard's Operation Trident unit, which investigates gun crime in London's black community, said Miss Pniewska was "an innocent woman caught in the crossfire". Speaking at the scene yesterday, he added: "At about 6.20pm on Tuesday, there were reports of gunfire. A red VW Polo was parked in the car park by a silver cabriolet. At the front passenger side was a man and at the top of the steps was another man. They opened fire on each other."

The Times reports that

Thousands trapped deep inside gold mine in South Africa

More than 3,000 miners were trapped a mile and a half underground in a South African goldmine after the lift shaft was shattered by falling equipment.
Rescuers were last night frantically trying to free the workers at Elandsrand mine, at Carletonville, west of Johannesburg, amid fears that air at the bottom of the shaft was running out.
The miners’ union said that 3,200 workers had already spent a day in a cramped underground space where temperatures could reach 40C (104F). “We are very worried because . . . they might be suffocating,” said Lesiba Seshoka, a union spokesman.

North Korea agrees to deadline on nuclear weapons reports the Guardian

A US-led team of nuclear experts will travel to North Korea within two weeks to oversee the disabling of the reclusive state's reactor, it was announced yesterday, in an important step towards easing tension on the divided peninsula.
Under the long-awaited agreement North Korea has promised to neutralise its nuclear weapons programme and give a "complete and correct declaration" of all its fissile material by December 31.
A White House spokesman said George Bush welcomed the deal, which came just under a year after North Korea carried out its first atomic weapons test. Other signatories - including South Korea, Russia, Japan and host China - are expected to confirm the details within days.

Burma returns to the headlines

Protesters stay put to battle junta as world waits on Burmese border reports the Independent from the Thai border

From Rangoon there are disturbing reports of monks fleeing the city; of thousands more locked up in windowless improvised prisons with little to eat or drink. Nine died during the disturbances, says the military junta that calls itself the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) – an appropriately Orwellian name for the gang of butchers that rules the country where Orwell once served as a policeman. The real figure could be as high as 200 but as yet no one knows where the bodies are.

Burmese soldiers 'had orders to kill monks' claims the Telegraph

A Burmese army major has told how he defected from his unit after secret codes were issued ordering them to shoot and kill protesting monks.Speaking from his refuge on the Thai border, Major Hla Lin said he fled before protests began in earnest last week in Rangoon.
"I knew the plan to shoot and kill the monks. There were secret codes to start shooting. If I had stayed on I would have to follow these orders," said Major Hla Lin. "I am a Buddhist and I did not want to carry out these orders."

Monks flee crackdown as reports of brutality emerge says the Guardian

Within hours of the departure of the UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari, who was charged with resolving the political crisis that has gripped the country and left at least 13 dead, eight military trucks took away prisoners arrested in early morning swoops on homes near the Shwedagon pagoda.

Staying with news from abroad and the Telegraph reports that

Texas falls into line over 'cruel' lethal injections

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the execution of Heliberto Chi, a convicted murderer, after his lawyers raised questions about the "constitutionality" of injections.
Texas, which executes far more criminals than any other state, had previously ignored the growing concern but yesterday's decision brings it into line with the US Supreme Court, which announced last week that it would review the legality of lethal injections. State prosecutors have 30 days to respond.

The Guardian reports that

Sex trafficking victims rescued by police may face deportation

Some victims of sex traffickers rescued from prostitution in a new national police crackdown will face deportation, the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, said yesterday. Ms Smith described sex trafficking as a "modern-day form of slavery" but said she could not give an across-the-board guarantee that those rescued would not face deportation as illegal migrants.
The police said yesterday that three women had been rescued since Monday as a result of Operation Pentameter 2, involving for the first time all police forces across Britain and Ireland.

According to the Times

Minister sits on damning report on impact of Heathrow noise

Aircraft noise causes much more annoyance than previously thought, according to a study for the Department for Transport which the Government is attempting to conceal while it plans the expansion of Heathrow.
The existing method of measuring aircraft noise, adopted a quarter of a century ago, is too narrow and outdated, the study concludes. It fails to take account either of the huge growth in the number of flights or the public’s growing demand for quietness.

Pioneering kidney swap brings gift of life reports the Telegraph

Roma Horrell, 57, a lecturer from Cambridgeshire, and a man from Lothian both needed transplants after their organs failed but held out little hope because donors are allowed only from among family and friends and none was compatible.
However, after registering in a pioneering new scheme, the two couples ended up exchanging organs — Mrs Horrell received a kidney from the Scottish man's wife in return for her husband, Peter, donating one to him.

The tennis coach continues to get prominence in all the papers

Mum's shock at 'sex with girl' reports the Sun

A MUM yesterday told a court how she found her 13-year-old daughter naked in bed with her female tennis coach.

The woman claimed that she came home early from a party to catch Claire Lyte, 29, engaged in a sex act with the girl.The youngster’s mother, who cannot be identified, said: “I went into the sitting room and noticed there was a newspaper on the table which I don’t buy.
“I went upstairs and saw two pairs of tennis shoes outside my daughter’s bedroom.
“I walked into the room and saw my daughter and Claire naked on the bed.
“I was in complete shock and I screamed — my daughter jumped up and ran off and Claire pulled the bed sheet over her head.


'How I found my 13-year-old daughter having sex with her lesbian tennis coach' says the Mail adding that

she told a court she did not report the incident to police because Lyte's father begged her not to ruin her coaching career and insisted it would not happen again.
It was not until nearly a year later that she became convinced the illicit lesbian relationship had continued and informed the authorities, she said.

According to the Mirror

Langham in jail term challenge

Disgraced actor Chris Langham is attempting to appeal against his 10-month jail sentence for child porn offences.
His lawyers have lodged papers asking for permission to take his case to the Appeal Court in London.
If an appeal is allowed, the hearing is expected to be fast-tracked because of his short sentence.

The story of the Schoolgirl runaway gets plentty of column inches

The Daily Telegraph tracked down 17-year-old Amy Robson to a resort in Hurghada, where she spoke for the first time about the 29-year-old Egyptian man she fell in love with five months ago.
She told how she secretly returned last weekend, buying an £800 flight, only to find that her "fiancé" had moved house.

The Mail reports that

Postal strikes to cripple mail deliveries until next week

Postal workers will launch a fresh series of national strikes today which will cripple deliveries until next week and cost firms millions of pounds in lost business.
The Communication Workers Union said 130,000 of its members will walkout at 12 noon for 48 hours, followed by another two day stoppage from 3am on Monday.
The net effect is that mail posted today is unlikely to reach its destination until Thursday of next week.

Millions in UK are 'stressed before breakfast' reports the Telegraph

The figure, equivalent to five million workers, doubles by the time people reach work or have dropped their children off at school.
The biggest source of strain cited by the 1,000 adults who were polled was money worries, followed by work pressures and relationships.
But another significant source of stress was people's self-image, particularly among women; 45 per cent of women said they worried about how they looked, compared to 24 per cent of men.

Why Notting Hill residents are calling 'cut' on filming reports the Indy

Richard Neville, editor of the satirical magazine Oz, called his memoirs Hippie Hippie Shake: the Dreams, the Trips, the Trials, the Love-ins, the Screw-ups. Now after nearly 10 years in development, and two false starts behind it, the making of the film of his life is living up to this billing.
With the teething problems overcome, and despite some vituperative criticism from the feminist author Germaine Greer – one of the real-life characters being depicted in the film named simply Hippie Hippie Shake – the production company Working Title was all set to start the cameras rolling.
But they appeared to have misjudged the feeling of the people of Notting Hill, whose white stuccoed homes were to feature as the backdrop for much of the period action starring Sienna Miller as Neville's girlfriend, Louise Ferrier, and Cillian Murphy as the counter-culture leader himself.

Finally to the Telegraph which reports that

Ratatouille starts French love affair with rats

thanks to the success of a new animated film, those in the French capital are likely to find themselves even closer to the much-maligned rodents.
Ratatouille, a Pixar Studios production about a Parisian rat with a talent for haute cuisine, has led to a 40 per cent rise in the number of creatures being sold as domestic pets.