Pictures of Prince Harry continue to dominate the front pages as he returns to the Uk,although most lead with a different story.

I'm no hero says Prince Harry says the Times

PRINCE HARRY arrived home from Afghanistan yesterday insisting he was “no hero” and pointing to two badly wounded soldiers who returned on the same aircraft as “the real heroes”.
His forced extraction from war-ravaged Helmand province raises new doubts about his future in the army. He will be bitterly disappointed not just at his early withdrawal from frontline operations but also at the insistence of General Sir Richard Dannatt, the head of the army, that there is no “immediate prospect” of him going “anywhere else” for at least 18 months

Harry reveals real heroes of Afghanistan says the Telegraph

The lack of a smile said it all. Head bowed and still dressed in dusty desert combat clothing, the young Prince cut a forlorn­figure as he descended the steps of the aircraft after landing at RAF Brize Norton late yesterday morning.While many of the other 170 servicemen and women might have cheered as the RAF Tristar touched down, Cornet Wales - who craved the anonymity that came with serving in Afghanistan - was left to ponder what might have been.

The News of the World rather more to the point

Prince Harry: I'm no hero
But I am ***ing p*ssed off

PRINCE Harry vented his fury at being forced home from Afghanistan, telling a squaddie: “I’m ****ing p*ssed off.”
His outburst came on the flight home after ten weeks on the frontline fighting the Taliban. But the modest prince insisted: “I’m no hero”—as he paid tribute to two horribly injured comrades on his flight.

The Sunday Mirror reporting how

Prince Charles tells of his pride in Harry

Prince Charles yesterday spoke of his enormous pride in Harry, and how he now understands the torment of serving soldiers' families.
The Prince said that over the last 10 weeks he has suffered the same roller-coaster emotions as any other father whose son is fighting on the frontline.
He revealed his intense relief at seeing his son home safely - but told how he feels sorry for him that his time in Afghanistan has been cut short.

The Mail reports that

Chelsy dashes to greet Harry as Charles speaks of his 'incredible pride' in his son

Prince Harry was reunited with his girlfriend Chelsy Davy last night at a party to celebrate his safe return from Afghanistan.
By the time his military flight landed at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at 11.25am, 23-year-old Chelsy was already halfway down the M1 motorway from her student house in Leeds.
She initially raced to Lichfield farm, the Oxfordshire home of Kevin Knott, formerly Master of the Household of the Prince of Wales, but is later understood to have joined Harry at Charles's Highgrove home, half an hour's drive away.
It was the first time she had seen Harry since December, when they met after a brief separation the previous month.

The Independent takes another prespective on Afghanistan on its front page

'Harry's War': The ugly truth as

Afghanistan veteran, Leo Docherty, criticises the British military campaign in Helmand province, where the Prince served until his tour of duty was cut short after details of it were leaked on the internet.

The heavy's lead with a variety of stories on attacking the rich

Religious schools 'show bias for rich' says the Observer

Damning new evidence that faith schools are siphoning off middle-class pupils can be revealed today, as research shows they are failing to take children from the poorest backgrounds nationwide.
Even when they are situated in deprived inner-city areas, religious schools have fewer poor children than local authority secondary schools.
New figures show that religious schools, in England, admit 10 per cent fewer poor pupils than is representative of the local area. Local authority schools, meanwhile, take in 30 per cent more and have a disproportionately deprived intake. The result is a school system deeply divided by social class.

The Times reports that

Gordon Brown to curb second home ownership

THE government is preparing to impose drastic curbs on second home ownership that would stop people buying in sought-after rural areas.
An inquiry commissioned by Gordon Brown will recommend local authorities have the power to prevent outsiders buying property they do not intend to make their main residence. Those seeking to buy country boltholes that deprive local residents of houses would be forced to apply to the council

And the Telegraph reveals

Gas and electricity bosses told 'give back profits'

The Sunday Telegraph has learnt the chief executives of the utility giants have been summoned to Downing Street and given a dressing-down over the soaring sums being made from millions of customers.
They are being told that, unless they agree to subsidise a new nationwide "fuel poverty" scheme aimed at the 4.5 million poorest households, a levy will be put on their profits. It is understood that the fuel poverty programme is to be unveiled by Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, as part of the Budget on March 12

According to the Express

MPS DEMAND £160 TO TURN UP

The tax-free attendance handout, which comes on top of a £60,000 salary, would be paid to all MPs in a major shake-up of their controversial expenses.
The new payment, designed to cover the cost of living in London, is being considered by a committee set up by the Speaker.
It would replace the existing second homes allowance, which has been heavily criticised for being too lax, but critics last night said it would encourage a ìturn up, sign in and go homeî culture because MPs would not have to attend debates or vote to get the extra cash.

The Mail's front page reveals

Prescott son in smear row

John Prescott's son last night claimed he was the victim of a smear campaign by his Labour enemies in an attempt to stop him inheriting his father's Commons seat.
Allegations concerning an incident involving the former Deputy Prime Minister's son, David, at the London home of a senior woman Labour aide and her female house-mate have been reported to party officials in Hull.
The controversy follows Mr Prescott's success in reaching the final stages of the contest to choose a successor to his father as Labour MP for Hull East

The Observer reports on

Cameron vow on women ministers

David Cameron last night pledged to give a third of jobs in his first government to women in a highly controversial plan that risks infuriating male MPs. The Tory leader wants to ensure female politicians are not mere 'window dressing' but can influence decisions affecting women's lives.
However, angry MPs warned the idea risks denying talented male candidates promotion while less able women leapfrog them. On the party's current course it may get around 55 women into parliament, leaving fewer than two female MPs competing for each of 36 frontbench posts - and almost four men scrapping over each of the remaining jobs.

The Telegraph reports on

Gordon Brown's class war attack on Cameron

In a rousing speech to delegates at Labour's spring conference, Mr Brown accused the Tory leader of caring only for photo opportunities and fashion.
Making a veiled assault on Mr Cameron's middle-class upbringing and Eton education, he said he wanted to build a Britain where it did not matter "how high up you start".
Mr Brown seemed to adopt a new presentational style, apparently echoing the American presidential candidate Barack Obama.



In a week that has seen a relaunch of green issues the Independent reports on the

The £20bn food mountain: Britons throw away half of the food produced each year

Britain is throwing away half of all the food produced on farms, according to the starkest estimate yet of the amount of edible produce we waste.
About 20m tons of food is thrown out each year: equivalent to half of the food import needs for the whole of Africa. Some 16m tons of this is wasted in homes, shops, restaurants, hotels and food manufacturing. Much of the rest is thought to be destroyed between the farm field and the shop shelf.

The Mail reveals

Tesco’s new greens policy ... a plastic bag for just one sprout

It's slogan is Every Little Helps, but Tesco outdid itself when shopper Howard Cooper went online. It sent him a single Brussels sprout, packaged in its own plastic bag, after he mistyped his order.
Mr Cooper had meant to ask for 100 grams – or 0.1kg – of sprouts while ordering £55 worth of food from the Tesco Direct service.

The Mirror reports

Eco buses farce of freezing fuel

Bus firm bosses who tried to go green by using biodiesel were left red-faced after the fuel froze. Eleven buses were sidelined in Norwich after temperatures plummeted to minus 7C. First Eastern Counties has gone back to ordinary diesel while it investigates.

According to the Times

Nurses: we do seduce our patients

THOUSANDS of nurses believe it is justified to break the taboo on having an affair with a patient in their care.
Almost one in 10 nurses think starting a relationship with one of their patients is acceptable while one in six said they knew of a colleague who had a sexual relationship with a patient they were looking after.
The findings, published by the Nursing Times, will add weight to the controversial remarks by Conservative peer Lord Mancroft that nurses are “promiscuous” and “unprofessional”.

Russians go to polls today under orders reports the Observer

The campaign has been drearily insipid; the result a foregone conclusion. Unlike in the US, where the presidential election remains tantalisingly open, Russia's presidential election has been a lacklustre affair - because the man who counts has already voted.
Vladimir Putin announced last December that he was backing Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister, to be the next President. Medvedev swiftly offered Putin the job of Prime Minister. Ever since, the Kremlin has been using its vast administrative resources to make this happy scenario come true. Millions of public sector workers have been told to vote for Medvedev or lose their jobs. Additionally, zealous election functionaries are preparing to stuff ballot boxes tonight to ensure that he wins a landslide victory.

Most of the papers report on the mounting crisis in the Middle East

Israel targets Hamas leader and vows to push on with Gaza incursion says the Times

Israel today vowed to press on with its offensive in Gaza after killing at least 54 Palestinians and targeting the offices of the leader of Hamas.
The UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, condemned Israel for using “excessive” force in the Hamas-controlled strip and demanded a halt to an air and ground offensive after the bloodiest day for Palestinians since the 1980s,

The Telegraph describing that

On Saturday, Israeli troops targeted the crowded Jabaliya refugee camp in the hunt for militants. Tanks, supported by helicopters, moved into the area just after midnight and by noon yesterday, troops had pushed nearly two miles inside Gaza.

Fairground attraction: Michael Jackson's Neverland to be sold at public auction reports the Independent

In theory, at least, the 2,800-acre property in the rolling hills of central California's wine country will go on under the hammer on 19 March, because the singer has defaulted on his mortgage payments. The auction is set to take place on the steps of the Santa Barbara County courthouse, the same institution that put him through the wringer down the years for everything from a breach of contract lawsuit to multiple allegations – none held up in court – that he sexually abused children. Since his acquittal in 2005 on those charges, he has spent most of his time abroad.

According to the Telegraph

Hells Angels plotted to kill Mick Jagger

The Rolling Stones singer was the target of an assassination attempt which only failed because the boat the would-be killers were using was swamped in a storm.
Details of the plot have been revealed by an FBI agent as part of a BBC series on the American crime fighting agency.
The attempt to kill Sir Mick was made by a group of Hells Angels after the infamous Altamont Speedway Free Concert in 1969, which the Rolling Stones had organised and for which the motorcycle gang reportedly provided security

From the tabloids and the News of the World alleges

Mum-to-be Kerry Katona snorted line...

FOUR months pregnant with a bump starting to show, Kerry Katona wasn't going to let a little thing like a baby spoil the party... and blissfully snorted a line of coke through a rolled-up £20 note.
Even her low-life mates had the good grace to look worried as the mum-to-be got wasted at a New Year's party.
But showing a sickening lack of concern for her unborn child's welfare, the woman twice voted Mother of the Year reassured them: "It's OK—you can wean the baby off the coke afterwards. It's only booze that can cause serious damage

I TOOK MILLY.. THEN I BURNED THE CAR says the People

Hammer monster Levi Bellfield confessed to kidnapping 13-year-old Milly Dowler A MONTH before she was found murdered.
He told Kelly Fry he snatched the schoolgirl - then torched his motor to destroy any evidence.
Bellfield, 39, also admitted fleeing his flat as a massive manhunt was launched to find Milly's abductor.

The Mail reports the comments of Marion Cotillard

'9/11 attacks made up, ' says French best actress Oscar-winner

Actress Marion Cotillard sparked a political row yesterday after accusing America of fabricating the 9/11 attacks.
The 32-year-old French actress, who received an Oscar last month for her performance as singer Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose, openly questioned the truth behind the terrorist atrocity in an interview broadcast on a French website

the Observer reports that

£42 a day: cost of UK family bills

The average British family is spending £42 a day before getting out of bed in the morning, a figure which will rise again next month when council tax and water bills rise.
Data reveals that primary bills - which include those for council tax, gas and electricity, water, landline telephones, home insurance and TV licences - have risen to £3,426 a year for the typical UK household. Adding in the average mortgage, which costs just under £12,000 a year, brings the annual cost to over £15,000 - or just over £40 a day.

Finally back to green issues and the Telegraph reports that

Turn your nose up at eco-snobs

The modern equivalent of saying "toilet", "serviette" or "pardon" is leaving your television on stand-by, driving a Chelsea tractor, arriving at Waitrose without your own heavy-duty carrier bags, popping into Starbucks without your own reusable mug, walking past the shelves selling organic, Fairtrade and free-range, or flying long-haul when you don't really need to (and without offsetting your carbon footprint). I tell you, it's a social minefield out there.
Even going to Glastonbury has become Non-E. I know - that surprises me, too. I thought Glastonbury was the ultimate in environmental chic, a demonstration that you suckle at the teat of Mother Earth, that you are in touch with your inner solstice. But no - for the bien pensants, Glastonbury is ruled out this year. And this comes straight from the top: Thom Yorke, the lead singer of Radiohead. Why? Because it doesn't have "an adequate public transport infrastructure in place". Radiohead, he added in an article in the Sun on Thursday, "are doing everything we can to minimise our impact on the environment".