Celebratory finds the front pages of some of the qualities this Sunday morning.

The Telegraph leads with

Max Mosley: My private life is no reason to resign

The head of motor racing's ruling body has defended his right to pursue an "eccentric" private life - and insisted it has no effect on his ability to run Formula One. In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Telegraph, Max Mosley says he was forced to respond to the huge publicity generated by articles about his private life in the News of the World.

Meanwhile later editions of the Times break the story that

JOHN PRESCOTT, who as deputy prime minister punched a protester in the face, has confessed to suffering from bulimia, the eating disorder usually associated with anxious young women.
In his memoirs to be serialised in this newspaper next month, he admits to gorging on vast amounts of food and then vomiting. Prescott writes in today’s Sunday Times: “I’ve never confessed it before. Out of shame, I suppose, or embarrassment or just because it’s such a strange thing for someone like me to confess to.

One million pupils 'failed by Labour exam policy' says the Observer

While ministers have boasted about the rise in the number of pupils achieving five C grades at GCSE, they have failed to highlight the growing numbers at the bottom of the pile. Over the past decade the number of teenagers walking away from school without five basic G grades, including in English and maths, has risen - despite billions of pounds of investment in education. Almost 90,000 pupils fell into the category last year, the highest figure since 1998.

The Express says that

MORE than 40,000 pupils were so poor at English and maths last year that teachers refused to enter them for GCSE exams.
And a total of 60,000 were entered for less than five GCSEs.

Meanwhile the Independent reports that

One in five surgeries faces closure

Government proposals to create a new generation of polyclinics will lead to the closure of 1,700 practices, the Tories claimed last night. In their place will be a series of "super-surgeries" housing up to 25 GPs and offering hospital-style outpatient appointments, minor surgery and pharmacies. While ministers hail this as a vision of 21st-century health care, opponents fear it is the death knell for traditional patient-doctor relationships.

Gordon Brown's problems continue to attract a lot of column inches,the Times says that he is

cornered as rebellion over 10p tax reform grows

Gordon Brown faced new threats of resignations from his government this weekend as the rebellion over his decision to scrap the 10p income tax band escalated.
Yesterday five more ministerial aides broke cover to criticise his decision, with one declaring publicly that he is considering quitting. Others are known to be threatening to resign.

Angry Gordon Brown faces 'poll tax moment' says the Telegraph

The Prime Minister, who is battling a growing rebellion over his abolition of the 10p tax rate, has been given until the end of the summer to turn things round by backbenchers angry at a string of image and policy failures.

What 10p revolt? Scowling Brown's outburst at 35,000ft says the Mail

In a fractious confrontation with senior TV journalists on his plane, the Prime Minister rejected claims that five million low-paid workers would have to pay more tax and declared: "No one will lose out."

The Sunday Mirror carries a poll which shows

a 10-point Tory lead - more gloomy news for Mr Brown as he battles to put Britain's economy back on course. The Tories are up one point on 40 per cent with Labour slipping three points to 30 per cent and the Lib Dems up two points on 19 per cent, according to the Populus/Sunday Mirror/moneysupermarket.com survey.

The Independent meanwhile claims

Police to interview Hain as a suspect 'within days'

The former cabinet minister will be questioned under caution about more than £100,000 in gifts reported late to watchdogs, in apparent breach of election law.
It is the most dramatic development so far in the Scotland Yard inquiry into Labour Party funding.

'Mortgage holidays' for hard-up homeowners says the Observer

Homeowners facing the threat of repossession could be offered 'mortgage holidays' from their payments and other deals to keep them under their own roof under proposals to be discussed at a government summit this week.
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, will use Tuesday's meeting with major banks and building societies to insist they pass on recent interest rate cuts to their customers.
But he is also expected to discuss ways to help people at risk of defaulting, including putting those with previously good credit records on 'flexible' mortgage schemes - which allow a few months' breathing space from payments, to be made up in the future - or even deals allowing distressed homeowners to sell up to the lender but stay on as rent-paying tenants.

The Mail leads with the story that

State to snoop on your sex life with probing questions about promiscuity and contraception

Snooping officials will want to know about previous sexual partners, contraception, and how long couples lived together before marriage.
The 2,000-question survey from the Office for National Statistics will raise major concerns about privacy – especially as the data will be logged with the respondents' names and addresses.

Equality chief warns of race ‘cold war’ says the Times

THE head of Britain’s race relations watchdog says lack of control over immigration has led to a racial “cold war” among rival ethnic communities.
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), believes that the failed policy risks inflaming racism among millions of young mothers and working professionals.

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In an address to mark the 40th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s infamous “rivers of blood” speech in which Powell warned of apocalyptic social consequences if the rising tide of immigration were not halted, Phillips will say that the predictions have not come true. But he will warn that mass immigration has caused a different form of “war” that is just as worrying

Battle to retake Basra was 'complete disaster' reports the Telegraph

Senior sources have said that the mission was undermined by incompetent officers and untrained troops who were sent into battle with inadequate supplies of food, water and ammunition.
They said the failure had delayed the British withdrawal by "many months

The Independent reports that

Tsvangirai fears capture if he returns to Zimbabwe before poll

"It is no use going back to Zimbabwe and become captive," the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, who left Zimbabwe 10 days after the poll, told Canada's The Globe and Mail. "Then you are not effective. What can you do? Do you want a dead hero?"

As the recount of voting begins the Observer reports

Zimbabwe's opposition alleged widespread irregularities as the partial recount begun yesterday of votes cast in the presidential and parliamentary elections held three weeks ago, including ballot boxes with seals broken before they were delivered for the count or with no seals at all.
The Movement for Democratic Change said some boxes had been stuffed with votes for President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF in an effort to overturn the opposition's capture of a parliamentary majority for the first time since independence 28 years ago.

The Times reports

Hillary Clinton's 'Republican' tactics backfire in battle for Pennsylvania

WITH days to turn around her presidential campaign or face defeat, Hillary Clinton swung through Pennsylvania last week on a crash tour to squeeze every last vote out of the state after being outshone, outspent and outmanoeuvred by Barack Obama in a bloody campaign.
For a moment, it appeared that the Clintons would stop at nothing to block the Illinois senator’s ascent to the nomination Hillary once regarded as rightfully hers. Chelsea Clinton appeared on a college stage with her mother and seemed to be hinting at a shock announcement. “As someone who is thinking of having my own family in the not too distant future . . .” she began.

Back to domestic matters and the News of the World leads with

Outrage as Wills lands in Kate's garden

PRINCE WILLIAM sparked fury last night after landing his £15,000-an-hour RAF helicopter in girlfriend Kate Middleton's back garden.
A military source told us: "At a time when there is a lack of kit in Afghanistan and Iraq this is a total waste of money."
The two-hour show-off stunt emerged just days after Wills was slammed for using another Chinook to fly himself and brother Harry to a stag weekend on the Isle of Wight.

The Mail meanwhile reveals

What REALLY happened on Wills and Harry's 72-hour stag party for Peter Phillips

Peter and a group of fellow stags descended on the Isle of Wight town of Cowes for a 72-hour stag party. They ditched luxury hotels and VIP enclaves for the £40-a-night Rawlings Hotel, Bar and Club and the town's hotch-potch of bars.
But it wasn't just the stags who rutted. A colourful collection of locals joined the boys. And they – especially the star-struck young women of the island, including a former Stringfellows dancer – were welcomed with broad grins and full glasses.

The Sunday Mirror returns to the subject of Shannon Matthews

Karen Matthews had a secret affair with an OAP - and told police that HE was to blame for her daughter Shannon's disappearance.
In the hours after her little girl went missing, she asked detectives to search the home of her ex-lover, 67-year-old Eddie Clayton.

Society has lost its moral compass, warns Rowntree trust reports the Independent

When the philanthropist Joseph Rowntree listed society's evils more than 100 years ago he was optimistic the "great scourges of humanity" would be overcome. Nearly a decade into a new century, the widely held view is that we have added to our list of woes, and are more uncertain how to deal with them.
Ed Miliband, minister for the Cabinet Office, said: "Many of the concerns highlighted by the JRF are shared by the Government. Tackling social evils such as poverty, drug and alcohol abuse are at the heart of our mission."

We started with celebratory so we will finish as the Observer reports

Thousands join the queue to be on X Factor

Some might regard them as lambs to the slaughter. An estimated 10,000 people queued yesterday for the questionable opportunity to be savaged by Simon Cowell in the latest series of ITV's talent show The X Factor
From dawn, crowds of pop wannabes waited patiently at Manchester United's Old Trafford football stadium where they were greeted by host Dermot O'Leary. They may well have drawn inspiration from the example of past winner Leona Lewis, who made history last week by debuting at number one on the US album chart. One organiser said: 'We couldn't believe how many people turned up.'