The Telegraph leads with news that came late last night

Afghanistan toll 100 dead

The British forces death toll in Afghanistan has reached 100 after three paratroopers were killed by a suicide bomber.The grim milestone came as an insurgent detonated a large device strapped to his chest as the three men were on a routine foot patrol near their base in Helmand province.

Britain's 100 fallen heroes says the Mail

Officials said the men were on a routine foot patrol in Helmand's poppy belt, north of Sangin. The town is a known Taliban hotspot which has claimed more British lives than any other part of Helmand. The dead soldiers will not be named publicly by the Ministry of Defence until their families have been informed. Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, Chief of the Defence Staff, paid tribute to the 100 'brave and professional servicemen' who have died in Afghanistan.

The Independent says

The grim milestone was expected but poignant, nevertheless, and raised fresh questions about a seemingly unending war with a rising toll of lives.

My poor boys says the Sun

GRIEVING mum Amanda Peak yesterday told of her anguish as a footballer stood accused of causing the crash which killed her sons.
The footballer charged with causing the death of the two boys in a motorway crash has also been accused of drink-driving and having no insurance.
Luke McCormick, goal-keeper of Championship side Plymouth Argyle, was held in custody overnight to appear before magistrates today.

The Mirror leads with the same story,a mother's agony says the paper

Mum Amanda Peak told yesterday of a grief that will never die. Sobbing in anguish, she said: "No parent should have to go through the nightmare we've gone through. Nothing will ever compensate us for the loss we're feeling."
Husband Philip, 37 - who was taking the excited boys to a fun day out at Silverstone race track - is in intensive care with a broken back and neck and severe internal injuries.

Senior officers attack 42-day detention plan reports the Guardian

Some of Britain's most senior police officers have broken ranks with their colleagues to denounce government plans for detaining terrorism suspects for 42 days without charge, the Guardian can reveal.
As government whips intensify their efforts to avoid a defeat on the plan in the Commons on Wednesday, senior members of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) have raised doubts about the measure. Their claims will come as a blow to the government, which has highlighted police support for the plans without making any reference to the presence of sceptics in senior ranks

The Independent meanwhile says

Labour critics of Gordon Brown will press ahead with moves to oust him even if he survives this week's crucial Commons vote on plans to allow police to detain suspected terrorists for up to 42 days.
The Prime Minister's opponents claim a growing number of backbenchers believe he must stand down before the next election to give the party any chance of winning.

The Times leads with

Law creates underclass of child criminals

Britain has been condemned as a bleak place for children, where thousands are needlessly criminalised for misdemeanours and where the gap between the education and health of the rich and poor is growing.
The four Children’s Commissioners for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have issued a report for the United Nations condemning the punitive youth justice system and the vilification of teenagers as yobs.

Revealed: airlines' £10bn government fuel subsidy says the Independent

The Government has been urged to abolish a £10bn-a-year "hidden subsidy" to the airline industry to bring it into line with hard-pressed motorists struggling with higher petrol prices.
Although the aviation industry claims it is being badly hit by the soaring price of oil, it still enjoys a double boost denied to drivers because it does not pay fuel duty or VAT on the fuel for its planes. New figures suggest this subsidy is worth £9.92bn at current levels of fuel tax.

Another exposure on the front of the Express,a new benefits scam

THE number of jobless claiming handouts for being “too stressed” to work has soared by 800 per cent under Labour.
A record 51,790 claimants pick up stress-related incapacity benefit and cost hard-hit taxpayers £122million every year in Britain’s sicknote culture.
The payments – which have soared from just 5,700 before Labour came to power in 1997 – reflect a growing awareness of illnesses linked to stress at work, insist officials. But critics suspect many claimants are workshy scroungers malingering at the taxpayer’s expense

According to the Telegraph

Half of Conservative Party MEPs ignoring expenses rules

More than half of David Cameron's European MPs have refused to comply with rules requiring them to reveal how they spend their expenses.The development will spark fears that other questionable payments have yet to come to light after it emerged that the families of Conservative MEPs have made hundreds of thousands of pounds from the lucrative expenses system.

Tories look to woo the unions with state funding reports the Times

The Tories are considering a radical step towards the trade unions by allowing them to continue to receive state funding, The Times has learnt.
When the Government set up the multimillion-pound modernisation fund three years ago for unions to draw upon, the Tories criticised the fund as a payback to the Labour Party’s main source of funding. But they are now debating whether to continue with the fund if they form the next government

Fathers 4 Justice stage rooftop protest at Harman's home reports the Independent

Two activists dressed as superheroes climbed onto the roof of the Cabinet Minister's house in Herne Hill, south London, early yesterday morning.
The pair - Mark Harris and Jolly Stanesby, both from south Devon - unfurled a banner reading "A father is for life, not just conception".
The group said they wanted to highlight the fact that fathers were being made redundant, emotionally in the courts and now biologically in the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill

Most of the papers report that seven die in frenzied knife attack in Tokyo

A loner who was "tired of life" killed at least seven people and injured 10 others in Tokyo yesterday afternoon in a frenzied knife attack that sent shock waves across Japan, which has a reputation as one of the world's safest countries.
The man, named by police as Tomohiro Kato, 25, sent thousands of shoppers fleeing as he rammed his rented truck into a group of pedestrians along the main street of the capital's Akihabara district, the centre of Japan's geek culture, with its scores of cheap comic and gadget stores and role-play cafes.

says the Guardian

The battle begins in earnest reports the Telegraph

The 2008 battle for the White House begins in earnest as Senator Barack Obama embarks on a 17-day "economic tour", designed to tar his rival, Senator John McCain, with the failings of the Bush administration and highlight his own plans to revitalise America.

The Times reports on a 'Military coup' by stealth in Zimbabwe

The campaign of terror sweeping Zimbabwe is being directly organised by a junta that took over the running of the country after Robert Mugabe’s shock election defeat in March.
Details of the organised violence are contained in a report released today by Human Rights Watch, corroborated by senior Western diplomats who describe the situation in Zimbabwe as a “military coup by stealth”.

The Independent adds

The Zimbabwean army and police have been accused of setting up torture camps and organising "re-education meetings" involving unspeakable cruelty where voters are beaten and mutilated in the hope of achieving victory for President Robert Mugabe in the second round of the presidential election.

The Telegraph reports that 3,000 greengrocers lost in last decade

British high streets have lost nearly 3,000 greengrocers over the last decade, new figures have shown, highlighting the dramatic decline of traditional shops and forcing customers to pay more for their fruit and vegetables.
The closures highlight the "slow death" of the British high street, which has been caused by the growing power of supermarkets and the increasing costs of running an independent business.

Finally as summer arrived,the Mail reports Bournemouth hotter than Barcelona

The flood warnings of the past seven days seemed a world away yesterday as temperatures topped those in parts of Spain.
After a week of severe downpours, temperatures reached 80f (27c) in some areas of the country, putting Barcelona in the shade, where it was 71f (21c).
The sunny spell was a blessing for seaside towns after the the heavy rains as sunseekers flocked to the coast to make the most of the fine weather.