Press cover Ray Lewis resignation

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The papers give plenty of coverage to the resignation of Ray Lewis as London Mayor Boris Johnson's deputy.

The Daily Mail is in no doubt that the Conservatives have suffered an embarrassing setback.

It believes that the city's new mayor was forced into sacking Mr Lewis after what it calls a "catastrophic misjudgement".

The Independent's front page says it is in no doubt that Mr Lewis' resignation is a "blow for Boris".

According to the Daily Telegraph, hundreds of innocent people have been branded as criminals by the Criminal Records' Bureau.

The paper claims it has seen figures showing almost 700 people were issued with incorrect information in the year to February 2008.

Election claims

The papers also cover the death of BBC foreign correspondent, Sir Charles Wheeler.

"The reporter's reporter" is the Guardian's tribute, and "a master of words" says the Times.

The Guardian publishes what it says is proof that Zimbabwe's election was rigged in Robert Mugabe's favour.

It runs pictures it says were provided by a prison officer in Harare that show how inmates had to fill in their ballots in front of Zanu-PF activists.

The Sun covers what it sees as the "grave national crisis" of knife crime on the country's streets.

For too long, it says, the government has been in denial and the time has come to get knives off the streets.

Identity crisis

The Daily Express reports on Laura Robson, the first British girl to reach a Wimbledon final for 24 years

The 14-year-old lives just round the corner from the All-England club.

The Daily Mirror has the story of a schoolgirl who cannot leave the country, get a job or a bank account because of a mix-up when she was born.

Jade Jacobs-Brooks, 16, does not have a birth certificate or passport and says she has been refused help by the government and European Parliament.