Papers impressed by Cern launch

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"Two tiny dots flicker" and "the great atom adventure is on" is how the Times sums up launch of the Hadron Collider.

The £5bn project has successfully got under way in Switzerland.

The Independent says although the occasion was impressive it was also "the biggest PR exercise mounted by Europe's scientific community".

The paper describes how engineers worked frantically to prevent any last minute problems and compares the launch to booting up a sulky PC.

Scientists' challenge

The Financial Times warns they will face a challenge in presenting the results in a way that enthuses non-scientists.

And it seems some of the papers are yet to be convinced of its merits.

Stephen Glover in the Daily Mail says "we may be reasonably sure it will not live up to the reverential billing it has enjoyed in some quarters".

But Ben Macintyre in the Times says if scientists cannot yet tell us precisely what it all means, this is "simply the nature of exploration and discovery".

Bin fine

The Daily Mirror is critical of the £700 fine imposed on a single mum from Manchester who put her rubbish out too early.

It reports that Victoria Clarke left three bin bags outside her gate so her daughter, 4, would have more room to play in the back yard.

The Mirror says the fine is "silly" saying councils should be doing more to persuade rather than coerce homeowners.

The Daily Express contrasts it with the punishment given to a driver who caused a crash killing one person who was fined £85.

Officer criticism

A senior police officer who took part in a carnival parade in Cornwall dressed as Osama Bin Laden also comes in for heavy criticism.

Many of the papers carry a picture of Chief Superintendent, Colin Terry, wearing the full latex mask as well as Arab robes at the event in Grampound.

The Sun is particularly outraged it happened just days before the 11 September anniversary.

The officer insists he didn't mean to create offence.