Labour's 'turmoil' in the papers

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If there is one word to describe a recurring theme in the day's papers, it would be "turmoil".

This is the very word used by the Times to describe the state of a "chaotic Labour Party stumbling towards its showpiece conference".

The Daily Telegraph says Labour MPs have put Gordon Brown on notice that he has only a matter of weeks to save his troubled premiership.

"Six weeks to avoid the sack" is the stark headline in the Independent.

The Guardian says the police are to expand a car surveillance operation enabling them to store millions of journeys for up to five years.

It says the database already records the whereabouts of 10m drivers a day - and will be able to store 18bn licence plate sightings next year.

Driving costs

The Sun wonders whether Gordon Brown regrets handing independence to the Bank of England.

It thinks he would like to cut interest rates by half a point before December.

The Daily Telegraph suggests the government has a road pricing agenda that goes far beyond the stated purpose of tackling congestion hot spots.

It says companies bidding to run trials of pricing schemes have been asked to devise a system that could impose a minimum charge for any car journey.

The Daily Mail has not forgotten about 63,000 customers of the collapsed travel company XL.

These holidaymakers remain stranded abroad and are still trying to return.

Shoe-in

There is evidence in the Daily Express of the kind of impact only a woman could make in politics.

It reports there is a stampede for the red, peep-toe, patent heels that Sarah Palin wore when she addressed the Republican convention.

The Mirror's front page focuses on the troubles at Newcastle United.

"For sale," it says, "one football club, heavily used, owner hasn't got unlimited cash and no longer feels safe at the ground. Price: Â£300m."