G20 protests dominate newspapers

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Protests before and after Thursday's G20 summit of world leaders dominate the Sunday papers.

The Observer shows a photograph of a placard held by a demonstrator on Saturday which read "We're all doomed".

The Independent on Sunday says the summit has stirred people's "hopes and fears" while the Sunday Express reports that "discontent is widespread".

The News of the World likens tackling the global meltdown to fighting a war and calls for "cool heads".

Rotten eggs

The People suggests the only "whiff of British culture" world leaders will experience is the smell of rotten eggs hurled by eco-warriors.

Fears of "rent-a-mob hooligans" and rioters coming out of retirement are reported by the Sunday Mirror.

But Clive Bloom - an academic writing in the Sunday Telegraph - thinks a full-scale riot is unlikely.

The Sunday Times wonders why Prime Minister Gordon Brown raised expectations the summit might be a means to save the world.

'Cyber attack'

MPs expenses feature prominently in the Mail on Sunday which thinks the time has come to scrap the whole system.

The paper suggests ending the current system of allowances and replacing it with "legitimate and modest expenses".

The Sunday Times claims the dependence of vital services like power and water on computers exposes Britain to the risk of "cyber attack".

The paper also reports on a letter from poet and publisher TS Eliot rejecting George Orwell's novel Animal Farm.

Whooping cough

The Independent on Sunday says government advisers are to review defences against "forgotten" diseases.

It follows a steep rise in cases of whooping cough and scarlet fever reported by doctors, it says.

The Sunday Mirror claims Coleen Rooney - the wife of England striker Wayne - is three months pregnant.

The News of the World claims Prince William has revealed that he wants to go to war and fight for his country in Afghanistan.