Grammar school row provides focus

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The Tory party row over grammar schools provides a focus for many papers.

According to the Daily Mail, leader David Cameron is returning from holiday after the most challenging week since he took over.

The Guardian reflects the fears of some senior Conservatives that the dispute is making the party look chaotic and potentially elitist.

The Times, meanwhile, adopts the language of a school report, awarding Mr Cameron an E-minus.

Johnston video

There are mixed emotions about the release of the video of the kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston.

For the Daily Mirror, it was a humiliating tape, while the Sun condemns it as useless propaganda.

The Times acknowledges that Alan Johnston's release seems no closer, but reflects the hope offered by the first proof that he is still alive.

The paper believes the words he used appear to give a clue that the recording was made in recent days.

Bargain deals

In a front page story, the Daily Telegraph says travel companies are selling package holidays to the Mediterranean for as little as Â£5.

Firms are offloading unsold holidays as people increasingly book their own deals on the internet, it says.

The Guardian says it has found evidence of serious irregularities at the heart of the process the world is relying on to control global warming.

An offset scheme has been criticised by the UN, the paper reports.

Ultimate bling

The Daily Express has a new accessory for police dogs - body armour.

South Yorkshire police has begun fitting the animals with specially adapted vets made of chain-mail as protection against knife attacks.

The Independent considers Damien Hirst's latest work of a cast of a skull encrusted with more than eight thousand diamonds.

With a Â£50m price tag, the paper asks: "Is this the ultimate bit of bling, or a sparkling commentary on our age?"