Papers reflect on Brown takeover

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The papers have mixed views on Gordon Brown's formal appointment as the new Labour party leader.

The Sun says he will call an "election in a year", while the Daily Mail places its bets on a spring vote.

The Times says he has already shown his "ruthless streak" by failing to give new deputy leader Harriet Harman the post of deputy prime minister.

Meanwhile, the Independent is upbeat. "New Labour, new era," it says, claiming Mr Brown has "pulled it off" after years of "nail-biting patience".

'Grimbledon'

The mood in the papers at the start of Wimbledon is gloomy.

The Sun renames the tournament "Grimbledon" and laments the withdrawal of British hopeful Andy Murray and a ban on spectators wearing fancy dress.

The Daily Express says this year's Wimbledon is beginning on what could be the wettest day across parts of the UK for 50 years.

And police are on high alert for terrorist car bombs at the All England Club, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Bejewelled wellies

The headline writers are kept busy by Dame Shirley Bassey's appearance at a very wet Glastonbury Festival.

"The minute you walked in the mud," is the Daily Telegraph's take on the singer's performance.

The Daily Mail goes for "Diamonds are for weather", in homage to Dame Shirley's Â£3,000 bejewelled wellies.

The papers calls the 70-year-old star a "true diva" explaining that she kept them clean by insisting a red carpet was laid wherever she walked.

No mod cons

The Independent reports on what it calls the "seismic" growth in property prices reaching the Yorkshire moors.

There, a 200-year-old cottage has sold for Â£375,000 despite having no roof tiles, electricity or gas supply.

And across the Pennines in Manchester, motorists could be fined Â£80 if they leave their engines idling unnecessarily, the Daily Express says.

The paper claims a row is brewing over exactly how long drivers can keep their cars running before getting a ticket.