Airport image dominates papers

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Six papers share the same front page photo of a man at Glasgow Airport, almost naked with his clothes burned off, held on the ground by a police officer.

"Target Britain" is the headline in the Times. "Burned and scorched" says the Express.

The Independent leads with the progress made by the investigation. "Hour by hour, the smoke clears," is the headline. "It seems wise for the authorities," says the paper's leader writer, "to prepare for the possibility that there could be more attacks to come."

The Sun says the prime minister's declaration that the UK will not yield to terrorism, is not empty rhetoric. "He has urged us to be vigilant but to go on living our lives as normal. Consider it done Gordon," concludes an editorial.

Diana

Pictures of Prince William dancing with his brother, Harry, are in several papers.

Reports on the concert they organised in memory of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, vary.

The Daily Mail concentrates on the presence of William's former girlfriend, Kate Middleton, in the VIP enclosure.

The Guardian meanwhile, reviews the music on offer. The list of performers was so eclectic, writes the paper, that "the question of who could possibly like it all hangs over the event."

'Supergrades'

The Mail mentions the new "A-star supergrade."

Pupils will have to score 90 per cent to achieve the top A-level grade.

The rules will come in, says the Telegraph, from next year, "to counter criticism that the qualification no longer identifies the most able candidates".

The Sun says: "Here's a simple question: Why not keep the grades as they are and make the exams harder? Discuss."

Puffed out

The Sun is one of the papers that reflects on day one of the smoking ban in England.

It says throughout the country "open lean-tos were packed with drinkers desperate for a fag with their pint."

A Times editorial says the ban "seems logical and sound to many but still involves a substantial infringement on the personal liberty of a minority."

"Thousands defy smoking ban in mass protest" is the Telegraph's headline.