Campbell diaries make front pages

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Revelations about the run-up to the Iraq war from the diaries of former Downing Street spin doctor Alastair Campbell make front page news.

But the Times' verdict is "interesting but hardly politically explosive", while the Daily Mail's Peter Oborne calls it: "Self-serving and sanitised."

The Independent says claims about Mr Campbell's doubts about the war may convince a "fickle public".

But he was "Blair's great enforcer", who "intimidated real doubters".

Terror fight

The Sun is pessimistic about the government prediction that the fight against terrorism could take 15 years.

It points out that the Northern Ireland Troubles lasted more than 30 years, and warns of an enemy with a "seemingly endless stock of suicide bombers".

The Guardian identifies a "missing link" in Gordon Brown's move to strengthen democracy: electoral reform.

"Nothing is more central to the strength of democracy than the way votes are counted," the paper argues.

Debt

Half a million homeowners have missed mortgage payments in the last six months, reports the Daily Express.

The latest interest rate rise is likely to send soaring the number of people falling into arrears, it predicts.

A number of papers note that first-time buyers now pay more than £1,400 in stamp duty on average - up from almost zero in 1997.

Meanwhile, the Times reports that teenagers are to be given formal lessons in managing debts.

Sports day

Wimbledon champion Roger Federer appears on front and back pages, after entering "the realm of legend", according to the Independent.

The Guardian reports that he was so overcome by emotion after his victory that he put his trousers on the wrong way round to collect his trophy.

A "groan of national disappointment" greeted Lewis Hamilton's third place in the British Grand Prix, says the Mail.

His championship ambitions stalled in his own back yard, says the Times.