Army chief interview 'broadside'

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The Daily Mail carries what it calls a broadside at the Prime Minister's foreign policy in an interview with the head of the British Army.

General Sir Richard Dannatt gives his assessment of the British military involvement in Iraq in the interview.

He calls for British troops to be withdrawn "soon" from Iraq or else risk consequences there.

The Mail says his views are a repudiation of Mr Blair's view that the Iraq mission is morally right.

Language 'failure'

The prospect of foreign languages at GCSE level being made compulsory is seen by the Times as proof that school policies have failed.

The Daily Telegraph says the subject of foreign languages is now close to extinction in many secondary schools.

The Guardian says while minister Alan Johnson ordered a review, he appeared reluctant to reverse the government's policy if proven wrong.

The Daily Mirror reports on a teacher's sacking over wearing a veil.

'Own goal'

The humour of the Labour MP Sion Simon draws only stony faces for his video lampoon of the Conservative leader David Cameron.

Mimicking Mr Simon's performance, the Daily Mail carries the headline "da joke that backfired".

The Independent agrees, saying he has scored an own goal in his lampoon.

The paper also carries on its first page the last article - never completed - by Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, murdered last week.

Brain-teasers

Both the Guardian and the Times sympathise with Oxbridge candidates, having seen some of the brain-teasing questions they face to get a place.

As the Times puts it, they are a bizarre cross between University Challenge and Trivial Pursuit.

Veterinary hopefuls at Cambridge are asked: "What percentage of the world's water is contained in a cow?"

For philosophy, politics and economics there is the simple but taxing question: "Are you cool?"