Papers pile more pressure on Hain

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Pressure continues to mount on Work and Pensions Secretary Peter Hain over his failure to declare donations to his deputy leadership campaign.

The Independent raises the possibility of police involvement if the Electoral Commission rules he acted improperly.

It calls this a "blow to the minister's attempt to hang on to his job".

"Mr Hain should have resigned many days ago," says the Daily Express in its leader. "But failing that, the Prime Minister should have sacked him."

What the butler saw

Princess Diana's former butler dominates the papers after testifying at the inquest into her death.

Paul Burrell came unstuck, the Daily Mirror says, when he was ordered to disclose a "last secret" he claimed the Princess had told him.

He said he had forgotten it - and was sent home to refresh his memory.

The Guardian says there was a "Mills and Boon" flavour as the Mr Burrell spoke of the princess's doomed affair with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan.

Memory lapse

The papers focus on a policeman accused of murdering his wife who was released on bail - and apparently went on to shoot his mother-in-law and himself.

According to the Times, the judge who released Garry Weddell "couldn't remember" why he granted bail.

Judge John Bevan's decision was a "terrible error", the Sun says.

The paper speaks to friends of the family who say Weddell carried out the murders because he feared his wife's family would take his children away.

Ooh la la

There is much speculation in the newspapers about the whirlwind romance between the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the singer Carla Bruni.

The Daily Telegraph reports claims that they have married in secret - just two months after meeting, and three after President Sarkozy divorced his wife.

His alleged haste has earned him the nickname "Speedy Sarko", it adds.

The Daily Mail says that the president, who has been married twice before, has refused to confirm or deny the reports.