Christine Ohuruogu storms to victory in the 400m to add to three earlier golds for Great Britain in the cycling and sailing.

Chris Morris looks at the horse trading in the run-up to the vote of confidence in India's government.

Lord Coe rejects pessimistic views of young people and says the London Games will leave a lasting legacy, reports Sean Coughlan.

US newsreader Mika Brzezinski attempts to burn her script in protest at leading the bulletin with Paris Hilton.

The bestseller lists are full of memoirs about miserable childhoods and anguished families. Waterstone's even has a "Painful Lives" shelf. Why are authors confessing their hurt so freely and do readers find morbid enjoyment in them?

Even celebrities need to sell their houses but how do estate agents protect their precious privacy?

Coverage of President Jacques Chirac's televised address after weeks of suburban rioting dominates French newspapers.

Premiership rugby revamps its end-of-season format with the top four in the play-offs and no wildcard competition.

How George Galloway gave Labour a bloody nose over Iraq in Bethnal Green and Bow.

Papers in Iraq hail the inaugural session of the Iraqi parliament as a first step towards national unity.

UK officials attack France and Germany's negotiating tactics but an EU deal appears to have been reached.

A look at what's making the headlines in Friday's morning newspapers.

The head of the UN peacekeeping mission during the 1994 Rwanda genocide writes about trying to stop the killing.

What have we learned from the Hutton Inquiry, and will it have historical impact?

Comment on the France-Germany-UK summit and the heavy defeat for Chancellor Schroeder's Social Democrats in Bavaria dominates the European papers.

BBC Sport's Tom Fordyce examines whether Paris' bid for the 2012 Olympics has been strengthened by the World Athletics.

The four-hundred richest Americans earn more together than all 166 million people who live in four of the countries on the presidential tour.

The best bits from Tuesday's newspapers.

The Italian authorities prevent the famous former White House intern from appearing on state TV, following complaints from the government.

BBC Sport Online gathers newspaper reaction to England's eighth successive defeat in an Ashes series.