War demonstrations lead papers

"A World Against the War" reads the headline on The Independent on Sunday.

Beneath it, images from yesterday's anti-war demonstrations around the world.

Pictures of banner-waving crowds in Washington, Damascus and the Irish Republic, Moscow, Tokyo and Liverpool.

The Observer describes how six-thousand people marched through the streets of Paris, and three-thousand gathered in the former East German city of Rostock.

The Sunday Mirror pictures two protestors outside Northwood military base in northwest London.

One of them, wearing a mask of President Bush, sits astride a pantomime horse. The animal has a similar mask of Tony Blair attached to its rear end.

The Mail on Sunday's front page carries the story of an eighty-eight year old widow from Stoke on Trent, who's apparently been told by her GP that she has to move surgeries - so he can treat asylum seekers from a nearby hostel instead.

Flagging sales

The paper says Lydia Perry's case is not unique - and other people are being randomly struck off doctors' lists for similar reasons.

The Sunday Times reports there could be an annual one-off national lottery prize of up to 50m.

The paper says it would be an attempt to revive flagging ticket sales, and could emulate the success of Spain's "El Gordo", or, "The Fat One".

That draw pays out more than a billion pounds at Christmas, and attracts three-quarters of Spain's population.

An Oxford graduate's decision to leave her job in the City and become a plumber is highlighted by the Sunday Telegraph.

According to the paper, Nicola Gillison has decided to join the "Drain Brain" - growing numbers of graduates who've chosen to retrain with the promise of a good salary, flexible hours, and job security.

Finally, The Independent on Sunday asks readers to "Press One" if they think automated telephone switchboards are ripping them off.

The paper says a group of MPs is demanding an inquiry into the recorded voices, time-wasting option menus, and annoying canned music, which allegedly lead to longer, more expensive calls.

Apparently call-waiting system delays are now so widespread, that some companies now offer customers a choice of music while they hang on.