Politicians spill the beans

Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith is a worried man.

According to an interview in The Guardian he is worried about his weight.

Apart from that, he apparently seems unworried and at ease with himself, relaxed and cheerful even, according to his interviewer.

Mr Duncan Smith reveals he does not find Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons a pleasure and talks about the difficulties of trying to avoid looking a fool.

He concedes his party has a lot of ground to make up before the next election and says they will require luck and a lot of judgement.

He also repeats his view broadcast coverage of his party is unfair.

On Europe, he believes Iraq changed everything. It showed up a question Mr Duncan Smith believes everyone has got to face up to: "What is it for?"

'Stifling debate'

The The Times says former culture secretary Chris Smith has become the latest ex-Cabinet minister to accuse Tony Blair of being out of touch.

In an interview with the paper, Mr Smith says Mr Blair has never been "part of the heart and soul of the Labour movement".

Mr Smith, who has announced he is standing down at the next election, also criticises the government for stifling debate on the Euro, and suggests he wanted to pull the plug on the Millennium Dome - but was stopped by the prime minister.

On Iraq, Mr Smith says he notes sadly the problem of weapons of mass destruction - the principal reason for going to war - appears not to have existed.

Writing in The Independent, the paper's founder and former editor Andreas Whittam Smith says if the weapons are not found, the prime minister, the foreign secretary and the defence secretary should all resign.

Corporate responsibility

The Guardian lead suggests the government is set to announce a new offence of "corporate manslaughter" to hold companies to account for deaths caused through gross management negligence.

The paper says the new criminal offence will be introduced later this year as a means of defusing a rebellion over the Criminal Justice Bill by up to 80 Labour MPs.

It is that time of year again and school sports days are back on the reporter's timetable.

The Daily Mirror is among a number of papers to tell of a letter sent to parents of children at a primary school in Sutton Coldfield.

Not only will there be no competitive games during sports day but parents have been asked not to attend what the head teacher calls an "outdoor activity event" in case any children feel embarrassed by their efforts.

The Daily Express in an editorial describes the school's behaviour as "barking".

Thief's trail

The strange case of the Chelsea saboteur is told on the front page of The Times.

A curious wrecking spree apparently raised tensions on the eve of the Queen's visit to the famous flower show.

The show's manager Mavis Sweetingham had to turn detective after three stands competing for gold medals were damaged.

The clues included trampled plants, mysterious prints on flower beds and a trail of potato crisps.

The intruder had ripped open packets of crisps of every variety except one from a box-load stored on one of the stands.

Mrs Sweetingham has now identified the culprit - a fox, who does not like prawn cocktail flavour.