Bush and terror dominate papers

George Bush's impending state visit is one of the biggest stories this weekend.

The Sunday Telegraph reports that the Queen rejected an American request for structural work on Buckingham Palace, to strengthen it against a bomb attack or an airborne assault.

The Observer has a long list of other American security requests rejected by the authorities in the UK.

They include the closure of London Underground, and the shipping of battlefield weaponry, for use against rioters.

But Washington will apparently get its way on road closures and a security cordon around the president.

The Independent on Sunday reports that some relatives of British soldiers killed in Iraq will accuse Mr Bush to his face of lying about the reasons for the war.

One war widow, Lianne Seymour, is pictured on the front page, under the headline, My Husband Died in Vain.

The Sunday Times and the Observer lead with a plan for a fast exit by Britain and America from Iraq - agreed, they say, by Mr Bush and Tony Blair.

Terror fears

The Sunday Times says the Americans are clearing the way for a substantial withdrawal of forces in eight months.

The Observer says some troops will need to stay, possibly until 2006.

Terrorist threats concern many of the papers. The News of the World reports that intelligence agents have been combing London for a dirty nuclear bomb.

The Sunday Times talks about al-Qaeda terrorists being on the move.

The Sunday Express says Britain's anti-terrorist forces are in a panic because of a shortage of trained staff, and they have turned to private security firms, such as Group 4, for help.

Celebrity marriages

Inside, it says the hunt is on for 20 Algerian sleeper agents, possibly armed with biological weapons.

The Sunday Mirror trumps them all, with a report that up to 80 hardcore Muslim fanatics may be preparing attacks.

Despite these apocalyptic visions, the tabloids retain their sense of perspective - and their fascination with the state of celebrity marriages.

The Beckhams, and Kate Moss, both make the front pages.

Politics also keeps a foothold - the Mail on Sunday reports that Labour want to allow the public to rent their own beat bobbies.

The Telegraph leads with the call by David Davis, the new shadow home secretary, for the return of the death penalty in the worst murder cases.

Golden Wonders

The News of the World devotes two pages to photographs which, it says, were smuggled out of Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow.

They appear to show the Libyan man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing enjoying what the paper says is a life of luxury.

The News of the World says the facilities rival a four-star hotel. It wonders: Has the world gone completely mad?

It is a busy weekend for the sports writers. England against France in the Rugby World Cup, is still to come, and there is Australia's victory over New Zealand to talk about.

The Sunday Times calls it the best performance for more than a decade by a team it hails as Golden Wonders.

Ructions in the England football camp get much attention, and Scotland win praise for beating the Dutch one-nil.

The Sunday Herald says that an electrified Hampden Park overdosed on an extraordinary victory.

Wales on Sunday, meanwhile, pays tribute to the Welsh heroes who, it says, battled to a nil-nil draw in Moscow.