Focus on petrol protests

Despite a variety of front page leads, calls for a boycott on Tuesday of petrol stations in protest at high fuel prices, is the one story on which most papers have a view.

The "Dump the Pump" campaign, which has been championed by The Daily Mail, is regarded as an opportunity to make a public complaint about rising petrol prices in a dignified way, without breaking the law.

The Sun endorses the boycott, saying it sends a "four star warning" to the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, about public anger over prices.

Picture this

Photocalls with a difference take up several pages in the press with few papers able to avoid the temptation of printing pictures of a semi-clad Jerry Hall.

The Texan model and actress is starring as Mrs Robinson at London's West End play, The Graduate, and The Mirror calls it "the most hyped showbiz event of the year".

Arch-rivals the Sun and the Mirror for once agree that the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has made a mistake in cancelling the traditional family photocall at the start of his summer holiday.

The Mirror warns that his action could alienate the press for no good reason and incite the very harassment of his family he has sought to avoid.

Online banking jitters

The shutdown of Barclays' online banking service is picked up by The Independent and The Guardian, which say the credibility of online banking has suffered a major blow.

According to the Independent, the bank apparently took several days to deal with a software fault which allowed users to see full details of other people's accounts.

Political gamble

The Daily Telegraph says Conservative Party leader William Hague has taken "a political gamble" by praising George W Bush's "compassionate conservatism" in a speech at a fringe meeting of the US Republican Party's national convention in Philadelphia.

It says Mr Hague is likely to receive a frosty reception at the White House if the Democrats win the presidential election in November.

Unholy trinity

The Times reports on a speech by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, in which he denounced Western culture as being obsessed by an "unholy trinity" of therapy, education and wealth.

In what the paper calls "one of his most strongly worded speeches for a decade," it says he told a conference in Amsterdam of his concerns that counselling failed to face up to the reality of sin.

Times commentator Michael Gove says Dr Carey is one of the few public figures of our time who is not telling his audience what they want to hear.

He suggests that this fact is, in itself, therapeutic.