"Flowers for Nato, jeers for Serbs" says a headline in The Guardian, one of several papers to carry pictures of jubilant Kosovo Albanians greeting British troops arriving in Pristina.

The Times says the soldiers had come prepared for a bombardment - although not a barrage of wild roses and chocolate bars.

But away from the celebrations, The Guardian finds evidence of the suffering of Kosovo's Albanian population. The paper says 100m from where a column of British armoured cars was being warmly welcomed, its reporter discovered the graves of 26 villagers massacred by Serb paramilitaries.

It is not only Serb forces that have been giving Nato cause for concern, according to a report in The Independent.

The paper says the best-laid plans of the alliance commander, General Sir Michael Jackson, went "pear-shaped" from the first moment, when a convoy of up to 400 vehicles hired by the world's media overtook his army at the border.

The reporters, photographers and camera crews raced ahead of the general's forces, the paper says, "and were already drinking their cold beers at the Grand Hotel in Pristina while his battle tanks were stuck in traffic jams created by the journalist laggards 20 miles south".

The Independent says that in the words of one junior officer, General Jackson was emitting steam from every orifice.

Tory Euro wins

Although the full results of the European Elections were still unknown as the earlier editions of the papers went to press, most splashed with the Tory triumph.

The Daily Telegraph says Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing a backlash from Labour MPs over the introduction of proportional representation, which many believe magnified the party's losses.

The Independent says Tory leader William Hague will be encouraged by the results to make the European single currency the central plank of his party's campaign at the next general election.

And The Sun predicts a revival for the Tories: its opinion column says "the party dubbed a dead parrot by The Sun could soon be squawking loudly".

Warning for Lib Dems

As the race to succeed Paddy Ashdown hots up, the Financial Times expresses concern at the number of Liberal Democrat MPs throwing their hats into the ring.

The FT's opinion column says that with seven likely leadership candidates, "the Liberal Democrats are suffering from an exaggerated sense of their own importance". The paper warns the Lib Dems they are "in serious danger of making fools of themselves" unless they can show that their party has grown up.

The Express reports that the government plans to recruit an extra 7,000 doctors, in an attempt to reduce the hours worked by their junior colleagues.