Kashmir's lost generation debated

The "lost generation" of Kashmir is the lead story in most of Tuesday's papers.

The Independent has a picture of a man clasping the hand of his grandson - one of the thousands of children who died in the Pakistan earthquake.

The Daily Telegraph and the Times both feature six-year-old Sultan, who was dug from the rubble of his school after two days trapped in the debris.

Clutching a carton of orange juice, the

Times thinks that he represents "the face of hope".

Flimsy buildings

The papers paint a grim picture of towns devastated by the Pakistan quake.

The Times says most of the children in the town of Balakot were at school - but the buildings, made of flimsy concrete, were among the first to fall.

The Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail report the disaster from the perspective of the UK's Pakistanis.

The Mirror speaks to one man who fears he has lost 60 relatives. The Mail says a businessman from Oldham believes 80 of his family are dead or missing.

Chancellor's shoes

The news that Angela Merkel is to become the first woman chancellor of Germany appears in most of the papers.

The Guardian says there is not much to celebrate because the price Mrs Merkel had to pay means her CDU party has fewer ministerial posts than the SPD.

It's a view shared by the Times, which thinks her new government looks doomed.

But the paper insists she must stride out in her "new chancellor's shoes" - she may not be Margaret Thatcher, it says, but she is in office.

Plasticine goo

There is much mourning in the papers over the loss of the props and sets from the Wallace and Gromit films.

The Daily Star points out that, after a fire in the warehouse where they were stored, the films' heroes have been reduced to a pool of plasticine goo.

But their creator Nick Park tells the Sun that all is not lost.

The models used in his latest hit, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, are safe and well. Apparently they were locked up inside a special heavy-duty suitcase.