Papers remember 'greatest footballer'

Colourful descriptions of the life of George Best fill both back and front pages of the papers.

The Independent prefers to let the man himself do the talking, devoting two pages to his most memorable quotes.

Most papers agree with the Daily Express, which urges us to remember "perhaps the greatest ever footballer" as he was, "not as he became".

The Sun is struck by the outpouring of grief at his death and predicts his funeral will be the "biggest since Di."

Father's agony

The face of little Lydia Beshenivsky looks out from the front page of the Daily Mail.

Her father, Paul, tells the paper how he agonised for a week over how to tell the four-year-old her mother, PC Sharon Beshenivsky, had been shot dead.

Meanwhile, the Commonwealth Summit attracts plenty of scepticism, with the Guardian calling it "little more than an outing for the Queen".

But the Times and Sun praise Tony Blair's criticism of Uganda's leader, who is accused of harassing opponents.

Retirement worries

According to the papers, Gordon Brown is rumoured to be furious that a letter in which he queried some of the Pensions Commission was leaked to the press.

The Times says the chancellor has ordered an inquiry to find out who leaked it, suspecting someone at No 10.

The Daily Mirror calls for a sense of perspective, saying: "Pensioners and workers coming up to retirement are worried about many things.

"Who leaked a letter... is not one of them," it says.

Postman's dedication

The first cold snap of the winter means there are plenty of pictures of children playing in the snow and lines of traffic stuck in blizzards.

Most papers focus on disruption, with tales of motorists stuck in their cars and pupils stranded at school.

But the Daily Telegraph praises a postman who walked eight miles in a blizzard to deliver his letters.

And the Guardian enthuses about the "joyous, cleansing" snow giving us a chance to forget about global warming.