Papers shaken up over earthquake

"Shaken, but only slightly stirred" is how the Daily Telegraph sums up the impact of Britain's biggest earthquake in 24 years.

A Lincolnshire man tells the Guardian he assumed his tumble dryer was on before experiencing what felt like the "worst fairground ride imaginable".

The Sun says some thought a lorry had crashed into their house, others that a lunatic was running up the stairs.

The Daily Mirror finds it "amazing" that only one person was seriously hurt.

'Rattling saucers'

The Independent reports that close to the epicentre in Market Rasen "everyone was standing outside in their pyjamas".

It says it seemed to be "that kind of shared encounter with adversity that we as a country traditionally relish".

The Daily Mail wryly comments: "A very bad day for the crockery; first it was the cocoa cups, rattling in their saucers, then the ornamental plates."

It was left to the photographs to make clear that for some, of course, it was far worse.

Eating habits

The Mail hails early success in its campaign to banish plastic bags from shops.

Across seven pages, it highlights the harm that the bags can do to wildlife and the landscape.

The Independent also pats itself on the back - believing it has helped to bring about falling sales of battery chickens and rising demand for free-range birds.

It says supermarkets have been forced to think about ethics and describes its campaign as one "that changed the eating habits of a nation".

'Doctors' conscience'

Any indignation the papers can muster is directed chiefly at the deal that has pushed up the pay - and reduced the hours - of family doctors.

The Mail calls it a scandal and the Daily Express is "enraged".

It says "our cash is being poured down the drain" and it condemns the deal as a "scandal".

The Mirror describes the effect as "a sick joke". It thinks no doctor with a conscience should accept "more pay for less work".