Papers fear economic 'Armageddon'

The papers are still on tenterhooks about the success - or failure - of a proposed $700bn bail-out for the US economy.

"Squabbling in the face of Armageddon" is how the Daily Telegraph describes the dispute between members of Congress over the plan.

The Times says the row is a sign of things to come: "In the year ahead, debt - national, institutional and personal - will be the battleground."

One banker tells the Financial Times: "It feels as if we are 15 minutes away from the end of the world."

'Be bolder'

The start of the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham brings a series of messages for David Cameron.

"He can no longer sit on his hands and wait for opportunity to knock," says the Daily Mail.

"In this time of economic peril, being the least bad option is no longer enough," the paper adds.

The Independent says Tory activists want him to be "bolder on policy", but have "remarkably low expectations" of what a Cameron-led government could achieve.

'Loony Toons'

The appointment of Joe Kinnear as interim manager of troubled club Newcastle United puzzles some writers.

The Daily Telegraph says it is "a huge shock, even by Newcastle's standards".

The Sun agrees, branding the decision "Loony Toons". Kinnear, it says scathingly, was "last seen leaving Forest after helping to get them relegated in 2004".

"You have got to be joe-king," adds the Daily Express. It is a sign that Newcastle's season has "lurched further into the bizarre".

Buzz Lightyear

Most papers are in raptures at Yves Rossy's flight across the Channel using a single jet-propelled wing.

The Sun says the "Rocket Man" and other adventurers like him "lift our spirits by daring to do the impossible".

"To Dover and beyond" cries the Daily Mirror, comparing him to Toy Story character Buzz Lightyear. "It might sound like a child's fantasy", but it was real.

The Guardian, meanwhile, is just impressed he managed the feat strapped to what it calls a "streamlined ironing board".