Corfu events still in the papers

Events in Corfu involving Labour's Lord Mandelson, shadow chancellor George Osborne and billionaire Oleg Deripaska continue to be explored in the papers.

"Yet More Questions to Answer, Mr Mandelson," says the Sunday Times on his admission he had known the Russian for twice as long as previously stated.

The Observer says a "squalid squabble" has left the Tories wounded - but warns of possible dangers for Lord Mandelson.

"EU Questions Rock Boat for Mandelson," runs a headline in the Sunday Express.

Foreign donations

The News of The World focuses on political funding despite denials from the shadow chancellor that he tried for a donation from a Russian billionaire.

It calls for a "root-and-branch shake-up" of party funding.

According to the Sunday Mirror, ministers are planning to tighten rules on foreign donations to political parties through UK firms.

It says Justice Secretary Jack Straw could add new rules to the Political Parties and Election Bill.

Star shoppers

Confirmation the UK has moved into recession worries the papers, with the Sunday Times accusing ministers of "desperately changing tack".

The Sunday Telegraph highlights a claim by 16 leading economists, that Alistair Darling's plans to spend his way out of recession are "misguided".

The Mail on Sunday looks for more tangible ways to convey the extent of the recession.

It says actress Joan Collins has been driven to shop at a discount store.

Heroes return

Britain's mission in Afghanistan is explored in several papers.

The People carries a picture of the Second Battalion, Parachute Regiment, home after a gruelling six-month tour, under the headline "Heroes Return".

The Observer says of 160 soldiers who manned a fort in Helmand, nearly one in three was wounded - a higher casualty rate for British troops than in WWII.

Writing in the News of the World, new Defence Secretary John Hutton argues the mission is worth the sacrifice.