All about the Ashes in the papers

The papers are in a celebratory mood with pictures of a jubilant England cricket team holding up the Ashes urn splashed across most of the front pages.

It is purple prose and dreadful puns aplenty, with the Daily Express declaring the start of "A New Dawn For a New England".

"The Ashes are Home", rejoices the Independent, while a Guardian headline proclaims "England Back in Paradise".

"We Kicked Their Ashes" is the Sun's take on the sporting drama.

'Urned it'

The Daily Telegraph describes how the crowd at The Oval "erupted in a tumult of unbounded joy" when the final Australian wicket fell.

The Mirror predicts strenuous partying by the England side who reclaimed the coveted Ashes. After all, the paper says, they have "Urned It".

It also reports that fans of Andrew Flintoff want him to get a knighthood.

The Financial Times says the win was greeted with delight but not the "hysteria" of England's 2005 victory.

'Don't buckle'

The Times predicts the decision to release the Lockerbie bomber could topple the SNP government in Edinburgh.

It claims the growing row is the first international test to which a Scottish government has been exposed.

But the Scotsman urges the Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill, who took the decision to free Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, to stand firm.

"The heat may be on, but to buckle now would be a humiliation in the eyes of the world," says an editorial.

'Biblical proportions'

The Guardian has printed a huge photograph over two pages of the night sky in Athens.

The Acropolis stands in the foreground, while behind it hangs an eerie red light from the dozens of fires raging out of control on the city's outskirts.

A local mayor says he is in no doubt most of the fires were started by arsonists to clear land for developers.

"It's complete chaos," he told the Daily Express. "It's a disaster of biblical proportions."