British Olympic gold rush celebrated

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The prowess of Britain's Olympic athletes is celebrated across many of the front pages.

"Midas Britons strike gold again...and again", says the Times over a picture of Christine Ohuruogu, who won Britain's first athletics gold medal.

Her smiling face beams out from the front of the Independent. "It just gets better and better", the paper says.

The Guardian says she timed her race to perfection, even though she says her race plan went out of the window.

Star pursuit

The Daily Mail contrasts the triumphs at the Olympics in Beijing with what it calls the "farce" over the non-return of former rock star Gary Glitter.

The paper has the headline "Best of British - worst of British".

A picture of him striking a familiar rock star pose on the plane to Bangkok takes up most of the Sun's front page.

One of the paper's reporters managed to find herself sitting next to him on the flight, enabling the paper to claim a "world exclusive".

Fruit study

Red grapes are the focus of attention on the front of the Daily Express, for their supposed health benefits.

Tests at Madrid University are said to show they can reduce blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and cut the risk of heart disease.

However, fruit juices get some bad press elsewhere in the papers.

The Daily Telegraph is among those to report a new study which found that drinking fruit juices can prevent vital medicines from working properly.

Oddest pet

A popular pet is Yoda, the four-eared cat whose owners in the US keep him indoors to prevent him being stolen.

The Daily Telegraph explains that the feline has two extra flaps behind his normal ears - although they do not detect sound.

Otherwise he is normal and appears to have perfect hearing, the Telegraph continues.

The Daily Mirror describes the cat - named after the "pointy-eared Star Wars character" - as America's oddest pet.