Papers reflect on Afghan plane crash

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For the News of the World they were the "Heroes who didn't stand a chance".

A Black Day is how the Daily Star Sunday describes the deaths of 14 British military personnel, killed in a Nimrod plane crash in Afghanistan.

The Observer says UK troops suffered their most deadly day since the war on terror began and the Sunday Mirror terms it as the "terrible cost of war".

The Independent on Sunday poses a stark question - are British troops in Afghanistan on a mission impossible?

'Brooding presence'

There is intense interest in the Islamic school in East Sussex which is currently being searched by anti-terrorist police.

The Observer describes the property as a "strange Gothic building, falling into disrepair".

While the Sunday Telegraph says that even when it was a Catholic seminary the building had a "brooding presence".

One of the school's trustees tells the Mail on Sunday its principal is highly respected and reliable.

Ghandi visit

The Telegraph has an interview with former South African foreign minister Pik Botha.

He says David Cameron was wrong to denounce Margaret Thatcher's policy towards the country in the 1980s.

The Mirror claims an exclusive for a report that Mr Cameron is now planning to visit Mahatma Ghandi's memorial garden in India.

First it was Mandela, the paper declares, now the Tory leader is off to India in "yet another cynical stunt".

Cookery classes

The smell of cooking is set to waft through the nation's schools once more, according to the Telegraph and Express.

The Sunday Times says all secondary school pupils will be offered practical cookery classes but the Independent points out they will not be compulsory.

The People reports on steps taken by the English Bowling Association to avoid drug doping scandals.

One player tells the paper "the only thing many bowlers take is Sanatogen and Viagra".