Newspaper headlines: 'Tories in open revolt' and 'row looms over crown'

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By BBC News
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Continuing unease about the Treasury's planned tax cuts features on several of the front pages.

According to the Times Liz Truss has been told by her most senior advisers to "rip up" the mini-budget and raise corporation tax "as the price of restoring confidence in her government". The paper says she now faces the choice "between further unnerving the markets or a politically humiliating retreat".

The Financial Times reports that "a growing number" of Conservative MPs also want the prime minister to scrap or phase in tax cuts "rather than embark on a painful squeeze on public spending over many years". The Daily Mirror sums up her dilemma with the headline: "U-turn or you go".

The i newspaper suggests that Tories are now in "open revolt" against Ms Truss, who failed to settle the nerves of her backbenchers at a meeting of the 1922 Committee last night. "If anything", the paper claims, "her situation has worsened after a shaky performance in the face of their anger and despair".

One MP tells the Guardian that the atmosphere was "funereal", while another said she had "done absolutely nothing to reassure colleagues whatsoever". HuffPost UK reports that even the Tory whips "couldn't be bothered getting people to ask supportive questions".

But the Daily Express says Ms Truss "swatted away" the attacks on her economic plans at Prime Minister's Questions yesterday - with her supporters instead directing anger at the Bank of England for refusing to extend its emergency bond-buying programme.

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The Koh-i-Noor diamond seen in the crown on the Queen Mother's coffin

The Daily Telegraph says that Buckingham Palace is reconsidering whether to crown Camilla as Queen Consort next year with a controversial Indian diamond.

The Koh-i-Noor jewel has been worn by various consorts including Queen Mary in the past, but its ownership is disputed and India's ruling political party says the choice for Camilla to make it part of her coronation would "transport" some people "back to the days of the British Empire".

The Daily Mail writes it could cause a serious diplomatic incident between the UK and India - and even scupper future trade deals.

The Sun reports that American scientists have successfully grafted human brain cells into rats - which it is hoped could help them better understand conditions such as epilepsy.

The nerves - grown in a laboratory - were implanted into rodents just two or three days old, and made up a third of their brain after six months - becoming part of rats' decision making process. The researchers think it will improve their ability to produce more realistic models of human diseases, rather than studying cells in a dish.

And the Daily Star pictures Rob - a black and white collie-retriever who completed 20 parachute jumps in the Second World War and has now made auction history. Strapped into a special harness, the dog followed infantry troops into north Africa and parachuted into Nazi-held Italy with the SAS.

He was subsequently given the Dickin Medal for Gallantry - considered the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross - and other awards. The collection went under the hammer yesterday and sold for a record £140,000. Basil Payne - the son of Rob's original owner - said he was delighted that the collie's story and legacy were "held in such high respect".