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10:56 UK time, Tuesday, 25 October 2011

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

There has been much ado about the anti-capitalist protesters who have set up camp outside St Paul's Cathedral in London. They are attracting lots of attention from the papers, passers-bys, tourists and workers.

But the Times has the best scoop of all - nine out of 10 campers are not that fond of sleeping on cold, hard concrete and desert their posts for the comfort and warmth of their own beds at night.

How they came about this information is actually quite sophisticated. It did not involve a junior reporter knocking on the nylon doors at the dead of night and conducting a census. It came from thermal imaging cameras from police helicopters. Now, that's clever.

Another British institution attracting attention is the Queen. She is touring Australia and about 45,000 people greeted her in Brisbane yesterday. The Sun has a picture of the scene, asking readers to spot the diminutive monarch amid the sea of people and cameras. It's headline is ?

The Mirror copies the Where's Wally theme but gives the game away by circling the monarch. Where's the fun in that?

The paper also covers the story of the Australian man who "mooned" at the Queen's motorcade. But it seems even semi-streakers have their boundaries because the paper says he was careful to hide his "crown jewels" and "didgeridoo".

I didn't show my front bits. There were loads of people and I wouldn't want them seeing that.

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