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13:38 UK time, Wednesday, 27 March 2013

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

The news that former Foreign Secretary David Miliband is to quit politics to run a charity in the US has been met with a flurry of puns and photo opportunities from the papers.

is the Times's take, next to a photo of David with brother Ed - hugging of course - just after the younger sibling won the Labour leadership back in 2010.

There's also a picture of "Banana man". That's David waving a banana back in 2008. It's "the photo that dogged Miliband ever after", the paper says.

Of course the Times isn't the only paper to bring that photo back from the archives.

The Daily Mail also splashes it across its pages.

Meanwhile the Daily Mirror - which broke the news - opts for "Bye-bye election" and "Bro Blow". Cue more photos of the siblings standing shoulder to shoulder at the leadership race.

Its online version opts for a simple .

Finally the Independent says David's departure sees the end of the

But Paper Monitor can't help but wonder if there'll be another chapter.

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