The repercussions and recriminations following the collapse of the Kids Company charity continue to fill the papers.
The Guardian accuses the charity's trustees of ignoring warnings that it needed to bank some cash as a "financial cushion" to protect it from collapse.
The paper says its analysis shows that despite receiving millions from the government and rich donors, Kids Company "lived hand to mouth, never built up any reserves, and spent almost all its income each year".
It adds that the trustees in charge were warned by senior directors that the charity was in danger of "serious cashflow issues" if nothing was done.
Kids Company was declared insolvent on Wednesday after a government grant was halted and private donations dried up in the wake of bad publicity.
The paper's editorial says the fall of the high-profile charity highlights a widespread problem with trustees who may spend too little time on their responsibilities, may not understand balance sheets - or the role of non-profit making organisations.
It recommends better training for those sitting on the boards of charities, and a greater diversity in the people selected as trustees.
The Independent also leads on a Kids Company story.
It says financier and prominent Tory donor James Lupton may have lobbied ministers on behalf of the charity and influenced them to continue supporting Kids Company after civil servants raised concerns.
Mr Lupton - also a major donor to the charity - has not responded to the Independent's story, but Labour has called for a probe into how much influence political donors may have had on the decision to keep awarding grants to Kids Company.
The Financial Times says the fact that two civil servants were embedded within Kids Company for a year "trying to put the organisation's funding on a more sustainable footing" raised questions about the charity's close links with government.
The FT says the Cabinet Office will not reveal if the civil servants seconded to work with the organisation raised any financial concerns.
The Times hints that the charity's trustees knew that it would shut last week, because the police investigation into whether Kids Company mishandled sex abuse claims would "put off" prospective donors.
The paper says that it was this concern that led them to turn down a £3m donation from a group of philanthropists.
"However, many staff were given only an hour's notice that it was to close on Wednesday night," the paper adds.
Its editorial says: "The Kids Company scandal has undermined public trust in the efficiency and probity of the third sector."
Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir agrees, saying the "sorry mess" of Kids company's demise "taints the entire well of charities".
She calls on the charity's founder Camila Batmanghelidjh to stop "presenting herself as the victim of the piece" and help "clear up the mess and rumours as quickly as possible".
Baffling breach
The case of a 40-year-old Sudanese migrant who made his way in total darkness through more than 30 miles of the busy Channel Tunnel fascinates the press.
The Daily Express says Abdul Rahman Haroun used one of the rail tunnels rather than the service shaft for his 11-hour attempt to reach Britain.
He triggered an alarm about 15 miles in and was arrested just yards from the tunnel mouth in Kent.
The paper explains that Haroun - who has been charged with trespassing on a railway line - avoided 100mph trains passing him by and a tight security cordon.
The Express's editorial says the way the intruder was able to access the tunnel was "baffling" and proof that the French "are not taking the problem as seriously as they should be".
The Daily Mail says a train sent to retrieve Haroun after he triggered the alarm could not locate him despite hundreds of security cameras at the site.
A "source close to Eurotunnel" tells the paper that the company deals with 1,000 attempted incursions a night.
"Most are apprehended before they enter the tunnel and they don't get far if they make it inside. The French don't prosecute, however."
The paper's editorial asks what would happen if a bomb-carrying terrorist breaches tunnel security.
The Daily Telegraph says the government's Cobra emergency committee has discussed the option of closing the tunnel at night.
The paper adds that ministers have decided not to take such action after Eurotunnel agreed to voluntarily limit freight using the link at night, but it would be put "back on the table" if the crisis worsened.
It adds that French police believe that Haroun has not been the first migrant to walk the length of the tunnel.
Terrifying experience
The Sun is the only national paper to get the news of the burglary at Formula One star Jenson Button's holiday villa into its first edition.
The paper says police in Saint-Tropez believe criminals pumped fumes into the property via the air-conditioning, rendering Button and his wife Jessica Michibata unconscious.
The paper reports that the gang went on to steal at least £300,000 from the sleeping pair and three other house guests, including Jessica's £250,000 five-carat diamond and platinum engagement ring.
A Sun source tells the paper that using gas to incapacitate the owners of expensive homes has become increasingly common in the past five years.
The source adds that it was likely that the house had been "staked out" for the entire duration of the Buttons' stay.
The source, who the paper says is close to the McLaren driver, says that the house occupants "woke up feeling groggy" before realising that the villa had been ransacked.
"It was a terrifying experience for them to know that these criminals were actually in the same room as them," the source explained.
Former World Champion Button, 35, is tipped to join the BBC's new Top Gear team.
He has an estimated personal fortune of £35m, the Sun adds.
Eye-catching headlines
Sir Spam-A-Lot: Welshman Chris Stephens tells the Sun and other papers that he was eaten spam every day for 60 years. The van driver says he is now down to "just one can a day" after going on a diet, but his processed meat exploits have seen him made a "spambassador" by the brand's makers.
Cops on red alert over ginger nuts: The Daily Star is among the publications to report the growing rise of hate crime against ginger-haired people. It reports that one force has received 70 complaints of people being insulted and bullied for their red locks. Manchester seems to be a particular hotbed of anti-ginger prejudice,the Star adds.
Dinosaur found in cupboard under stairs: Police have found an entire psittacosaurus skeleton and a stash of 213 fossilised eggs in a home in a southern Chinese village. It is believed the rare remains were stolen after being unearthed at a building site in Heyaun, Guangdong province, the "home of dinosaurs", the Times reports.
"Pony-sized panther" on Essex farm: The Daily Mirror and others report how former WPC Jennie Moon ran for her life at seeing a massive black cat in a field at her farm near Finchingfield. Locals report that chickens have gone missing in the area, and the Moon family say they are keeping their horses locked in at night.
'Vortex-like collapse'
It's not every day that a sport story elbows its way onto the news pages of the national press.
But when Australia's Ashes hopeful are skittled out for 60 in the shortest first innings in Test cricket history, it is perhaps not surprising that England's Stuart Broad looks out from many front pages, eyes wide with incredulity at his adversaries' demise and his own amazing 8-15 bowling figures.
The day - Nottinghamshire's Broad's "best ever" by his own admission - left England virtually certain to regain the Ashes with one Test in hand.
Famous cricketers line-up to pile on the praise.
Sir Ian Botham in the Daily Mirror says:"I've been in some classics but that's as good as it gets".
As well as praising Broad, Sir Ian, highlights a sensible and positive performance by England batsmen Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow.
He reserves some pity for his "old mate" former Australian captain Alan Border who had just arrived in time to witness the Aussie meltdown.
"I'm going to have to get him a very large glass of wine when I see him," the former England legend jokes.
Vic Marks in the Guardian says Root "purred" and there were "echoes of Ted Dexter in his batting".
Michael Vaughan in the Daily Telegraph says England may now "have a golden generation" with Root the cream of the crop.
The Daily Mail devotes two news pages to the "Pomicide" as the day has been dubbed in Australian papers.
The paper profiles Broad, an Australian hate figure after he failed to "walk" after he was incorrectly given not out by the umpire in the 2013 Ashes tour.
Branding him a "playboy patriot" the paper concludes the 29-year-old is one of "those rare characters who plays better when he is the target of personal abuse".
The Mail's Mac cartoon shows a civil servant briefing some Whitehall "mandarins" in the Immigration Department.
Holding a memo, she announces the assembly: "Another desperate group of people fearing persecution and inhumane treatment if they return to their own country - it's the Australian cricket team."
Australian cricket journalist Gideon Haigh might echo that joke.
Writing in the Times he says that his countrymen needed "soft hands" at Trent Bridge, but they played with "soft heads".
Discussing Australian captain Michael Clarke's disastrous series Haigh says: "Remember when we used to talk of Australia's 'aura'? Clarke's is collapsing, vortex-like. His wicket ceasing to be a scalp, becoming a souvenir."
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