Proposals to pardon men executed by firing squad for cowardice in World War I dominate several papers.
The figure of a blindfolded boy aged 17 dominates the front page of the Daily Telegraph under the headline "Pardoned: the 306 soldiers shot at dawn".
The statue is a memorial to the men executed at sunrise who may now be granted posthumous pardons.
The proposals are warmly welcomed by the papers, with the Telegraph saying the move reflects a welcome change.
'Honour at last'
The Daily Mirror calls the proposed pardons of soldiers shot for cowardice "honour at last" for men who today would be invalided out of the Army.
The Sun says it would remove a stain from our history, and represent victory for the family of Pte Harry Farr.
But there is a note of caution from the historian, Corelli Barnett. He tells the Telegraph the pardons would be a "pointless" gesture.
He says they were decisions made in the heat of war.
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300 WWI soldiers receive pardons
Private Harry Farr was executed aged 25More than 300 soldiers who were shot for military offences during World War I will receive formal pardons, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.
They have been campaigning for years for him to be pardoned, arguing that he was suffering from shell-shock and should not have been sent back to the trenches.
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