Paper Round (7 May) - a look at the day's newspapers

LONDON - The papers tread water this morning as the lack of a conclusive general election result during the night left even their late editions relying on exit polls predicting a hung parliament.

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Cases of voters being turned away from polling stations in places including Hackney, Birmingham and Sheffield also make the headlines.

The 6am edition of claims 'Britain rejects Brown' with the latest results at that time putting the Conservative party ahead in the polls but still lacking an overall majority.

likens the election to a 'tug of war' and includes the results at a glance at the time the paper went to press. A promo box promises full results tomorrow.

declares David Cameron 'the leading man' and includes 21 pages of election news and analysis, while reports on the estimated thousands left unable to vote as 'chaos reigns at the polls'. Its 7am election special predicts Cameron will take the keys to No. 10.

's 5am edition points to a hung parliament as 'Brown & Cam sweat it out in cliff-hanger'. The paper also raises questions about the 'poll chaos in craziest battle for 36 years'.

headlines 'Britain is left hanging' in its 4am edition and ventures 'Cameron on course for victory', quoting the exit poll.

headlines 'Thank Gord it's all over' and calls on everyone to get on with 'saving the country', and assumes all votes are counted as it decides 'now we have to get real'.

There's almost no space for advertising or promotions in the frenzy of election specials, though MPs who have lost their seats may be interested in airline Monarch's ad on the front of The Daily Telegraph for millions of discounted seats.

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