Most of this morning's papers, including The Northern Echo, have gone with a front page picture of the 60,000 crosses planted in the Field of Remembrance outside Westminster Abbey.

The crosses bear the photographs of servicemen who have been in Afghanistan and Iraq.

However, perhaps the most powerful image of the day is the picture of Christina Schmid on the front page of the Daily Mail.

It simply shows her smiling and applauding proudly in tribute to her husband Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, as his body returns to this country.

Her fortitude is incredible as she says: "I am pleased to have my husband home, he is an absolute hero."

Staff Sergeant Schmid had disarmed 64 roadside bombs in five months but the 65th killed him. The courage of these men is humbling - imagine, just imagine, that being your job.

The Daily Mirror's front page describes the conflict in Afghanistan as "a war without end".

So far, The Northern Echo's editorial line has been that it would be wrong to bring our troops home while their job is incomplete.

I have taken the view that the situation that would be left behind in Afghanistan would be intolerable and bringing the troops home would be disrespectful to those who have died trying to establish a secure country which does not breed terrorism.

But with every further death, I feel more and more torn about what is the right thing to do.

The public mood is to bring the troops home and it is true that this cannot go on for ever. There has to come a point when we say "enough is enough".