The Mirror leads with the continuing story of Ruth Kelly revealing that

RUTH KELLY SNUBBED SIX STATE SCHOOLS

RUTH Kelly has some of the UK's finest state schools for children with special needs on her doorstep. But apparently they are not good enough for her.
In total, 20 primary schools near the ex- Education Secretary's East London home cater for pupils with learning difficulties.
Education watchdog Ofsted rates 14 of them as "good" with six praised as "excellent" or "outstanding". Six even specialise in helping children with dyslexia - precisely the sort of school Ms Kelly says her son needs to help him realise his potential.
But instead, the 38-year-old Cabinet minister has opted to enrol him at a £15,000-a-year private prep school in the home counties that prides itself on getting special needs pupils into the likes of Eton and Harrow.

A view echoed in the Guardian which reports that

And Tower Hamlets, regarded as one of the strongest inner-city education authorities in the country, said it was more than capable of providing for her son.

The Telegraph reports that

Tony Blair appeared alongside the Communities Secretary, Ruth Kelly, today in a public show of support after she was criticised for sending her child to a private school.

The former Education Secretary insisted yesterday that as a parent and mother she wanted to do "the right thing" for her son, who is dyslexic.

The Times leads with

Russians turn off Europe's oil supply

Europe’s oil supplies from Russia were being held to ransom last night as the Kremlin fell into bitter dispute with a former Soviet satellite state.
Moscow abruptly halted millions of barrels of oil destined for the EU via Belarus in an increasingly hostile wrangle with its neighbour.
The move raised further questions over whether Western Europe can trust Mr Putin for its energy supply. Experts said that Russia had a deeply entrenched habit of manipulating oil and gas supplies as a substitute for diplomatic policy.

The Guardian leads on its front page with the headline


Carry on flying, says Blair - science will save the planet

Tony Blair today wades into the growing controversy over how individuals can help to tackle global warming by declaring that he has no intention of abandoning long-haul holiday flights to reduce his carbon footprint.
Days after his environment minister branded Ryanair the "irresponsible face of capitalism" for opposing an EU carbon emissions scheme, the prime minister says it is impractical to expect people to make personal sacrifices by taking holidays closer to home.

The paper pointing out that

His remarks contrast with the tone set by Ian Pearson, the environment minister, who last week used strong language to criticise Ryanair for opposing the European commission's plan to include all flights within Europe in the EU carbon trading scheme from 2011.

The Indy dedicates its front page to

Why is my dad far away in that place called Guantanamo Bay? Young boy's plea to Tony Blair

Ten-year-old Anas el-Banna will walk to the door of Number 10 Downing Street this week to ask for an answer to the question he has been trying to have answered for four years: Why can't my Dad come home?
His father, Jamil, is one of eight British residents languishing among the almost 400 inmates at the American base at Guantanamo Bay, which opened five years ago to the day this Thursday - the day of Anas's protest.
Mr Banna, was taken to Guantanamo Bay four years ago after being seized in Gambia along with fellow detainee Bisher al-Rawi. He was accused of having a suspicious device in his luggage. It turned out to be a battery charger. No charges have been made.

Following up with the news that

Iraq admits 23,000 civilians died in 2006

As President Bush finalised plans to send thousands more US troops to Iraq, grim new figures emerged showing that almost 23,000 Iraqi civilians died last year as the sectarian violence ravaging the country reached new heights, above all in Baghdad.
According to the latest death count, published by the Iraqi Health Ministry, the slaughter more than tripled between the first and second halves of 2006, from 5,640 to 17,310. In all, the ministry said, 22,950 people died in 2006.

The Guardian reveals that

MI5 told MPs on eve of 7/7: no imminent terror threat

Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller gave the assurance at a private meeting of Labour whips at the Commons on the morning of July 6 2005, the Guardian has learned from a number of those present.
The whips are said to have been confident, on leaving the meeting, that they could brief fellow MPs that the security situation was under control, and are said to have been deeply alarmed by the following day's events.

Kate Middleton makes the news in a couple of the broadsheets,the Times reporting that

The Prince of Wales’s lawyers are preparing a test case to protect the privacy of Kate Middleton and stop the relentess harassment of her by the paparazzi.
It is understood that the lawyers are investigating criminal and civil law on harassment to curb the activities of certain photographers. They are also looking at using the Human Rights Act as well as building on recent privacy rulings to restrict the paparazzi.
The move comes in response to an increasingly frenetic level of attention paid to Ms Middleton, Prince William’s girlfriend, including photographers chasing her on their motorbikes and by car. Senior members of the Royal Household have likened it to the pursuit of Diana, Princess of Wales, that ended in her death.

The Guardian in a special report asks

In Diana's footsteps

In a deep analysis of Kate,the article points to the fact,

One key difference between the two women is their relationships with the men who brought them blinking into the spotlight. In Kate's case, her relationship always seems to have been one based on friendship and about as much equality as is possible when you are dating the King-to-be. It's clearly a love match. A few months older than William, she shared a house with him throughout his degree, and is reported to have persuaded him to see out the course when he considered quitting in his first year. (He transferred to the three-year geography course, instead, and so they graduated together, both with 2:1s). She has been seen arguing "hammer and tongs" with him in his VW Golf at a polo match (surely a good sign that she isn't undermined by his status) and, according to London's Evening Standard, she once told a friend who had congratulated her on her luck that "he's so lucky to be going out with me". This may not be true, of course - but it fits with what we know.

Staying with Royal stories and the Express tells us

The Queen stepped into the row over the Princess Diana inquest yesterday, telling the royal coroner: “Let the people decide.”The Daily Express has been a lone voice for years in crusading for such openness in establishing the truth.The Queen’s lawyer told a judge it would be “undesirable and perhaps invidious” for an inquest jury to be made up of officers of the Royal Household – as rules governing the death of a princess dictate.

The Sun leads this morning on the story of

ANGRY Jeanette Gordon-Crawley and her husband hit out yesterday over plans to probe their smoking habits at home.
Council chiefs have told the couple they face a health investigation after a neighbour claimed fumes from their ciggies were invading her living room.
Moira Duell, an environmental health officer with Gwynedd County Council, North Wales, sent them a letter headed: “Alleged Odour Nuisance”.