The Sun reveals
Banned dog killed Ellie
THE dog that killed little Ellie Lawrenson WAS a banned pit bull terrier type, police revealed last night.
Its owner, Ellie’s convicted drug dealer uncle Kiel Simpson, 23, could now face charges under the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act for keeping it.
The Mirror tells us
KILLER PITBULL OWNER IS DRUG DEALER
Kiel Simpson- uncle of the five-year-old - was locked up for 21 months in 2003 for possessing 44lbs of cannabis worth £24,000 with intent to supply.
The haul of 18 blocks of resin was found in the boot of his VW Golf after police stopped him at random. He pleaded guilty.
Elsewhere the headlines are a mixed bag
Police face discipline hearings in public
is the lead in the Times
Officers accused of failings that have led to death or serious injury could face tribunals, which will be open to victims, their relatives and the media, under new powers held by the police national watchdog, The Times has learnt. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) will have the power to compel forces to open a case if there is genuine public interest in the issues raised that would not be aired at a trial or an inquest.
The Guardian on a similar theme reveals
Britain's biggest police force has been forced to overhaul its entire firearms strategy after a confidential inquiry made scathing criticisms of its procedures.
The Metropolitan police has quietly conducted a comprehensive reform of the way it deals with gun crime intelligence and firearms incidents after Sir Anthony Burden, a former chief constable, found serious shortcomings that probably led to a man's death.
The Telegraph runs with the headline
UN staff accused of raping children in Sudan
Members of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Sudan are facing allegations of raping and abusing children as young as 12, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
The abuse allegedly began two years ago when the UN mission in southern Sudan (UNMIS) moved in to help rebuild the region after a 23-year civil war.
Whilst on a home theme it
Fury over inflation busting rise in rail fares
Millions of commuters were hit by huge increases in rail fares yesterday as they returned to work after the holiday.
Passengers found that many ticket prices had gone up by more than seven per cent, over twice the rate of inflation. Some fares rose by more than 30 per cent.
The London Underground also saw sharp increases with a single ticket for a one-station journey in the city centre now costing £4.
A variation of which is the lead story in the Indy
Planes, trains, and the road to ruin
Environmentalists and passenger groups have attacked the Government for driving rail passengers on to low-cost flights by presiding over a fourth consecutive year of inflation-busting train fares.
Sixty per cent of tickets sold have unregulated fares, which are set by private rail companies. These prices have gone up by as much as 8.4 per cent - more than three times the Government's target rate of inflation - so that a standard open return ticket between Manchester and London now costs £219, or £337 for first class.
The same paper reveals
The flood of immigrants that failed to materialise
The cameras were ready. Reporters stood poised to intercept the vanguard of Britain's latest invasion from eastern Europe. The only thing missing was the migrants.
And even
As one photographer for a red-top newspaper put it: "Complete waste of time. No one wanted to fly. We even offered to help with the fare."
Although the Sun reports
Bulgarians: UK, here we come
BULGARIANS jubilant at their country joining the EU headed straight for Britain yesterday — by crowding on to the first bus out.
As a packed coach set off for London, jobless Nikolai Miglevski, 45, declared: “Now I’m free.”
And staying with immigration,the Express along with the other newspapers pick up on the story
'4p a week' benefits of immigration
Migrationwatch, which campaigns against mass immigration, said the gain to the native population would allow each person to buy just a third of a Mars bar a month.
The Government has suggested immigration brings £4 billion a year to Britain's gross domestic product (GDP), a report by Migrationwatch said.
This amounted to 0.01% of overall GDP, or £2.10 a year for each of Britain's 60 million inhabitants, or 4p a week, the report suggested.
Continuing yesterday's theme The Times reports
10,000 people a month will go insolvent as debt soars
Acountancy experts are forecasting a record number of personal insolvencies in the first three months, after a year in which bankruptcies and similar arrangements soared above the 100,000 mark for the first time.
The Guardian reports on a new political year in the US
Democrats to go on offensive as new Congress convenes
President George Bush, who for nearly four years had a free hand in decision-making over the war in Iraq, faces a series of concerted challenges starting from tomorrow from a newly installed and assertive Democratic Congress.
In a much-anticipated speech, Mr Bush is expected to reveal his new strategy on the war as early as next week, amid widespread speculation that he intends to bolster the US presence in Iraq in the short term by an additional 30,000 troops.
Meanwhile the Telegraph reports on the opening skirmishes in the French presidential campaign
Mudslinging before the presidential elections in France began in earnest yesterday when Socialists accused Nicolas Sarkozy, the Right-wing frontrunner, of indirectly promoting tax evasion and misleading the French about crime.
A spokesman for the Socialist presidential candidate, Ségolène Royal, accused Mr Sarkozy, the interior minister, of manipulating the figures to bring down the number of car burnings in order to preserve his reputation of being tough on crime.
Car burnings have become a significant indicator of lawlessness since the riots in autumn 2005, where images of blazing vehicles came to symbolise unrest in the high-immigrant "banlieues" that ring France's big cities.
In UK politics most of the papers carry John Prescott's attack on the Saddam execution
Prescott attacks 'deplorable' images of Saddam execution
is the Indy headline
"I think the manner was quite deplorable really," Mr Prescott told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "I don't think one can endorse in any way that, whatever your views about capital punishment. Frankly, to get the kind of recorded messages coming out is totally unacceptable and I think whoever is involved and responsible for it should be ashamed of themselves."
The Mail goes on the offensive though
£1m Prezza: Blair's disgraced deputy could cash in on his diaries
He is said to be planning to write his memoirs to bolster his gold-plated pension when he retires this summer.
With the launch of celeb Big Brother rapidly approaching,the Star leads on its front page with
Big Bruv celebs wired for sex
Cunning producers have dreamed up some sizzling tasks and challenges to ensure the spy-on-the-wall babes strip off for the cameras.Among them will be a belly dance-off between former Miss GB Danielle Lloyd, pictured here, and Bollywood beauty Shilpa Shetty.There are also plans to strap the celebs to special monitors and show them racy clips in a sex test to uncover who’s the most frustrated.
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