Blair crisis summit on teen gangs
is the headline on the Front of the Sunday Times as the papers devoted many problems to the shootings of this week
TONY BLAIR is to announce urgent measures to break up teenage gangs amid the continuing wave of gun violence in British cities.
As another man was shot dead in London yesterday and three others were injured in two shooting incidents in Manchester, the prime minister called an urgent summit and ordered a review of gun laws, promising to root out youths who are terrorising housing estates.
Downing Street announced an immediate review of legislation relating to the possession and use of firearms and pledged to rush through new powers for the police.
A minimum five-year jail sentence for the possession of firearms, which at present applies to those aged 21 and over, will soon be imposed on over18s.
No 10 also announced an emergency meeting of ministers, police and community leaders to discuss how to respond to the gang killings.
As another man was shot dead in London yesterday and three others were injured in two shooting incidents in Manchester, the prime minister called an urgent summit and ordered a review of gun laws, promising to root out youths who are terrorising housing estates.
Downing Street announced an immediate review of legislation relating to the possession and use of firearms and pledged to rush through new powers for the police.
A minimum five-year jail sentence for the possession of firearms, which at present applies to those aged 21 and over, will soon be imposed on over18s.
No 10 also announced an emergency meeting of ministers, police and community leaders to discuss how to respond to the gang killings.
The Observer reports that
New killing as scale of gun crisis is revealed
new wave of shootings, including one murder, was being investigated by detectives this weekend as it was revealed that specialist firearms officers are being deployed on London's streets hundreds of times a week in an attempt to curb the violence.
One man was killed in east London yesterday while another three were injured in two separate shootings in Manchester. Yesterday's incidents come amid fierce debate among politicians, police and community leaders following the murder of three south London boys in a fortnight, over how to stop gun crime spiralling out of control and claiming ever younger victims.
One man was killed in east London yesterday while another three were injured in two separate shootings in Manchester. Yesterday's incidents come amid fierce debate among politicians, police and community leaders following the murder of three south London boys in a fortnight, over how to stop gun crime spiralling out of control and claiming ever younger victims.
The Front page of the Independent has moe bad news concerning young people
Revealed: Britain's 12-year-old alcoholics
Children as young as 12 are being diagnosed as alcoholics amid growing concerns about binge-drinking in Britain, an investigation by The Independent on Sunday reveals today.
Record numbers of pre-teens and teenagers now require hospital treatment for drink-related disorders, the exclusive nationwide survey shows.
The findings prove there is a hidden epidemic of child alcoholism, resulting in thousands of youngsters being treated in hospital each year for alcohol poisoning, liver disease and drink-related psychiatric illnesses.
Doctors warn that conditions such as cirrhosis of the liver are now starting to appear in people who are still in their teens, prompting calls for special detoxification clinics to be set up around the country for teenage drinkers.
Record numbers of pre-teens and teenagers now require hospital treatment for drink-related disorders, the exclusive nationwide survey shows.
The findings prove there is a hidden epidemic of child alcoholism, resulting in thousands of youngsters being treated in hospital each year for alcohol poisoning, liver disease and drink-related psychiatric illnesses.
Doctors warn that conditions such as cirrhosis of the liver are now starting to appear in people who are still in their teens, prompting calls for special detoxification clinics to be set up around the country for teenage drinkers.
The Express believes on its front page
FREE OUR POLICE TO BLITZ CRIME
DAVID Cameron today leads calls to free police from bureaucracy and give power over law enforcement back to the people.With law-abiding citizens reeling from a wave of bloody gangland shootings, the Tory leader demands a cull on the targetdriven red tape that ties up our officers.His call comes as the Sunday Express – backed by “Robocop” Ray Mallon – launches a crusade to slash police paperwork and curb the political correctness that is stopping officers from doing their jobs.
The Telegraph leads with
Blair's wealth gap: voters want City bonus curb a story that it featured prominently last year
Tony Blair's Britain is revealed as a divided country of "haves" and "have nots", beset by levels of greed and selfishness that Labour once claimed to be the trademark of the Thatcher years.
In an ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph, 73 per cent of voters said City bonuses had become "excessive and something should be done about them", while 69 per cent believe the gap between the highest earners and average earners is now too large.
Asked whether the British people have become more or less selfish since Labour came to power in May 1997, some 43 per cent said the country had become more selfish, while 47 per cent said things were the same. Only four per cent believe Britain has become a less selfish place.
In an ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph, 73 per cent of voters said City bonuses had become "excessive and something should be done about them", while 69 per cent believe the gap between the highest earners and average earners is now too large.
Asked whether the British people have become more or less selfish since Labour came to power in May 1997, some 43 per cent said the country had become more selfish, while 47 per cent said things were the same. Only four per cent believe Britain has become a less selfish place.
According to the Observer's lead,
Women will be paid to donate eggs for science
The Human Fertility and Embryology Authority (HFEA), the government regulator of this highly sensitive area, is expected to approve the policy when it meets on Wednesday. At present, clinics are not allowed to accept eggs donated for scientific research unless they are a byproduct of either IVF treatment or
sterilisation. Campaigners for change say that this has led to a chronic shortage of eggs for scientific use.
Many of the papers pick up on the story of Lord Goldsmith's affair,
Goldsmith had affair with lawyer says the Times
THE attorney-general, Lord Goldsmith, was yesterday forced to admit to having had an affair with a prominent female lawyer.
The affair, which took place during the row over his advice on the legality of the Iraq war, is understood to have ended two years ago.
After inquiries by tabloid newspapers, Goldsmith issued a statement from America yesterday, where he is on an official trip with his wife Joy. “My wife knows all about this and has done for a long time; it is all in the past and we are both very happy. This is a private matter and my wife and I have no further comment,” he said.
Goldsmith, 57, who has four children and has been married for 32 years, was forced to admit to the relationship after he was confronted by a reporter, in the presence of his wife, in San Francisco.
The affair, which took place during the row over his advice on the legality of the Iraq war, is understood to have ended two years ago.
After inquiries by tabloid newspapers, Goldsmith issued a statement from America yesterday, where he is on an official trip with his wife Joy. “My wife knows all about this and has done for a long time; it is all in the past and we are both very happy. This is a private matter and my wife and I have no further comment,” he said.
Goldsmith, 57, who has four children and has been married for 32 years, was forced to admit to the relationship after he was confronted by a reporter, in the presence of his wife, in San Francisco.
EXCLUSIVE: Another law chief admits affair with barrister
The Government was hit by a second legal marital scandal last night after it was revealed that Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had an affair with Britain’s leading Asian woman barrister.
Cabinet Minister Lord Goldsmith, who is in charge of prosecutions and is Tony Blair’s senior legal adviser, confirmed that he had an extra-marital affair with attractive Anglo-Indian lawyer Kim Hollis.
Cabinet Minister Lord Goldsmith, who is in charge of prosecutions and is Tony Blair’s senior legal adviser, confirmed that he had an extra-marital affair with attractive Anglo-Indian lawyer Kim Hollis.
Reports the Mail,
It leads though with another exclusive,
EXCLUSIVE: Richard and Judy quiz scam
Channel 4 faces damaging allegations that the Richard And Judy show is systematically cheating viewers out of tens of thousands of pounds in a premium-rate phone quiz scam.
Every day an average of 15,000 viewers pay £1 a time to enter the programme's popular daily competition, You Say, We Pay.
But emails leaked to this newspaper reveal that the husband and wife team encourage thousands of viewers to do so after the potential winners have already been chosen.
Every day an average of 15,000 viewers pay £1 a time to enter the programme's popular daily competition, You Say, We Pay.
But emails leaked to this newspaper reveal that the husband and wife team encourage thousands of viewers to do so after the potential winners have already been chosen.
Britney Spears is not far away from the headlines even the heavies getting in on the act this morning,the Observer reporting
Months of wild partying. And now Britney shears in public
In a bizarre twist in the erratic career of America's former princess of pop, Britney Spears has sparked speculation she may be suffering some kind of breakdown after she shaved off her own hair in a shop window.
Spears turned up at a Los Angeles hairdressing salon late on Friday evening, but when staff apparently refused her request for such a dramatic cut, she picked up the electric clippers herself and, as onlookers gawped through the glass, sliced off her long brown hair.
Spears turned up at a Los Angeles hairdressing salon late on Friday evening, but when staff apparently refused her request for such a dramatic cut, she picked up the electric clippers herself and, as onlookers gawped through the glass, sliced off her long brown hair.
Fears for sad Britney Spears says the Express
Shocked fans saw her walk into a hair studio in Los Angeles, pick up an electric razor and shear off her long locks.Before the startling haircut, they had seen her sit weeping for 10 minutes in the back of her chauffeured black SUV. Afterwards, she was driven to the nearby Body and Soul tattoo parlour where artist Max Gott spent half an hour etching a pair of red and pink lips on her waist. Owner Derrick Snell, who opened his doors after hours on Friday at 7pm especially for Britney, declared: “We couldn’t believe our eyes. She seemed to be in another world and looked bizarre with her sheared head.”
BRITNEY SHEARED
TROUBLED POP SINGER SHAVES HER HEAD AS SHE QUITS REHAB
TROUBLED POP SINGER SHAVES HER HEAD AS SHE QUITS REHAB
Reports the Mirror although it leads with the trials and tribulations of Ralph Fiennes
MY MILE-HIGH SEX WITH HARRY POTTER VILLAIN
Ex-policewoman Lisa, 38, had frantic sex with the 44-year-old Hollywood heartthrob - who pronounces his name "Rafe" - at 35,000ft in a business class toilet on a night flight to India.
And she tells how the passion carried on after they touched down...in Fiennes' luxury hotel suite.
In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Mirror, blonde Lisa reveals how Oscar-nominated Fiennes: -Ogled her, told her she was gorgeous and then SEDUCED her as she sat on her crew seat.
Had UNPROTECTED SEX with her in the plane's toilet even though he was on his way to India as a UNICEF ambassador to teach villagers about the dangers of Aids.
And she tells how the passion carried on after they touched down...in Fiennes' luxury hotel suite.
In an exclusive interview with the Sunday Mirror, blonde Lisa reveals how Oscar-nominated Fiennes: -Ogled her, told her she was gorgeous and then SEDUCED her as she sat on her crew seat.
Had UNPROTECTED SEX with her in the plane's toilet even though he was on his way to India as a UNICEF ambassador to teach villagers about the dangers of Aids.
The News of the World has exclusive pictures of what it claims evidence that pop star Amy Winehouse is taking cocaine at the Brits
IT LOOKS like the Brits have got white up the nose of AMY WINEHOUSE.
My exclusive snaps show the sozzled singer leaving an awards party with traces of snow-white powder coating her nostrils.
It looks like the ‘party' drug cocaine — if so, I'm afraid Amy has hit a grim low.
A passer-by said: "It was late and Amy was totally off her face, but somehow she still had loads of energy.
My exclusive snaps show the sozzled singer leaving an awards party with traces of snow-white powder coating her nostrils.
It looks like the ‘party' drug cocaine — if so, I'm afraid Amy has hit a grim low.
A passer-by said: "It was late and Amy was totally off her face, but somehow she still had loads of energy.
It also has an exclusive interview with Teacher Des Browne whom the police decided not to charge over the cash for honours enquiry,
Blair drove me to the Brink of suicide when he hang me out to dry
THE Downing Street advisor dramatically cleared in the cash-for-honours scandal has blasted Tony Blair for deserting him to save his own skin.
In a frank and explosive interview with the News of the World Des Smith also revealed how his ordeal drove him to the brink of suicide.
In a frank and explosive interview with the News of the World Des Smith also revealed how his ordeal drove him to the brink of suicide.
According to the Telegraph,
Tory plan to overturn hunt ban
David Cameron plans to repeal the hunting ban if the Conservatives win the next general election, in a simple one-line Bill.
The strategy is revealed in a private letter to MPs which instructs them to reassure "our friends in the hunting world" that a Tory government would overturn the Hunting Act as a matter of urgency.
It comes as hunts across England and Wales marked the second anniversary of the ban coming into force by turning out in large numbers to go trail hunting this weekend.
The letter, from David Maclean, the former Tory chief whip, who says he is writing on behalf of Mr Cameron, says: "Over the last few months colleagues have been speculating on the different ways we could honour our commitment.
It comes as hunts across England and Wales marked the second anniversary of the ban coming into force by turning out in large numbers to go trail hunting this weekend.
The letter, from David Maclean, the former Tory chief whip, who says he is writing on behalf of Mr Cameron, says: "Over the last few months colleagues have been speculating on the different ways we could honour our commitment.
Staying with the opposition leader the Mail claims
Tory rivals tried to trap Cameron over cocaine
senior Tory has revealed how he pinned a fellow MP against a wall to stop him trying to force David Cameron to say if he had taken cocaine.
Stunned Conservatives looked on as Shadow Minister David Ruffley, 44, shouted at Tory backbencher Mark Pritchard, 40, that it would be 'madness' to put Mr Cameron on the spot over the issue.
The row came after fresh details emerged at Westminster of a dirty tricks plot against Mr Cameron, during his leadership campaign last year.
Two other prominent frontbench Tories were involved in attempts to show that Mr Cameron and one of his closest aides were involved with cocaine
Stunned Conservatives looked on as Shadow Minister David Ruffley, 44, shouted at Tory backbencher Mark Pritchard, 40, that it would be 'madness' to put Mr Cameron on the spot over the issue.
The row came after fresh details emerged at Westminster of a dirty tricks plot against Mr Cameron, during his leadership campaign last year.
Two other prominent frontbench Tories were involved in attempts to show that Mr Cameron and one of his closest aides were involved with cocaine
The Times reports from the Middle East
Last chance summit for fading Condi
WHEN Condoleezza Rice attends the summit between Palestinian and Israeli leaders in Jerusalem tomorrow it will not only be the fate of the Middle East peace process at stake, but also the reputation of the US secretary of state.
Donald Trump, the property magnate famous for the televi-sion catchphrase “You’re fired”, spelt out the problem with Rice’s diplomacy in characteristically blunt language recently: “She goes on a plane, she gets off a plane, she waves, she goes there to meet some dictator . . . They talk, she leaves, she waves, the plane takes off. Nothing happens. It’s a joke . . . Nothing ever happens.”
The Jerusalem summit is already off to a difficult start. Although Saudi Arabia brokered a deal in Mecca last week for a new Palestinian government of national unity that includes members of the fundamentalist Hamas and the nationalist Fatah, the rival factions are still squabbling over control of the security forces and the distribution of cabinet posts.
Donald Trump, the property magnate famous for the televi-sion catchphrase “You’re fired”, spelt out the problem with Rice’s diplomacy in characteristically blunt language recently: “She goes on a plane, she gets off a plane, she waves, she goes there to meet some dictator . . . They talk, she leaves, she waves, the plane takes off. Nothing happens. It’s a joke . . . Nothing ever happens.”
The Jerusalem summit is already off to a difficult start. Although Saudi Arabia brokered a deal in Mecca last week for a new Palestinian government of national unity that includes members of the fundamentalist Hamas and the nationalist Fatah, the rival factions are still squabbling over control of the security forces and the distribution of cabinet posts.
Rice jets to Baghdad as anti-war backlash grows on Capitol Hill
Says the Observer
As Rice was travelling to Iraq behind heavy security, the White House was suffering a defeat in the House of Representatives, where Democrats forced through a tough measure condemning a recent 'surge' in US troops. However, a Senate debate on the same issue was voted down yesterday after Democrats failed to win enough Republican support in an emergency session.
The News of the World claims
Date set for Brit troops to come home
PM Tony Blair is to announce he is cutting our contingent in the war-torn country by almost HALF.
At the moment there are just over 7,000 Brit troops based in Southern Iraq. That number will be cut to 4,000.
A withdrawal had not been expected until November, but in a statement to Parliament in the next three weeks Mr Blair will say:
AT least four battalions which had been due to go to Iraq in May — replacing troops returning home — will stay here.
BRITAIN will hand control of Basra province to the Iraqi army and police within months.
THE remainder of British forces in Iraq will withdraw to their permanent base at Basra International Airport.
At the moment there are just over 7,000 Brit troops based in Southern Iraq. That number will be cut to 4,000.
A withdrawal had not been expected until November, but in a statement to Parliament in the next three weeks Mr Blair will say:
AT least four battalions which had been due to go to Iraq in May — replacing troops returning home — will stay here.
BRITAIN will hand control of Basra province to the Iraqi army and police within months.
THE remainder of British forces in Iraq will withdraw to their permanent base at Basra International Airport.
As the French presidential election hots up the Observer reports on
Royal's TV moment of truth
Tomorrow at around 8.45pm, France's best known TV presenter, Patrick Poivre D'Arvor, will sit down in front of 100 men and women specially chosen by professional pollsters to be representative of their nation. Though their questions are vetted, they are not there to give anyone an easy ride - least of all Segolene Royal, the Socialist candidate for the French presidential elections in April and May. For two hours she will be grilled on her ideas, ambitions and abilities. They will be the most important 120 minutes of her political life.
Finally the Independent reports
Mystery of the Himalayas solved
The mystery of why the Himalaya mountains and the Tibetan plateau are the highest in the world has at last been answered, with the discovery of a gigantic chunk of rock slowly sinking towards the centre of the Earth.
When the massive slab - up to eight times the area of the UK and as thick as a dozen Everests on top of each other - dropped off, the lighter crust above it rebounded upwards like a cork released under water, geophysicists say. This "sudden uplift" would have raised the Himalayas by as much as 2km (1.24 miles) to their present height.
If not for the surge, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay might have found themselves reaching the "roof of the world" by conquering Aconcagua (6,962m) in Argentina while Everest languished at a mere 6,848m above sea level, 2,000m below its actual peak.
When the massive slab - up to eight times the area of the UK and as thick as a dozen Everests on top of each other - dropped off, the lighter crust above it rebounded upwards like a cork released under water, geophysicists say. This "sudden uplift" would have raised the Himalayas by as much as 2km (1.24 miles) to their present height.
If not for the surge, Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay might have found themselves reaching the "roof of the world" by conquering Aconcagua (6,962m) in Argentina while Everest languished at a mere 6,848m above sea level, 2,000m below its actual peak.
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