is the Mirror's Headline this morning
WORKERS at the Bernard Matthews turkey plant struck by bird flu yesterday said they were terrified they might already have contracted the killer virus.
Up to 60 staff at the factory farm have been given Tamiflu anti-virus jabs since the H5N1 bird flu strain was diagnosed on Thursday.
But one petrified worker said: "We are all very worried. The drug helps fight the symptoms but it is not a vaccine against the infection.
"We don't even know if the injection will protect us. Those of us that have regular contact with the birds are terrified we might already have been infected. If we have we could die."
The message across the rest of the papers is more in line with don't panic
Bird flu: it's here to stay
Says the Telegraph
H5N1 has been widely thought to have infected birds in mainland Europe but its emergence in Suffolk at the weekend has forced experts to admit that it may have crossed the North Sea.
If so, scientists say the country is likely to have to live for years with the prospect of more outbreaks of the disease, which it is feared could one day combine with human flu and mutate into a strain that could cause a pandemic.
With the Health secretary saying
that the Government was preparing "very, very seriously" for the possibility of a pandemic.
Food industry figures advised consumers to heed advice from the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which said no infected birds have entered the food chain.
The Guardian headlines that
Mystery deepens over cause of Suffolk bird flu outbreak
As the cause of the UK outbreak remained unclear, a team of 30 people continued to gas 159,000 turkeys on the Holton farm in Suffolk throughout the night. The government confirmed that the virus which was identified in one turkey shed on Friday was the same strain found last month in Hungary, where an outbreak among geese on a farm prompted the slaughter of thousands of birds.
H5N1 strain claims first human victim in Africa
reports the Independent,
The first human death from avian flu in west Africa was confirmed at the weekend in what experts said was a much more serious development than the spread of the virus to a turkey farm in Suffolk.
A 22-year-old woman from Lagos, Nigeria, who died on 16 January was infected with the H5N1 virus, the World Health Organisation confirmed
Professor Angus Nicoll, head of the avian flu division of the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, in Stockholm, said: "This [Nigeria] is the most populous country in Africa. It has got H5N1 in poultry and it must be a candidate for a pandemic to emerge. The most disturbing thing is that the possibility of the Nigerian government controlling this must be slim."
The problems of the government and the Prime Minister are not far away from the headlines,the Guardian reporting
Labour urged to make plan for swift Blair exit
Senior Labour figures want the party to develop contingency plans for the prime minister's early departure if charges appear likely in the cash for honours inquiry. Some ministers and MPs want Tony Blair to announce the date of his departure now to mitigate the damage if the Crown Prosecution Service decides to prosecute. Others want officials to hammer out a timetable for the resulting leadership election.
The Indpendent reports tyhe comments of Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell
Blair quitting now would be seen as an admission of guilt, Jowell says
"Just imagine if he were to say next week, 'OK I am off', there would be a presumption of guilt in the absence of any conclusion from this inquiry. That won't do anyone any good." Ms Jowell's message to Labour MPs on the BBC Radio 4 Sunday AM programme will be seen as a warning that if they succeed in pushing Mr Blair out, the image of sleaze will stick to the Labour Party.
The Telegraph though reports
Labour fury at Blair's vow of silence on resignation plans
Tony Blair provoked fresh anger across much of the Labour Party last night by making clear he intends to stay silent on his plans to quit until after the elections on May 3.
As Cabinet loyalists insisted he should not be bundled out of office, a No 10 aide told The Daily Telegraph that Mr Blair would defy the growing band of critics who want him to spell out his resignation plans.
And quotes a senior aide
The fact is that there is nothing to be gained from announcing something now. That is his view. He will say something when he says it and that will not be before May 3, He will be playing a major part in the local elections in England, Scotland and Wales and will be working flat out until then."
The front page of the Independent is once again given over to the case of an asylum seeker
In rather a harrowing report the paper says
They shot Abdullah Tokhi dead at midday, in a crowded street in a bazaar. It was a very public "execution", a message to show that his killers knew they would never be brought to account for their crime.
Mr Tokhi and his family had long feared this would happen. He repeatedly pleaded while seeking asylum in Britain that his life was in danger in a sectarian and political blood feud back home . But the Home Secretary at the time decided that Afghanistan was now a safe place thanks to the intervention of Britain and the US, and Mr Tokhi was sent back to his home, and his death, after the appeal process failed.
The Mail reports on a fatal shooting yesterday
Youngsters flee ice rink in terror as boy is shot dead
A boy of 16 was shot dead in front of horrified skaters and spectators at a packed ice disco.
Hundreds fled in terror as James Andre Smarrt-Ford was shot twice at point-blank range by a man who disappeared into the crowds to make his escape.
The teenager staggered on to the ice at the Streatham Ice Arena in South London then collapsed.
Police say there was no obvious reason why James, who lived nearby, would have been targeted.
The Sun leads on another teenage murder
Murdered for being a chav
PALS of tragic schoolboy Dale Little yesterday told how the lad was murdered — after being branded a chav.
The tragedy happened as Dale, who had just turned 15, met up with a group of six pals in a car park close to a Tesco store.
Friend Lee Percy, 16, said a girl began unfairly taunting the lads with the “chav” insult. She then picked up a 10-inch piece of wood and started hitting Dale, who was wearing a hooded top.
Lee said: “I think she was a bit drunk, she had been calling us all chavs. After she hit Dale he pushed her and told her to leave him alone. She started shouting ‘I’m going to get my boyfriend to stab you’ and then called someone on her mobile.
The Guardian reports from Iraq
Insurgents may have new anti-aircraft weapon
American military commanders in Iraq have been forced to adopt new security tactics in the wake of a fresh threat from insurgents after it was confirmed that all four US helicopters that have crashed there in the past two weeks were brought down by ground fire.
The crashes raise concerns that insurgents, who have proved highly innovative in warfare, have acquired new weaponry. Twenty Americans, including 16 soldiers and four civilians working for a security company, died in the crashes.
And staying in the Middle East,the Indy reports on a change of command
Britain hands over Afghanistan to US
Britain has handed over the Nato command in Afghanistan to the United States as the country enters what is expected to be a decisive round of fighting in the war with the Taliban.
General Dan McNeill took over from General David Richards on the day that a senior Taliban commander Mullah Ghaffar, who had overrun the Helmand town of Musa Qala, was killed in a Nato air strike.
The Telegraph reports on the latest changes in the National Curriculum
Shakespeare's sonnets join the classroom 'untouchables'
Shakespeare's sonnets, the two World Wars and the Holocaust are "untouchables" that must be retained at all cost in the new secondary curriculum, Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, announced last night.
On the eve of the major review of what is taught to pupils aged 11-14 that starts today, he issued a list of compulsory topics.
Schools should be encouraged to offer "economically useful" world languages, such as Urdu and Mandarin instead of French and German.
Mr Johnson pledged to "protect the classic pillars of the curriculum children have studied for decades" and warned his advisers that the new flexibility for teachers to tailor lessons to their pupils must not result in the loss of key events and skills.
The Mirror on the same topic reports
TODAY'S LESSON IS MANDARIN
MANDARIN and Urdu could be taught in schools instead of French and German, it was revealed yesterday.
Learning "economically useful" languages may be preferable to the traditional ones, believe ministers.
The Express returns to the issues of the Home Office
Rapists and child sex offenders go free
says the headline on its front page
THOUSANDS of rapists and paedophiles are still on the streets under Britain’s soft justice.The scandal-hit Home Office now faces further fury over 7,200 sex offenders who were given only a caution for their crimes in just five years.A growing number of evil perverts are escaping court trials as prison chiefs battle with over crowded jails. One shocking snapshot shows that 773 sex offenders have been given nothing more than a police warning in the North of England over five years.
Whilst the Mail's front page lead gives an exclusive
Revealed: The £243m wage bill for sick police officers
More than 8,000 police officers are being paid a full salary for working as little as one hour a day.
The wage bill for the officers - who are on "restrictive or recuperative duties" - is £243 million a year.
This is the first time the full extent of the problem has been known. The figures emerged after Freedom of Information requests to police forces across the country carried out on behalf of the Daily Mail.
Following yesterday's revelationsi its sister paper,the Sun this morning reports
£8k vice girl Faria in hiding
DEVASTATED Faria Alam went into hiding yesterday — after being exposed as a high-class call girl.
The Asian beauty, infamous for her affair with former England football boss Sven-Goran Eriksson, was said to be inconsolable by pals.
One said: “Faria’s spent years trying to build up a media profile - now all that has gone in one fell swoop. She’s absolutely terrified at what her family are going to say.”
The ex-Football Association PA made no secret of her identity as she negotiated her fee with an undercover reporter posing as a rich businessman’s fixer.
The Mirror meanwhile continues its obsession with Kylie,todays story
PEN PALS
12 hours after split .. Kylie's grinning ex drapes arms over Penelope Cruz
KYLIE Minogue's ex Olivier Martinez wasted no time turning his charm on another showbiz beauty - this time Hollywood star Penelope Cruz.
In pictures that will break Kylie's heart, he tenderly embraced the stunning actress after meeting her at the luxurious Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles.
Kylie's friends and family reacted with horror as Martinez, 41, openly flaunted his single status - just 12 hours after their break-up was officially announced. An insider said: "Does he really have to rub Kylie's nose in it? He is being so brazen about it all. This will devastate her."
Showing no hint of upset at the end of his four-year relationship, Martinez was all smiles as he took Penelope, 32, into his arms
The Independent also has a Kylie story
Kate and Kylie exhibits dismay cultural critics
Kylie Minogue and Kate Moss are to be honoured by two of Britain's leading cultural galleries this month in a move that is likely to delight Heat magazine readers as much as it offends some traditional art lovers.
The Victoria and Albert Museum's show Kylie - the Exhibition, which opens on Thursday, will chart the exotic wardrobe changes of the pop star over her 20-year career.
Face of Fashion, opening a week later at the National Portrait Gallery, will feature nine new photographic portraits of Moss to illustrate the "relationship between fashion and celebrity".
The shows are expected to draw a new generation to the galleries, but some more staid exhibition-goers are dismayed that pop culture has invaded space usually reserved for the more refined variety.
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