Not surprisingly the papers return to the topic of cash for honours this morning.

The Times leads with

Blair’s chief of staff ‘faces charges’

SCOTLAND YARD detectives believe they have amassed sufficient evidence for Jonathan Powell, the prime minister’s most senior aide, to be charged over an alleged cover-up in the cash for honours scandal.
Powell, Tony Blair’s chief of staff, is facing allegations that he conspired to pervert the course of justice, a serious offence punishable with jail.
The revelation - by well-placed Whitehall sources - is potentially disastrous for the prime minister given Powell’s central role in Blair’s administration.

The Independent also reports

Police investigating the cash-for-honours affair have identified the Prime Minister's chief of staff, Jonathan Powell, as a key figure in their inquiries.
The role he played in the selection of Labour candidates for honours is central to the evidence assembled by detectives after a 13-month investigation. The 216-page police report passed to prosecutors last week features dozens of documents that passed the Downing Street desk of the Prime Minister's closest and most trusted aide.

The Telegraph claims a new twist in the plot

Revealed: birth of plot to sell access to Blair

A secret long-term strategy by New Labour to lure and reward major party donors, which culminated in the cash-for-honours scandal, is exposed today.

A document, obtained by The Sunday Telegraph, discloses that Tony Blair, Lord Levy and Jonathan Powell were at the centre of a "cash for access" policy to raise millions of pounds from the moment the party came to power in 1997.
It lays out in detail a strategy that would lead to a 13-month police inquiry and the arrest of some of the most senior figures in the Labour hierarchy.

Plans for clamp on teenage smoking is the Observer's lead

Radical plans to clamp down on the way cigarettes are sold are being considered by the government in an effort to tackle historically high levels of smoking among teenagers.
The blueprint for making cigarettes harder to buy, particularly for young people, have been drawn up by leading doctors and will now be evaluated by the Department of Health.
The sale of packs of 10 cigarettes - attractive to teenagers because they are cheaper - would be banned and cigarettes kept out of sight in shops.

Whilst also prominently reporting that

Harry is militia target in Iraq, admits army

Iraqi militia groups have drawn up detailed plans to seize Prince Harry as a hostage when he arrives in Iraq next month, The Observer can reveal.
Some of the most notorious paramilitary factions in southern Iraq claim they have informants placed inside British military barracks in Iraq monitoring the third in line to the throne.
The claims call into question the Ministry of Defence's decision to allow Harry to serve in Iraq where he and his unit will be seen as a valuable target.

It didnt take long.The News of the World exposes

SHAMEFUL

POKING out his tongue and dribbling alcopops, the youngest Brit seaman held hostage in Iran giggles hysterically as a pal holds a toy gun to his throat in a crowded nightclub.
Revellers watched in horror as babyfaced Arthur Batchelor—supposedly on compassionate Navy leave to recover—disgracefully made a mockery of the capture.

The News of the World can reveal how pint-sized show-off Batchelor, 20—who has already cashed in by selling his story—turned the crisis into a sick joke when he:
SWANNED into a local club to be feted like a minor celebrity.
POSED for pictures BLINDFOLDED like he was in Iran.
WORE a woman's nightie as he drunkenly bragged of his kidnap terror.
LAUGHED as a mate pointed fingers at his head like a gun.
SWIGGED from a bottle of vodka.

The Mirror has another example of youthful behavoir on its front page

REID NEPHEW KNIFE SHAME

HOME Secretary John Reid's teenage nephew has been caught by police with a double-bladed knife after a fight outside a party.
James McGowan, 18 - who also had a police-style telescopic baton stuffed down his sock - faces a possible jail sentence under a crackdown on knife crime spearheaded by his uncle.
Mr Reid singled out the issue shortly after becoming Home Secretary in May last year. He said: "I'm determined to do everything we can to reduce the devastation of knife crime through tough laws. Carrying a knife is not smart and it's not safe."

The Sunday Express targets the Chancellor

YOU HAVE NO GLIMMER OF HUMANITY says its front page

THE wife of one of Labour’s pensions victims has launched a scathing attack on Gordon Brown for his “inhuman” betrayal of thousands of families.
Jacquie Humphrey also sent an e-mail to MPs who helped shoot down a rescue package for 125,000 workers robbed of their retirement incomes when their firms collapsed.The outburst came as her husband Peter lay in intensive care, after the strain of his four-year battle for justice became too much.

The Telegraph tells us that

Miliband will take lead in Brown coronation

David Miliband is to join a Blairite "guard of honour" nominating Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership.

The Environment Secretary will be one of two key supporters of the Prime Minister who will put their names to Mr Brown's nomination papers the day after Mr Blair announces his resignation - now expected within weeks. James Purnell, the Pensions Minister, will also sign, in a move that will considerably boost the Brown campaign. Mr Miliband has been at the centre of fevered speculation that he might stand himself. The new twist came as he took further steps to rule himself out of the leadership and express his admiration for the Chancellor. In a newspaper article today he outlines his vision for the direction he wishes Labour to take - but under Mr Brown's leadership.

The man himself writes for the Observer saying

I said three years ago that I would not be a candidate for the leadership. I meant it and have not wavered from that view. I certainly am not in the business of waiting to pounce on local or Scottish and Welsh election results to change my mind; in fact, like all my colleagues I am working to help win seats for Labour.
The real choice is not between me and Gordon - it is between Labour and Tory. Gordon will lead as Prime Minister, but the rest of us cannot be passive bystanders. In the same way that social, economic and environmental change now depend on popular mobilisation as well as government leadership, so political renewal is about a chorus of voices, not just the words of one leader.

The Mail turns its attention also to David Miliband

How David Miliband avoided inheritance tax on Marxist father's £1.5million house

David Miliband is living in a £1.5million London townhouse at the centre of a complex inheritance-tax avoidance scheme Gordon Brown has pledged to ban.
The Cabinet Minister, who is being urged to challenge Mr Brown for the Labour leadership, exploited an Inland Revenue loophole which has been used to reduce death- duty bills.

It leads though with developments in the Russsian poisoning investigation

Poison: KGB men to face Litvinenko murder charges

Scotland Yard detectives are to issue arrest warrants against three former KGB officers suspected of poisoning ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.
Police have told sources close to Mr Litvinenko's widow Marina that they intend to lay charges of murder and poisoning against the men, who met the victim three weeks before his death in London.
The move will damage the already strained relationship between Downing Street and the Kremlin, which is almost certain to block any request for the men's arrest and extradition.

Cancer clusters at phone masts reports the Sunday Times

SEVEN clusters of cancer and other serious illnesses have been discovered around mobile phone masts, raising concerns over the technology’s potential impact on health.
Studies of the sites show high incidences of cancer, brain haemorrhages and high blood pressure within a radius of 400 yards of mobile phone masts.
One of the studies, in Warwickshire, showed a cluster of 31 cancers around a single street. A quarter of the 30 staff at a special school within sight of the 90ft high mast have developed tumours since 2000, while another quarter have suffered significant health problems.

The Independent leads with

Wi-Fi: Children at risk from 'electronic smog'

Britain's top health protection watchdog is pressing for a formal investigation into the hazards of using wireless communication networks in schools amid mounting concern that they may be damaging children's health, 'The Independent on Sunday' can reveal.
Sir William Stewart, the chairman of the Health Protection Agency, wants pupils to be monitored for ill effects from the networks - known as Wi-Fi - which emit radiation and are being installed in classrooms across the nation.
Sir William - who is a former chief scientific adviser to the Government, and has chaired two official inquiries into the hazards of mobile phones - is adding his weight to growing pressure for a similar examination of Wi-Fi, which some scientists fear could cause cancer and premature senility.

The Sunday Mirror asks

DID KILLER SEND OUT WARNING?

FBI agents are investigating whether Cho Seung-Hui told anyone about his plans to unleash the campus massacre.
They will check mobile phone records and look at computers owned by Cho and his first victim Emily Hilscher, 19, who he shot dead in her dormitory - two hours before his main onslaught in university classrooms.
Agents also plan to trawl Virginia Tech's computer servers to see if Cho communicated by email with Emily from there.
A search warrant filed by Virginia State Police says: "There is probable cause to believe they may contain information relating to the shootings."

The Telegraph claims

Gunman 'planned massacre for months'

The gunman who killed 32 students and staff at a Virginia university deliberately switched to an "invisible" profile for seven months as he planned his murderous rampage, his dorm-mate believes.I think he was trying to act as inconspicuously as possible to avoid drawing any attention to himself," Karan Grewal told The Sunday Telegraph. "He was so quiet, it was almost as if he wasn't there, he was invisible. I'm sure it was a deliberate tactic. He must have been worried that he'd be found out."

The Times claims that

1m ‘ghost’ voters threaten to skew council elections

An analysis by Britain’s electoral watchdog has estimated that there are at least 1m and possibly up to 3.5m people whose names appear on the electoral roll even though they are ineligible to vote.
The disclosure will fuel concerns over the extent of electoral fraud, which critics claim the government has down-played in order to extend postal voting, which benefits Labour candidates.
The names include illegal immigrants, bogus voters, foreign residents and those who are registered at more than one address. Officials fear that in marginal areas, election results could be affected by abuse of “ghost” votes.