MADELEINE 'BURIED UNDER ROCKS'
MADELEINE McCann's body may have been dumped in a shallow grave nine miles from where she vanished.
An anonymous letter to a Dutch paper claims the four-year-old is hidden under rocks in scrubland near Praia da Luz.
A source said: "Parents Gerry and Kate are very distressed."
The letter claiming to pinpoint where Madeleine McCann is buried is almost identical to one that led to the bodies of two murdered Belgian girls.
A source who saw the note said the handwriting was the same as that on the paper giving the whereabouts of Stacey Lemmens, seven, and her 10-year-old step-sister Nathalie Mahy who vanished on June 10 last year.
Similar phrasing was used and maps sent with the letters to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf both came from the same website.
The Express follows the same lead
Madeleine is buried here says the Paper
The Times reports that
The letter said that Madeleine, who disappeared 42 days ago from the family’s holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, was buried beside a dirt track that runs though scrubland close to a town called Odiaxere in the Algarve. It said Madeleine’s body would be found “north of the road under branches and rocks, six to seven metres off the road”.
Mum kills her wild girls is the Sun's lead story
TWO devoted “wild child” sisters were stabbed to death in bed by their mother yesterday.
Davina Baker, 16, and Jasmine, 13, were found just after 8am.
Mum Rekha Kumari-Baker, 39, had a series of rows with her girls over their behaviour.
She was covered in blood when police arrested her at the house in the village of Stretham, near Ely, Cambs.
Details of the sisters’ boozing and other wild ways were revealed through their internet pages last night as pals paid tribute to the girls.
Their father David — separated from Rekha — was said to be inconsolable.
The Telegraph reports that
Detectives refused to confirm reports that both schoolgirls had been stabbed. Det Supt Jeff Hill said that post-mortem examinations being conducted today would "help us identify what, if any, weapon was used".Rekha Kumari-Baker, 39, called a friend just before 8am yesterday who, in turn, alerted police. Officers arrived at the modern, three-bedroom, detached home in a cul-de-sac in Stretham, near Ely, Cambs, and found the bodies of Davina, 16, and Jasmin, 13, in an upstairs bedroom.
It leads this morning with
How tax credits 'cheat' working families
Gordon Brown's flagship tax credits programme "brutally discriminates" against two-parent families and actively discourages single parents from forming stable relationships, a damning report says today.Frank Field, the former Labour minister, has produced findings that show how the Government's campaign against child poverty has "stalled" by making it more financially attractive for lone parents not to seek partners.
His most telling conclusion is that a single mother working 16 hours a week, after tax credits, gains a total income of £487 a week, while a two-parent family on the minimum wage has to work 116 hours for the same income.
Staying with family issues and the Express reports that
CAMERON PLEDGE ON FLEXIBLE WORKING
David Cameron is to offer all parents the right to flexible working as he moves to outflank Labour on family policy and the work-life balance.
The Tory leader will also call for a change of culture in the workplace and encourage bosses to look more favourably on flexible working for all employees.Mr Cameron will stress the benefits of helping staff juggle their work and family lives better, including a happier, more productive workforce.
OBESITY 'A CHILD PROTECTION ISSUE' reports the same paper
Obesity has played a part in at least 20 child protection cases across the UK in the last year, a study has found.
Paediatricians across the UK contacted by the BBC said at least 20 care orders were given for children where obesity was a factor.The figure was revealed when the broadcaster asked 50 consultant paediatricians around the UK if they believe childhood obesity can ever be a child protection issue.
The Times reports on the latest developments in the Palestinian territories
Gaza lurches towards Islamist mini-state
A new, Islamist mini-state was emerging in the Gaza Strip yesterday, as victorious Hamas forces surrounded and blew up their secular rivals’ last strongholds in bitter fighting that threw the entire future of the Middle East peace process into doubt.
Supporters of the Fatah movement fled to Egypt or surrendered as Hamas leaders predicted that they would control the entire coastal strip by the end of the week.
European Union chiefs said that the deployment of an international force should be urgently considered to curb the bloodshed.
In Gaza, Hamas strengthened its grip as its fighters surrounded die-hard Fatah supporters in isolated, last-stand strongholds. In Khan Younis in the south, Hamas guerrillas tunnelled under a Fatah security base and blew it up with its defenders still inside. Those refusing to give up in other besieged bastions were given two days to surrender.
The Guardian reports that
Anti-Syrian MP among 10 killed in Beirut bombing
An anti-Syrian Lebanese MP was assassinated in an attack which also killed nine others when a car bomb exploded in Beirut last night.
In one of the deadliest such attacks since the murder of former prime minister Rafik Hariri more than two years ago, Walid Eido was killed as a car exploded near the seafront in the Lebanese capital.
His eldest son, two bodyguards and at least six others were also killed in the explosion, which tore open shop fronts and sent debris raining down on the surrounding area. The other six victims were bystanders, security officials said, adding that eleven other people were wounded.
Al-Qa'eda launches new attack on shrine reports the Telegraph
Iraq was braced yesterday for an intense bout of sectarian bloodshed after al-Qa'eda terrorists carried out the second devastating bombing attack on Samarra's sacred Askariya shrine in 16 months.
The bombing, which destroyed the shrine's remaining minarets, revived cross-community hatreds that flared after it was attacked in 2006.
That attack, which reduced the shrine's golden dome to rubble, triggered a spiral of sectarian violence that saw Shia Muslims drive hundreds of thousands of Sunnis from homes in mixed communities. Retaliatory violence by Sunnis resulted in thousands of Shia deaths.
Captured Iraqi civilians protected by Human Rights Act in landmark ruling reports the Independent
Iraqi civilians arrested and detained by British soldiers can rely on the protection of the Human Rights Act, the House of Lords said yesterday in a landmark judgment, which has far-reaching implications for future military operations abroad.
The ruling is also a victory for the family of Baha Mousa, a 26-year-old Iraqi hotel worker beaten to death by British soldiers six months after the invasion of Iraq. Mr Mousa's father, Daoud, a former colonel in the Iraqi army, said that he hoped his dead son would receive justice at a full and independent inquiry into the Army's actions.
Meanwhile the Mail reports
Tortured Iraqis free to sue UK for millions
Prisoners detained by British forces anywhere in the world can sue the Ministry of Defence, Law Lords have ruled.
They will be able to bring claims under the Human Rights Act, which covers everything from torture to racial discrimination.
Military insiders fear the ruling - which followed years of wrangling - could unleash a torrent of cases, adding to the pressure faced by UK forces in global trouble-spots
It leads though with
Condemned to blindness: Scots get drug that can save sight, but English don't
Thousands of pensioners will go blind every year after the Government's rationing watchdog said a sight-saving drug available in Scotland should not be given to NHS patients in England and Wales.
Last night, patients' groups and doctors condemned "cruel" draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
Nice rejected the use of Macugen for patients with the most common form of blindness, wet age-related macular degeneration, or AMD.
And Scotland seems to be the place to live according to the Telegraph
Scotland to abolish student fees despite debts
Fiona Hyslop, Scotland's education minister, said fees were "a barrier" preventing young people from poor backgrounds going on to university for fear of getting into debt.
Undergraduate degrees will be free for Scottish students at universities in Scotland but students from England and Wales will pay £1,700 a year to study in Scotland or £2,700 for medical courses.
The Independent's front page looks to
A world without oil
Scientists have criticised a major review of the world's remaining oil reserves, warning that the end of oil is coming sooner than governments and oil companies are prepared to admit.
BP's Statistical Review of World Energy, published yesterday, appears to show that the world still has enough "proven" reserves to provide 40 years of consumption at current rates. The assessment, based on officially reported figures, has once again pushed back the estimate of when the world will run dry.
However, scientists led by the London-based Oil Depletion Analysis Centre, say that global production of oil is set to peak in the next four years before entering a steepening decline which will have massive consequences for the world economy and the way that we live our lives.
According to "peak oil" theory our consumption of oil will catch, then outstrip our discovery of new reserves and we will begin to deplete known reserves.
The papers attention on reality Tv has switched from Big Brother to the Apprentice as the show came to an end last night
APPRENTICE: HIRED ...AND FIERY says the Mirror
IN the most nerve-racking finale to The Apprentice yet, Simon Ambrose was last night crowned winner of the hit BBC show and declared: "It's my destiny!"
His rival, single mum Kristina Grimes, battled to hold back tears as Sir Alan Sugar told jubilant Simon: "You're hired!"
Viewers were on the edge of their seats as the tycoon struggled to make his choice - and when the decision came, not everyone agreed with it.
Several of the show's rejects, appearing on BBC2's The Apprentice - You're Fired! programme, considered walking out in protest. "Some were furious and thought that Kristina deserved to win," revealed a show insider.
In a surprise twist, the Cambridge-educated public schoolboy beat the hot favourite in the final of the BBC reality show to land a £100,000-a-year post working for Sir Alan Sugar.Kristina Grimes, an Irish-born single mother whose ruthlessness and organisational skills had put her in pole position to win, was visibly upset after losing to Simon Ambrose, 27, who programmed one of the business tycoon's computers at the age of six.
Vatican cardinal calls on Catholics to stop funding Amnesty reports the Guardian
A senior Vatican cardinal said yesterday that Catholics should stop donating to human rights group Amnesty International because of its new policy advocating abortion rights for women if they had been raped, were a victim of incest or faced health risks.
Cardinal Renato Martino, president of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, accused Amnesty of turning its back on its mission to defend human rights.
"The inevitable consequence of this decision, according to the cardinal, will be the suspension of any financing to Amnesty on the part of Catholic organisations and also individual Catholics," said a statement from Cardinal Martino's office yesterday.
SARAH'S LAW 'IS JUST SPIN' announces the Mirror
A ROW broke out yesterday over John Reid's plan to call new paedophile legislation Sarah's Law, in tribute to murdered Sarah Payne.
In addition to chemical castration injections, offenders will also have to give passport, email and internet details to police.
Single mums will be able to ask police to check on new boyfriends. And there will be greater use of satellite tracking and compulsory lie-detector tests.
Sara Payne, mum of the murdered eight-year-old, welcomed the moves.
She said: "At least for the first time we will have it in law that we are entitled to ask about people involved with our children and in some cases be told."
But opposition MPs accused Mr Reid of spin and retreating from vows to bring in a US-style Megan's Law, where the public are told about perverts in their area.
Mr Reid said he would be "delighted" if the measures were called Sarah's Law.
Reid hails reform as Sarah's law says the Sun,whereas the Mail has a different take
Shop a paedophile to your neighbours and risk jail
Parents who warn their neighbours about a dangerous paedophile living nearby could be jailed under John Reid’s new plans to deal with sex offenders.
They could be charged with inciting violence or a disturbance if they pass on any confidential details given them by police.
Campaigners said Mr Reid’s proposals – his last major act as Home Secretary – were a shambles. Far from helping worried parents, they will create a dreadful dilemma about warning other families.
The resolution to the case which has amused the papers over the past few days in reported in the Times
Senior judge cleared of flashing on train due to insufficient evidence
One of Britain’s most senior judges was cleared yesterday of twice exposing himself to a woman on busy commuter trains.
Sir Stephen Richards, 56, who sits in the Court of Appeal as Lord Justice Richards, was found not guilty by a judge and magistrates because there was no supporting evidence for the charges. They praised the complainant, a 25-year-old professional, for her “clear, dignified and truthful evidence”, and said they were satisfied that she had been the victim of indecent exposure on two occasions.
Blair's looming departure boosts Labour's rating reports the Indy
The Labour Party's ratings have risen since Tony Blair announced his departure date, according to the latest "poll of polls" for The Independent. Labour's average score in the surveys conducted in May was 33 per cent, a three percentage-point rise on the previous month. The Conservatives dropped one point to 36 per cent while the Liberal Democrats fell by two points to 18 per cent.
It appears that some voters who have lost faith in Mr Blair are returning to Labour now that they know he is to leave office. The findings will raise Labour's hopes that the party will receive a further boost when Gordon Brown succeeds Mr Blair in two weeks. Labour also hopes the Tories' ratings will suffer because of the party's internal row about grammar schools.
Finally several papers report on the rise of Cornish militarism
Cornish militants rise again - and this time they're targeting celebrity chefs says the Guardian
There were few outward signs of a terrorism alert in north Cornwall yesterday. Visitors milled around Padstow's busy harbour as usual while further down the coast at Newquay surfers lounged about on a warm, waveless day.
But behind the scenes at Cornwall's two most famous eateries, Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant in Padstow and Jamie Oliver's Fifteen in Newquay, security was being stepped up after Cornish extremists claimed they were planning to target two of the country's most famous chefs.
A group calling itself the Cornish National Liberation Army (CNLA) threatened to burn down one of Stein's businesses in Padstow and declared the cars of his customers legitimate targets.
The group said Fifteen - a restaurant set up by Oliver to help disadvantaged Cornish youngsters find a career in catering - was also in its sights, and branded the chef an "incomer" who was hurting local people by driving up house prices and living costs.
Chefs in Cornish terror threat headlines the Sun
TOURISM chiefs yesterday insisted it was still safe to visit Cornwall — despite TERROR threats from a new group of extremists.
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