The papers cover the announcement made by the Prime Minister over the supercasinos

Brown U-turn over plan for supercasino says the Guardian

Gordon Brown yesterday tore up Blairite plans for a supercasino based in Manchester, breaking with his predecessor and reasserting Labour's moral stance in the face of the Conservative focus on family values and the "broken society".
The prime minister chose to overshadow his own presentation of the legislative programme by telling parliament that regeneration might be "a better way of meeting [the] economic and social needs" of deprived areas than a Las Vegas-style casino. Whitehall sources later acknowledged that the controversial plans were "dead in the water

Gordon Brown scraps super-casinos headlines the Telegraph

After months of wrangling, the Prime Minister declared that regeneration may be a "better way" to help deprived areas than allowing them to open Las Vegas-style casinos.
Within minutes of his intervention, during Prime Minister's Questions, senior Whitehall insiders were confirming that plans for the unprecedented complex in Manchester were "dead in the water".

The Times says

BUILD BUILD BUILD BUT NOT A SUPERCASINO

Gordon Brown yesterday promised the biggest programme of housebuilding since the 1970s — but left the country guessing where the homes will be, how much they will cost and what they will look like. The Prime Minister pledged the creation of three million extra new homes by the end of the next decade as he put the housing crisis at the top of the political agenda. The annual housebuilding target is to be increased to 240,000 homes a year. The last time that figure was reached was in 1979, when council houses were still being built.

The Mail is particually happy.It calls it

A VERY MORAL VICTORY

Gordon Brown has consigned Tony Blair's plans for a gambling free-for-all to the political dustbin. At a stroke he killed off the Las Vegas-style supercasino planned for Manchester and left a question mark over the future of the other betting palaces championed by his predecessor.
In doing so he delivered a huge victory for the two-and-half-year campaign against the plans spearheaded by the Daily Mail.

Failed 21/7 bombers given 40 years' jail for mass murder attempt reports the Independent

The four men convicted of the attempted bombings in London on 21 July 2005 have each been sentenced to a minimum of 40 years in prison. They were told that their al-Qa'ida-controlled plot was a "very nearly successful attempt at mass murder".
Mr Justice Fulford QC, sentencing the four former refugees to life imprisonment yesterday, said it was clear the foiled attacks were part of a sequence started by the July 7 bombings, which killed 52 people two weeks earlier. If the July 21 bombers had been successful they would have killed or maimed hundreds of people using London's transport system and blighted the lives of thousands, Woolwich Crown Court, in south-east London, was told.


M'LUD DONE GOOD
21/7 BOMBERS GET 40 YEARS..MINIMUM Judge condemns hate-filled al-Qaeda gang as he jails them says the Mirror

The Telegraph reports

'Eta plot to bomb Plymouth ferry foiled'

Spanish police have foiled a plot by Eta terrorists to blow up a ferry carrying thousands of British tourists, officials said yesterday.They said the Pont-Aven, which sails twice a week between Plymouth and the northern Spanish port of Santander, was one of three possible targets.
If the bomb had exploded at sea a major disaster could have occurred on the vessel which carries up to 2,400 passengers and 183 crew.
Since the end of an Eta ceasefire just over a month ago, Spanish officials have warned of "an imminent major attack" by the terrorist group which is demanding an independent Basque region encompassing parts of northern Spain and southern France.

73 bodies recovered at end of mosque siege reports the Guardian

Shaukat Aziz, Pakistan's prime minister, declared victory in the fight for the Red Mosque yesterday as commandos gained control of the compound after a 36-hour battle.
"The operation is over," he said after the last rattle of gunfire echoed from the Islamabad mosque. Civilian casualties were lower than expected, he said, and no women or children had been killed.
Last night, the army announced that 73 bodies had been recovered, bringing the total death toll from the eight-day siege to 106, including nine soldiers.
Eight of the bodies had been charred beyond recognition, apparently as a result of accidents with petrol bombs, said Major General Waheed Arshad. All would be handed to civilian authorities for burial. Within hours Osama bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri called for revenge in a taped video recording produced by al-Qaida's media unit as-Sahab.

Families begin traumatic search for survivors of Red Mosque siege says the Independent

They had no idea whether their brother was alive or dead but they were desperate to know either way. "The army has not allowed us inside the mosque," said Nabillah Khan as she and her brother Shadid held up a photograph of their missing sibling, Mohammed Ali. "No one has told us anything. We don't have any information... We are still searching."

It leads with an exclusive

'A dead Iraqi is just another dead Iraqi... You know, so what?'

It is an axiom of American political life that the actions of the US military are beyond criticism. Democrats and Republicans praise the men and women in uniform at every turn. Apart from the odd bad apple at Abu Ghraib, the US military in Iraq is deemed to be doing a heroic job under trying circumstances.
That perception will take a severe knock today with the publication in The Nation magazine of a series of in-depth interviews with 50 combat veterans of the Iraq war from across the US. In the interviews, veterans have described acts of violence in which US forces have abused or killed Iraqi men, women and children with impunity.
The report steers clear of widely reported atrocities, such as the massacre in Haditha in 2005, but instead unearths a pattern of human rights abuses. "It's not individual atrocity," Specialist Garett Reppenhagen, a sniper from the 263rd Armour Battalion, said. "It's the fact that the entire war is an atrocity."

The Times carries an interview with the Justice secretary

We cannot just build our way out of prison crowding, says Straw

He indicated that the only way the pressure could be relieved was by sending fewer people to jail and using more noncustodial sentences.
In an interview with The Times, his first since becoming Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor, Mr Straw called for a “national conversation” about the use of prison. He also spoke of the need to make community sentences more effective to build confidence and trust in noncustodial sentences.
Even if he could click his fingers “and magic an extra 10,000 places” they would still have to have the same debate about the use of prison, he said. His call came amid growing concern in the Prison Service that the recently implemented early-release scheme may not be enough to prevent another crisis of inmate numbers in the autumn.

The front page of the Sun carries the story

Throne a wobbler

THE Queen threw a wobbler during filming of a documentary when a photographer told her to take off her crown, The Sun can reveal.
Her Majesty posed in full Royal regalia for celebrity snapper Annie Leibovitz as BBC cameras rolled for a fly-on-the-wall TV show about the monarch.
But when Annie suggested the crown should go because she looked “too dressy,” the furious Queen glared at her and barked: “I’m not changing anything.”
Telly cameras captured the livid Queen storming orf from the photo shoot.

The front of the Guardian also covers the same story

The monarch, the queen of celebrity photography and a very royal flounce

The Queen, as we know, has survived a great many hardships in her 55-year reign including war, the loss of the royal yacht and more anni horribiles than she might care to remember. But a recent encounter with the celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz was more than she could endure according to a new fly-on-the-wall documentary.
Leibovitz, famed for her celebrity portraits, was photographing the Queen for a series of official pictures to commemorate her trip to Washington in May when she inadvertently annoyed her by suggesting a more informal pose.

MCCANN FRIENDS QUIZZED reports the Mirror

THREE friends of Madeleine McCann's parents who were with the couple when the little girl vanished were quizzed again by police yesterday.
As they went over their accounts of what happened that night, the only suspect in the case, Robert Murat, faced a second day of questioning at the same police station. Also due to be interviewed in Portimao yesterday was Spanish journalist Antonio Toscano, who claims to know who took four-year-old Madeleine.
Dr Russell O'Brien, 36, Dr Fiona Payne, 34, and Rachael Oldfield, 36, were at a restaurant with Kate and Gerry when Madeleine was taken.
Detectives still believe the key to solving the crime lies within Praia da Luz and the people who were there at the time.

The story also making the front page of the Express

The paper also reports that

UK PASSPORT GIVEN OUT EVERY 5 MINUTES


A FOREIGN migrant is granted British citizenship every five minutes thanks to Labour’s open door policy, new figures have revealed.
Labour is handing British passports to foreigners at twice the rate of previous governments – and has now given out more than a million.Concerns over who is given a passport deepened last night after it emerged that 21/7 terrorist Muktar Ibrahim was granted British citizenship despite having serious criminal convictions in his past.


According to the Mail meanwhile

Superhospital 'threatens the future of local services'

A radical shake-up of the Health Service will sound the death knell for the traditional district hospital.
Controversial plans outlined by Health Minister Sir Ara Darzi would lead to the closure of Accident and Emergency and maternity wards and "hundreds" of GP surgeries, critics warned.
Under the revamp - the most dramatic since the NHS was created in 1948 - traditional "one size fits all" hospitals in London will be axed.
The Tories warned the plan, which is designed to transform the capital's health services by 2017, was the first glimpse of how the NHS would change nationally. Already 92 hospitals face downgrading, they claim.

BANNED OF BROTHERS reports the Mirror

LIKE most boys of 12 Thomas Ward looks up to his big brother and wants to be just like him...
So when Anthony, 14, started running amok and terrorising his neighbourhood, Thomas couldn't wait to do the same.
And now just six months after Anthony was given an Asbo, Thomas has one of his own.
He has been publicly named and barred from a town centre for three years in an almost identical banning order.
The schoolboy yobs brought misery to locals after moving in with members of their travelling family.

The Guardian reports that

Giuliani campaign hit by firefighter critics

Rudy Giuliani's most compelling credential for his run for the White House - his leadership during the September 11 terror attacks - was criticised yesterday by fire union leaders and relatives of firefighters killed at the World Trade Centre.
The indictment of Mr Giuliani's leadership, delivered in a 13-minute video released yesterday by the International Association of Fire Fighters, came at a vulnerable time for the former mayor of New York. No candidate has managed to dominate the Republican race but although Mr Giuliani has been doing best in the polls, his figures have been dropping.

Whereas the Telegraph reports

Giuliani to benefit as McCain crumbles

Republican strategists dissecting the carcass of John McCain's presidential campaign concluded yesterday that Rudy Giuliani is likely to be the biggest beneficiary of his friend and rival's demise.Although Mr McCain insists that he will fight on despite the resignations this week of his two top aides, a cash crisis and falling polls numbers, senior Republicans believe his White House bid is doomed and all that remains is for the spoils to be divided.
With close to 20 per cent of Republican primary voters backing Mr McCain, where his supporters end up could be a decisive factor in the battle for the nomination. The destination of major McCain donors will also be crucial.

Staying in America the Times reports that

Shy Texan who was First Lady to LBJ dies

Lady Bird Johnson, the former First Lady who championed conservation and worked tirelessly for the political career of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson, died yesterday. She was 94.
The daughter of a Texas rancher was born Claudia Alta Taylor but received her nickname when, as a young child, her maid said that she was as “pretty as a ladybird”.
She used an inheritance to bankroll her husband’s early foray into politics, then spent 34 years in Washington, as Lyndon Johnson progressed from congressional secretary, to Congressman, Senator, Vice-President and ultimately President, after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.

According to the Guardian

Hey kids! How about some healthy free fruit? No thanks, we'll stick with crisps

The scale of the initiative was immense; 44m pieces of fruit or veg served up every year to 2 million children in 18,000 schools across the country. The point of the plan was laudable; to make children healthier, and give them a real appetite for fresh food.
But there is one great problem with the scheme that was launched with such fanfare three years ago; children just won't eat their greens.
That, at least, is one conclusion to be drawn from a study published today which shows that the government's intervention has made no difference to children's nutrition. One critic, who advised the Department of Health that it was unlikely to work, said that making fruit and veg available at school breaktime was no use in a culture in which healthy food was thought to be uncool.

Meanwhile

Jamie may have spelled end of school meals says the Telegraph

Ever since Jamie Oliver's award-winning programme exposed the poor quality of school dinners, some have seen a 30 per cent reduction in their takings from meals and vending.
Fresh ingredients to replace reheated ready meals have put up the cost of school dinners, while labour costs have also shot up, according to a report by the Local Authority Caterers Association.
"In 2007 the picture is one of considerable concern over the future viability of the school meals service, particularly in secondary schools," its report says.

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The Sultan, his ex-wife and the £2m 'stolen' by an invisible man.The Indy reporting

It is one of the most extraordinary court dramas of recent times, involving the Sultan of Brunei's former wife, a fortune teller and a £2m gift to a man who may never have existed. But until yesterday, when three judges at the Court of Appeal ruled against the Sultan of Brunei's right to anonymity in the case, its bizarre details had not been connected to him.
The Sultan had argued that as a head of state, he should not be named in the proceedings. But after he failed to block publicity, it was revealed how Mariam Aziz, his former wife, met a fortune teller, Aviva Amir, at a casino in 2003. Ms Aziz, a former air hostess, who was divorced from the Sultan earlier that year after a 20-year marriage, came to regard Mrs Amir as a trusted friend and confidante

STRIP TEASE reports the Mirror

PROVOCATIVE Posh poses for her raunchiest photos yet - and strips away the layers to reveal the heartache she endured as her fairytale marriage lurched into crisis.
Hubby David will be putting on his new kit tomorrow when he is officially unveiled as LA Galaxy's new superstar. But Posh has marked her arrival in America by getting her kit OFF in a sensational photoshoot for fashion bible W magazine.
And the 33-year-old mum was willing to bare her soul as well as her body - with a candid interview about the hurt, humiliation and anguish she suffered when Rebecca Loos claimed to have had a fling with David.
She said: "I'm not going to lie. It was a really tough time. It was a hard time for our entire families.
"David and I got through it together. No one said marriage was going to be easy."
Posh, who arrives in Los Angeles today to begin a new chapter of her life, said the furore surrounding the allegations three years ago had given her marriage a severe test. But she insisted her partnership with ex-England skipper Becks, 32, became even stronger because of it.

And finally from the Sun

27,000 open up in sex survey

THE biggest global sex survey ever has revealed people want nookie THREE TIMES a week.
A staggering 27,000 people aged 18-30 laid bare their saucy desires — including more outdoor romps.
Half of both sexes wanted regular nookie throughout the week.
British women moaned they wanted more foreplay and fellas were desperate for lasses to take the lead a bit more often.