Lock terror suspects up indefinitely say police headlines the Observer
One of Britain's most senior police officers has demanded a return to a form of internment, with the power to lock up terror suspects indefinitely without charge.
The proposal, put forward by the head of the Association of Police Chief Officers (Acpo) and supported by Scotland Yard, is highly controversial. An earlier plan to extend the amount of time suspects can be held without charge to 90 days led to Tony Blair's first Commons defeat as Prime Minister. Eventually, the government was forced to compromise on 28 days, a period which Gordon Brown has already said he wants to extend.
Meanwhile the Sunday Times reports that
Fixer for 21/7 plot free in London
A SUSPECTED Al-Qaeda operative who is believed by MI5 to have played a key role in the events leading up to the July 21 failed bombings is at liberty and living in east London.
Mohammed al-Ghabra, a 27-year-old Syrian who has been given British citizenship, is said by security sources to have arranged for the leader of the failed 21/7 London suicide attacks to travel to Pakistan for terrorist training.
The sources said al-Ghabra instructed a second terrorist suspect to facilitate a four-month trip to Pakistan by Muktar Said Ibrahim, the leader of the July 21 gang.
Ibrahim learnt how to make bombs while in Pakistan. Four months later, he deployed his training in a bid to kill dozens of people on three London Tube trains and a bus.
Its lead story is a report that
Doctors: we must all donate organs
THE chief medical officer wants everyone to be treated as organ donors after death unless they explicitly opt out of the scheme.
Sir Liam Donaldson believes the shortage of kidneys, livers and hearts is so acute that the country needs a donation system that will presume patients have given consent for their body parts to be transplanted.
Those who wanted to opt out would have to register in a similar way to those who now carry organ donor cards. This could be done through a central NHS database or through other documentation, such as driving licences the papers adds
Such a fundamental change is likely to prove controversial as critics claim it gives the state new powers over people’s bodies. However, supporters of the change point out that hundreds of people die each year because of shortages of organs. More than 7,300 Britons are on the waiting list for a life-saving organ, a rise of about 30% over the past decade.
The Sunday Telegraph leads with the news
Gordon Brown has biggest lead over Tories
The survey for The Sunday Telegraph puts Gordon Brown's party on 40 per cent, a significant seven points ahead of the Tories, who are on 33 per cent, with the Liberal Democrats trailing on 19 per cent.
The clear evidence of a stronger than expected "Brown bounce" following the new Prime Minister's arrival at No 10 comes amid further bad news for the Tories as it can be revealed that their candidate in Thursday's Ealing Southall by-election donated £4,800 to Labour only last month.
That news reported in the Observer
David Cameron was facing embarrassment last night after the disclosure that the Tory candidate in this week's high-profile Ealing Southall by-election was involved in donating nearly £5,000 to Labour.
A massive Conservative push ahead of Thursday's vote - to show that Cameron is now appealing in urban areas - will be undermined by the news that a company controlled by Tony Lit donated £4,800 to the governing party just days before his adoption as the Tory candidate.
Much coverage of Conrad Black,the Independent leads with
Black: the hunt for the cash
Lord Black of Crossharbour, the disgraced media baron and former owner of The Daily Telegraph, faces a court-ordered probe into his opaque finances. The prosecutors who secured his conviction for fraud allege that he has squirrelled away millions of dollars in cash, property and other assets.
The battle to discover what Black is really worth has taken a nasty turn since he was found guilty on Friday on three counts of fraud and one of obstructing justice, with the prosecution saying that Black cannot be trusted and should be sent to prison immediately.
Whilst the Telegraph reports him saying
Just a temporary setback, Conrad Black insists
The Canadian born peer, who owned the Telegraph Group for 18 years, insisted the charges were unfounded. "This war has gone on for nearly four years and the original allegations have been worn down to a fraction of where they started," he said. "The prosecutors lost most of their case. We move on to the Court of Appeals and expect to dispose of what is left of these false charges."
The Mail on Sunday finds another chink in the BBC's armour
BBC in row over doctored TV footage with Gordon Brown
The BBC was at the centre of a new row over doctored TV footage after it admitted that its flagship Newsnight programme changed the sequence of events in a film highly critical of Gordon Brown.
Mr Brown's officials have complained to the Corporation about an 'unfair, unbalanced, unnecessarily personal, and disingenuous' film which they claim was altered in an attempt to make him look like a thug.
Newsnight editor Peter Barron has admitted that a sequence of events had been reversed in the film, but refused to apologise. BBC chiefs have defended the film as 'a cross between Louis Theroux and gonzo journalism'
The paper also reports
14 Tesco stores to reopen after security scare
All of the Tesco stores closed following a security alert are open today as normal, the retailer confirmed.
A total of 14 supermarkets across the country were closed yesterday in what some reports said was a bomb scare. Reports said the motive could range from a financial one to threats by the animal rights lobby.
Yesterday was designated a national day of action against Tesco by animal rights groups including Viva who claim the store has been selling live turtles at outlets in China.
The Independent saying
Hertfordshire Police said it had "launched a criminal investigation following a series of threats made to 14 Tesco stores across the country that occurred today. Police were alerted immediately and have liaised with Tesco throughout the day. Public safety has been of paramount importance to all involved."
According to the same paper
The forsaken: how Britain is failing to care for badly injured troops
British troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering serious combat injuries at a record rate, The Independent on Sunday can reveal, leaving the country facing a crisis over their long-term care.
A new analysis of official figures from the Ministry of Defence has shown that British troops in Iraq are being wounded at double the rate of last year, while in Afghanistan the number of wounded this year already exceeds the total for the whole of 2006. This has gone hand in hand with an increase in troops killed on operational duty in Iraq, where 32 soldiers have already been lost in 2007, compared with 29 during the whole of last year. In Afghanistan the toll is 20, compared with 39 in 2006.
Failure in Afghanistan risks rise in terror, say generals reports the Observer
Britain's most senior generals have issued a blunt warning to Downing Street that the military campaign in Afghanistan is facing a catastrophic failure, a development that could lead to an Islamist government seizing power in neighbouring Pakistan.
Amid fears that London and Washington are taking their eye off Afghanistan as they grapple with Iraq, the generals have told Number 10 that the collapse of the government in Afghanistan, headed by Hamid Karzai, would present a grave threat to the security of Britain.
According to the Times
Galloway to be suspended from Commons over Iraq
The parliamentary standards watchdog will rule this week that Galloway failed properly to declare his links to a charitable appeal partially funded from money made by selling Iraqi oil under Saddam Hussein, according to a source close to the inquiry. The one-month suspension for Galloway, often referred to as “Gorgeous George”, is one of the most severe given to an MP.
Galloway, who was expelled from Labour, is now an MP for the Respect party. He may also be asked to apologise to the Commons for his behaviour but will launch a robust defence of his conduct. He denies any wrongdoing.
Roman Catholic Church agrees sexual abuse payout reports the Telegraph
The Roman Catholic Church in Los Angeles, the largest archdiocese in the US, has agreed to pay an unprecedented £300 million to settle sexual abuse cases, according to a lawyer for the plaintiffs.The deal, yet to be approved by a judge, amounts to about £500,000 for each of more than 500 people who claimed they were victims of abuse by the clergy. It would be the biggest paid by the Church since the scandal erupted in 2002 and would bring the total amount paid across the US to almost a billion pounds.
Juicy details about the new Mrs Bin Laden feature heavily in the News of the World.Under the headline,They tore their clothes off on the kitchen floor,the paper tells how
Osama bin Laden's British daughter-in-law secretly CHEATED on the al-Qaeda chief's son.
We can expose the affair as Jane Felix-Browne, 51, and her new hubby Omar bin Laden, 26, talk for the first time of their marriage.
One of Jane's family said: "She was at it while romancing Omar before they wed. She wouldn't want him to find out."
Mrs bin Laden's torrid fling with a divorcee was exposed when neighbours SAW and HEARD them at it.
A couple who live near the man's house were stunned by the goings-on.
One revealed: "Through the open windows we could clearly hear Jane's screaming, howls of ecstasy and moans of delight.
Whilst the Sunday Mirror continues to report on Posh and Becks
POSH AND BECKS: THE TWO OF US having been granted footage of a new documentary
VICTORIA Beckham left her new assistant cowering with embarrassment - by asking during her job interview: "Do you fancy my husband?"
The toe-curling moment was captured in a sensational fly-on-the-wall documentary about the Beckhams' move to LA, released exclusively to the Sunday Mirror today.
Posh pretends to get angry when the brunette, known only as Rene, asks: "Am I ever going to be personally assisting David?"
Posh says: "No! Do you want to? Do you find him attractive?"
Poor Rene splutters: "No...I mean he's not ugly. I'm really nervous, I'm sorry."
SPICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT reports the Express
THE Sunday Express can reveal that David Beckham will snub all offers to play in the Premiership this winter – because he is set to go on tour... with The Spice Girls!
With his new MLS side LA Galaxy enjoying a close season break from November to March there have been approaches for Beckham to return to the Premiership on loan for that period.But his management partner Simon Fuller, the brains behind The X Factor, has revealed that Beckham will devote the time to his wife Victoria and his children – even going on the road with Posh when the Spice Girls re-form for their world tour.
The same paper reports that
STAFF AT RAMSAY'S RESTAURANT CALLED ME A BLACK DONKEY
GORDON Ramsay is facing claims that a Muslim worker at his premier restaurant was the victim of racist abuse by staff.
Kitchen porter Tama Siby, 26, says he was called a "black donkey" by a staff member and victimised because of his religion.
He is taking the F-Word superchef to tribunal, demanding more than £50,000 for unfair dismissal from the restaurant in Chelsea, West London. Mr Ramsay is not personally accused.
Mr Siby alleges racial harassment, racial discrimination, religious discrimination and victimisation. Now Mr Ramsay - who is famous for his expletiveladen tantrums - has instructed managers to crackdown on kitchen banter. Claire Lynn, the head of human resources for Gordon Ramsay Holdings, called a meeting of senior managers last week.
And the celeb chef gets more coverage in the Independent which reports
Chef Ramsay 'ignores' plea for help from brother in Bali jail
His brother is the UK's richest celebrity chef, a multi-millionaire as famous for partying with the Beckhams as he is for his Michelin-starred restaurants, TV shows and book deals, yet Ronald Ramsay's life is untouched by any trappings of success. Languishing in an Indonesian jail, Gordon's younger sibling faces up to 10 years in jail for heroin possession.
Speaking exclusively to The Independent on Sunday from his cell in Denpasar, Bali, Ronnie Ramsay claims that his brother has refused his pleas for aid, insisting: "I asked him for his help, he knows I need help. But he made his decision not to help me. I've heard nothing from my family. It's heartbreaking. "
According to the Mail
Race chief may quit in row over Brown's all white Cabinet
The head of Britain's equal rights watchdog has accused Gordon Brown of appointing too few ethnic minorities and women to his Cabinet, provoking a furious row about sex and race discrimination.
Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, also criticised the Prime Minister after he appointed two Muslims as Ministers but failed to give them ministerial salaries.
Mr Phillips issued the warning in a telephone call to No 10 last week and threatened he would quit his high-profile role unless the Government took the issue of equality seriously.
Carlos the Jackal sneers at Al-Qaeda’s ‘amateur’ killers reports the Times
FOR two decades until his capture in 1994, Carlos the Jackal murdered, bombed and kidnapped his way to infamy, retaining the title of world’s most dangerous terrorist before Osama Bin Laden stole his crown.
But speaking from the Clair-vaux prison in northeast France last week he berated terrorist cells said to have targeted Britain, criticising them for plotting to kill ordinary people.
In his first telephone interview with a newspaper, the Venezue-lan-born Vladimir Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, 57, said he was saddened by any loss of life in London, where he lived as a young man. He also attacked what he called a lack of professionalism in some cells linked to Al-Qaeda.
The rich eat almost as much junk food as the poor, study finds reports the Independent
No longer should we think of the poor as the junk food addicts of popular imagination. Following a £5m academic study, the Food Standards Agency, Britain's food watchdog, has concluded that people in the bottom 15 per cent of society eat pretty much as well – or, rather, as badly – as everyone else. The amount of fruit and vegetables, fat and fibre was only "slightly worse" than average.
Despite the perceived national lack of culinary skills, 91 per cent of women and 64 per cent of men said they could cook a meal from scratch. Moreover, diet was not affected by the fact that most people shopped in large supermarkets, undermining the theory that the disappearance of greengrocers has led to the creation of "food deserts" in inner cities.
Marriage is the new moral high ground features the Telegraph
He was turfed out of the leadership by his own MPs without even being given the opportunity to fight a general election, and it had appeared the short and unlamented era of IDS was long over. Last week, though, the self-styled "quiet man" produced a minor earthquake in British politics. The colossal report from Iain Duncan Smith's Social Justice Commission arrived with 190 recommendations for addressing the problems of social decay: high crime rates, low aspirations, low educational attainment and high dependency on the state.
Whilst the Observer focuses on
The parents with the hardest choice of all
Lying on a bed next to her husband, Karen stares at the ceiling in silence. Still dazed by the speed with which her perfect world has begun to crumble around her, all she can think of is how light-hearted she was, two days earlier, when she arrived at her local hospital for her 12-week pregnancy scan.'Almost as soon as the doctor began the ultrasound, I knew something was terribly wrong,' she told The Observer after her consultation with Rodeck. Within minutes, Karen says, she went from feeling happier than ever to more distressed and confused than she had thought possible.
The Times asks
Iraq: Has America lost the will to win?
When President George W Bush announced a “surge” of American troops in Iraq, Nick Smarro, 26, an army transport driver, was one of the first to be sent to the front line. He has already survived one roadside bomb, which was buried under a heap of rubbish. It burst the tyres and shattered the windows of his vehicle but left him with only minor injuries. Two days later he was back on patrol.
“He is scared to death,” says Tina Smarro, his mother. “He tells me he will never get out of his vehicle unless he absolutely has to.”
The Mail features
Carole Caplin: the truth about me and Alastair Campbell ,the former aide writes
He told everyone I was trouble in a designer suit; that I was there to sell my story – a money- grabbing opportunist. Then Alastair Campbell sold his.
So why have I agreed to write this article? For personal reasons? Probably. For completion of a turbulent chapter in my life? Hopefully. To try in some way to set the record straight? Absolutely!
Last week, Alastair published his diaries. The BBC has been accused of overkill. David Baddiel is "disappointed". Piers Morgan is "bored". Andrew Marr is "exhausted by it all". Ann Widdecombe thinks "he's not important". Me? I cried
Finally to the Indy which asks
Hillary Clinton: Why is she hated by progressives and right-wingers alike?
There is something about Hillary that raises the blood pressure of otherwise easy-going Americans - and they don't need to be Republicans. At a 4th of July barbecue, with the band working its way through the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", I made the mistake of asking a pleasant young woman what she thought of Hillary's chances. Red white and blue fireworks were going off over Capitol Hill, as she morphed into the sort of person who goes on the Jerry Springer Show. She would "never, ever" vote for America's most famous politician, she said. More than 50 per cent of Americans agree with her.
With everyone on tenterhooks over terrorism and the looming defeat in Iraq, there is a febrile atmosphere in the US. Many are taking their anger out on Hillary as she attempts to break through the last remaining glass ceiling. Something called the "Hillary Conundrum" has emerged to cause deep unease inside her party while giving comfort to the Republican party, which by now should be in disarray.
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