Archbishop faces critics on his day of judgment is the lead in this morning's Times

An embattled Archbishop of Canterbury will confront anger within the Church of England as, on this most critical day of his five years in office, he tries to justify his remarks about Islamic law.
Dr Rowan Williams will open the General Synod in Central London this afternoon with a presidential address in which he will show that he can weather the storm over his recent remarks. He will attempt to set the record straight, insisting that he never advocated a “parallel jurisdiction” of Sharia

Synod turns on Williams says the Telegraph

A number of Synod members have urged the beleaguered Archbishop to quit, and are likely to try to force the issue on to the agenda during a debate on the four-day Synod's business.
A spokesman said Dr Williams, who will speak immediately before the debate, had no intention of resigning

But the papers have generally moved on this morning from the story that has dominated the last few days

Return of the black out says the front page of the Mail

Thousands of street lamps in suburban areas are being switched off after midnight.
The blackouts are being imposed by councils to cut energy bills and meet climate change targets.
Buckinghamshire is carrying out one of the most radical trials of the new approach.
More than 1,700 lights, which illuminate 25 miles of roads, will soon be switched off completely. describing the move as

the most draconian rationing of street lighting since the power cuts of the 1970s.

The Express leads with the news that every four minutes an immigrant is arrested in Britain

THE full extent of the damage unlimited immigration is causing to the fabric of society is revealed by a Daily Express investigation today.
Figures show that a foreigner is being arrested every four minutes on the streets of Britain.
Hundreds of migrants and other visitors are held every day as a devastating result of the Government’s open door policy.

The lead in the Telegraph tells us

Over 2m foreigners are now working in Britain

There has been a 75 per cent increase in workers from abroad in the last six years, while the number of British employees has dropped by half a million, new figures show.The rise has followed an influx of hundreds of thousands of Eastern Europeans into the UK since 2004. At the same time the number of British people claiming incapacity benefit has soared while there has also been an increase in people emigrating.

The Guardian tells us that

Bush orders clampdown on flights to US according to the paper

The US administration is pressing the 27 governments of the European Union to sign up for a range of new security measures for transatlantic travel, including allowing armed guards on all flights from Europe to America by US airlines.
The demand to put armed air marshals on to the flights is part of a travel clampdown by the Bush administration that officials in Brussels described as "blackmail" and "troublesome", and could see west Europeans and Britons required to have US visas if their governments balk at Washington's requirements.

Staying across the water and the Indpendent reports

Clinton appoints new campaign manager as Obama takes Maine

Barack Obama swept to victory in Maine last night, getting the upper hand in all the weekend contests with his rival Hillary Clinton in his bid to win the Democratic nomination for the White House. Unable to blunt his advance Mrs Clinton responded by shaking up her own campaign. She replaced long-time manager and friend Patti Solis Doyle, a move her campaign described as ‘a seamless transition.’ The surprise announcement saw her position taken by Maggie Williams, another close confidante of Mrs Clinton.

Potomac primary may put Barack Obama in front says the Times

Landslide victories over the weekend have given Barack Obama an opportunity to break the deadlock with Hillary Clinton as the two Democratic presidential candidates hurtle into the “Potomac primary” tomorrow.
Although Mr Obama’s wins – sweeping through Washington State, Nebraska, Louisiana and the US Virgin Islands on Saturday and taking yet another caucus victory in Maine last night – still leave him narrowly behind in the race for delegates, the next set of elections may result in his inching ahead for the first time. Mr Obama led Mrs Clinton by 58 per cent to 41 per cent in Maine with 70 per cent of results reported.

The paper's top forieign story is that

Al-Qaeda leaders admit: 'We are in crisis

Al-Qaeda in Iraq faces an “extraordinary crisis”. Last year's mass defection of ordinary Sunnis from al-Qaeda to the US military “created panic, fear and the unwillingness to fight”. The terrorist group's security structure suffered “total collapse”.
These are the words not of al-Qaeda's enemies but of one of its own leaders in Anbar province — once the group's stronghold. They were set down last summer in a 39-page letter seized during a US raid on an al-Qaeda base near Samarra in November


Talibrum says the Sun on its front page

RAF experts eavesdropped on radio traffic in Afghanistan — and heard Taliban fighters speaking in Brummie and Yorkshire accents.
The voices were detected during top secret spy-in-the-sky surveillance missions over lawless Helmand province.
The revelation proves that growing numbers of British-born Muslims are moving to Afghanistan to fight along side the Taliban.

The Telegraph reports that

East Timor's president wounded in shooting

The president of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has been wounded in a pre-dawn attack on his home in the capital Dili, the East Timorese army said.Mr Ramos-Horta, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was shot in the stomach during the attack, in which one of his guards was reportedly killed.
Two cars passed Mr Ramos-Horta's house on the outskirts of Dili at around 4 a.m. local time and began shooting, the spokesman said.

The Guardian reports that

Attacks on fire crews increasing, says union

Attacks on fire crews dealing with blazes have become a "recreational activity" in parts of Britain, firefighters' leaders claimed today. As the Fire Brigades Union published a report challenging government figures which show that the number of attacks is falling, officials called for more protection for crews, who they say regularly face being ambushed, shot at, stabbed and abused. Some people have set booby traps for firefighters, who have also been attacked with knives, petrol bombs and lengths of wood.

Politics and the Times reports

Gordon Brown pushes eight young ministers into spotlight

The Times has been told that Mr Brown believes that the mini-reshuffle forced on him by the departure of Peter Hain has given him the opportunity to show that he has ministers anxious to continue Labour’s reforming policies – and to counter the idea that David Cameron’s Conservatives represent the future.

The move comes as Mr Brown continues his revamp of Downing Street in what is effectively a relaunch of his premiership.

Meanwhile the Guardian reports

Cameron tells Ashcroft to clarify tax position

David Cameron has told Lord Ashcroft to clarify his tax position amid renewed pressure on the billionaire Tory peer to make a full commitment to the UK or lose his right to sit in parliament.
Cameron recently spoke to Ashcroft, the Tory deputy chairman who is bankrolling dozens of campaigns by Conservative candidates in winnable seats, it emerged yesterday.


Many of the papers report on

Bomb 'hoax' leads to air evacuation of oil platform the Indy reporting that

The Special Boat Service and the RAF joined a huge emergency response to reports of a bomb on a North Sea oil platform, which included plans to evacuate more than 500 people. The Special Boat Service and the RAF joined a huge emergency response to reports of a bomb on a North Sea oil platform, which included plans to evacuate more than 500 people.
The incident at the Flotel Safe Scandinavia platform was being treated as a hoax last night and a 23-year-old woman had been detained. adding

Jake Molloy, general secretary of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee union, said a woman on the rig had told colleagues she had dreamt a bomb was on the platform

According to the Sun


The worker, aged 23, told pals of her nightmare about a device on the giant Safe Scandinavia accommodation block ‘flotel’.
She then reportedly tried to jump off the rig after throwing her bags in the water.
Wild rumours about a bomb then spread about the rig.


The Telegraph reports

Number of rapists who escape jail doubles

The number of convicted rapists who are spared jail has doubled, new figures have revealed, fuelling claims that the criminal justice system is soft on sex offenders.The latest official statistics show that over three years nearly 90 rapists were given community sentences, introduced by Labour in response to prison overcrowding.

The Mirror leads with the news that

Paul McCartney snubs Heather Mills' last-ditch divorce plea

Panicky Heather bombarded Sir Paul, 65, with phone calls over the weekend to try to win a settlement ahead of today's divorce hearing in London. But a friend of Heather, 40, said: "She was in tears but he was extremely cool

Mills set to question Sir Paul McCartney in court says the Times

Heather Mills will be able to cross-examine Sir Paul McCartney personally over his multimillion-pound earnings when the estranged couple go to court today to hammer out a final divorce settlement.
In a bold – some say reckless – move, Ms Mills will be acting for herself at the High Court private hearing after falling out with her lawyers Mishcon de Reya, to whom she owes an estimated £2 million in legal fees.

The Mail reports on

Rags to riches: The lottery winner who blew his £10 million jackpot - and is now £2 million in debt

When hospital porter John McGuinness won £10million on the lottery, he thought his good fortune would never end.
Eleven years later, he is deep in debt, looking for a job and applying for a council house.
And it's all because he accepted an invitation to join the board of a football club.

Finally the Mirror carries the story of

Five-year-old Wispa chocolate bar found down a sofa put on eBay for charity

The highest bid so far is £200