The Telegraph leads with the developing story from Jersey

Sniffer dog hunts for more bodies in Jersey children's home

A police sniffer dog that located a human skull buried beneath serveral inches of concrete in a former children's home has indicated several other areas where remains could lie.
Police are employing radar scanners in co-ordination with the specially trained dog, previously used in the search for Madeleine McCann, as they carry out an extensive search of the property now serving as Jersey's Youth Hostel.

Six more bodies feared buried in Jersey home says the Guardian

The remains were found under a thick concrete floor inside the Victorian mansion, beside scraps of fabric, a button and what appeared to be a hair clip. It is believed the child's skull was among the remains found.

Yesterday Lenny Harper, the senior investigating officer, said a sniffer dog that found the first remains had identified six other potential burial sites in and around the home. Radar equipment had confirmed areas of interest and Harper said he could not rule out the possibility that "half a dozen" bodies might be found.

The paper leads with the story of

Crisis at police watchdog as lawyers resign

The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) faces a crisis of confidence after a network of more than a hundred lawyers who specialise in handling police complaints resigned from its advisory body.
In a letter to Nick Hardwick, the IPCC's chairman, the lawyers' leaders expressed "increasing dismay and disillusionment" at what they described as "the consistently poor quality of decision-making at all levels of the IPCC". They said the IPCC's response to their earlier attempts to deal with problems had been "pitifully poor".

Heart risk rises for live-now generation says the Times on its front page

Heart disease, which has been declining for 30 years, appears to be back on the rise mainly among the young, experts have given warning.
The long-term trend is flattening or going into reverse among those now in their late thirties to early fifties with potentially disastrous consequences, according to a number of studies in Britain and the US.
Obesity and diabetes are pushing up rates of the disease, suggesting that complacency over progress in cutting heart deaths has been premature.

The front page of the Sun reports that

99% of us want this refering to bringing back the death penalty

ALMOST 100,000 Sun readers unite today to call for the return of the death penalty.
Monster Mark Dixie, Suffolk Strangler Steve Wright and the teenage killers of hero dad Garry Newlove have sickened the nation in recent weeks as details emerged of their vile crimes.
All received jail sentences. But as the clamour grew for the return of capital punishment, The Sun on Saturday dared to ask the burning question: “Do we really want it back?”


Rather a different take on the front page of the Independent

'How he was sentenced to die'

Clutching the bars at his prison, Sayed Pervez Kambaksh recalls how his life unravelled. "There was no question of me getting a lawyer to represent me in the case; in fact I was not even able to speak on my own defence."
The 23-year-old student, whose death sentence for downloading a report on women's rights from the internet has become an international cause célèbre, was speaking to The Independent at his jail in Mazar-i-Sharif – the first time the outside world has heard his own account of his shattering experience. In a voice soft, somewhat hesitant, he said: "The judges had made up their mind about the case without me. The way they talked to me, looked at me, was the way they look at a condemned man. I wanted to say 'this is wrong, please listen to me', but I was given no chance to explain."




The Telegraph reports that

Steve Wright's neighbours may re-name street

Wright, who was jailed for life on Friday for murdering five prostitutes, had taken at least three of his victims to his home at 79 London Road in Ipswich. It may have been the place where they died.Now London Road residents are considering holding a ballot to change the name of their street.
Julie Hyland, of the London Road Neighbourhood Watch group, said: "We will probably ballot residents but most people seem to think it's a good idea.

The continuing troubles of the speaker in the Times

Pressure is growing on Michael Martin to stand down as Speaker of the Commons after one of his aides quit for misleading The Times, and after a second complaint about his conduct was submitted to the parliamentary watchdog. Mike Granatt, who was Mr Martin’s spokesman until Friday, resigned claiming that someone in the Speaker’s office had lied to him – either deliberately or accidentally – over the use of taxis by the Speaker’s wife, Mary Martin.
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has now been asked to investigate whether more than £4,000 spent on taxis for Mrs Martin’s shopping trips amounted to an inappropriate use of public money.

The Independent adding

Yesterday the Taxpayers' Alliance entered the row, asking the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, John Lyon, to investigate the £4,000 transport claims. Reports also highlighted Mr Martin's claim of more than £17,000 last year to cover costs at his Glasgow home. Senior ministers and backbenchers lined up to support Mr Martin, insisting he was the victim of a "witch hunt". The former foreign secretary Margaret Beckett said: "There have been a whole string of nasty stories around Michael Martin. Clearly someone is out to get him. Whether any of it is valid, I can't judge."

Speaker urged to go..but not until summer says the Mirror

Senior MPs are pressing Commons Speaker Michael Martin to announce in the summer he will step down.
They think if he says he will quit at or before the next election he can defuse sleaze allegations.


The Guardian reports that

After 49 years of Fidel, Cuba ushers in the era of Raúl

Cuba's national assembly unanimously named Raúl Castro as head of state last night, formally ending almost half a century of Fidel Castro's rule.
The 76-year-old defence minister took power in a choreographed ceremony of party unity which cast his brother in the role of revered, but no longer omnipotent, oracle of the revolution.
As the constitutionally-designated successor, Raúl's appointment was expected but the elevation of an ideological hardliner as his deputy was a surprise. José Ramón Machado, a 77-year-old veteran of Fidel's Sierra Maestra guerrilla campaign, was promoted ahead of young potential reformers

To the Democratic race and the Times reports

Clinton seeks last ditch TV showdown before crucial state votes

Hillary Clinton is promising a last-ditch confrontation with Barack Obama in tomorrow night’s television debate, their final head-to-head appearance before next week’s crunch elections in Ohio and Texas.
She has accused her rival, who has replaced her as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, of deliberately distorting her positions on trade deals and healthcare in mailshots to voters.

Meanwhile many of the papers report

Ralph Nader joins US presidential race,the Telegraph says

Independent candidate Ralph Nader has announced that he is entering the US presidential race, a move which many Democrats fear could deprive their party of vital votes.The consumer rights activist announced on NBC television's Meet the Press that he was launching a third-party campaign for the White House because voters were disenchanted with the Democratic and Republican parties.

The Independent reports that

Pilgrims killed as al-Qa'ida resumes attacks on Iraqi Shia

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt in a tent filled with Shia pilgrims walking to one of their holiest shrines south of Baghdad, killing at least 40 of them and wounding 60.
The attack shows that al-Qa'ida has restarted its bombings of Shia Iraqis, whom it sees as heretics, and remains capable of launching numerous suicide attacks on the same day in different parts of Iraq.

Thousands hit by cold callers who change your phone service without you knowing is the top story in the Mail

The practice, known as 'slamming', has become so widespread that the industry watchdog has pledged a crackdown.
It threatened to hit rogue firms with fines of up to 10 per cent of their annual turnover.
Ofcom is getting an average of 500 complaints a month from consumers who have found themselves signed up to a new phone service without their permission. Many have merely expressed interest in switching firms during a cold call.

According to the Telegraph

Council tax bills cover-up exposed

Tens of thousands of householders could have been paying too much council tax for years in a "scandal" that ministers attempted to cover up, Ministers and officials have known since at least 2005 that many homes were placed in the wrong tax bands, with householders paying more than they should. It is claimed that the miscalculations could have affected up to 400,000 homes - and it is still not known how far back the over-payments go.

Most of the paper report the latest on mssing Shannon

Grave fears for missing Shannon Matthews, say police reports the Times

As the sixth day of searching came to an end with no trace of the schoolgirl from Dewsbury, Chief Superintendent Barry South, of West Yorkshire Police, said he was “gravely concerned” about finding her.
Despite an official statement from West Yorkshire Police that “significant searches” were continuing, another senior police source said: “History sadly shows us that after four days in cases such as this, there is usually a tragic outcome

Police seal off mother's ex-boyfriend's flat reports the Mail

Although the claims have yet to be confirmed, reports last night said officers have moved their hunt to a flat half-a-mile away from the nine-year-old's home.

The Sun reports that

AN anti-suicide squad is patrolling the streets of Bridgend to tell young people: “Don’t do it.”
Dozens of trained counsellors from The Samaritans have been drafted in after 17 suicides.
Up to 15 were out in the town centre at the weekend, and Bridgend branch director Darren Matthews said: “A member of the public told me last week they had seen emotionally distressed people on the streets.


I watched Gazza go out of his mind is the lead story in the Mirror as

An ex-lover of Paul Gascoigne tells today of his descent into mental hell.

According to the Guardian

Balls plans to send elite teaching teams into failing schools

Ministers are working on plans to send teams of expert leaders into hundreds of struggling state secondaries as part of a concerted move to eliminate low-performers.
Local authorities have been set a summer deadline to develop individual "action plans" setting out how they are going to turn around 638 low-performing state schools, the children's secretary, Ed Balls, has revealed.
In an interview with the Guardian, Balls said that options for such schools included becoming an academy or a trust school, federating with a high-performing local school, or closing.

Anxiety over primary school places starts early says the Telegraph

Up to 10 children are competing for every place at popular primary schools as primaries become the new applications battleground for parents trying to secure a good education for their children.Hundreds of primary schools across the country are oversubscribed. But figures obtained from local authorities show there are huge differences between schools, with two-thirds of primaries experiencing no competition at all.

Man died after taking part in fairy cake eating competition reports the Guardian

A man taking part in an eating contest has died after several fairy cakes became lodged in his throat.
Adam Deeley, 34, collapsed in the early hours of last Friday morning at the Monkey Cafe nightclub in Swansea. Staff at the venue tried to revive him before paramedics arrived.
South Wales Police are waiting for the outcome of a post-mortem examination before they announce the cause of death, but are treating it as an accident

The Mail has tracked down

The grandfather who won £1million with a 50p flutter on the horses

Hours after discovering the flutter of a lifetime had come up, Freddie Craggs celebrated his 60th birthday having a pub meal with friends - but chose not to tell them about his extraordinary stroke of luck.
As word spread about the big win, relatives confirmed his identity.
But the man himself - a divorced father-of-three whose family say is a former bankrupt - was keeping a low profile

Finally the Telegraph reports that

As his popularity dwindles, has French President Nicolas Sarkozy lost his cool?
Greeted by both boos and cheers from different sections of the crowd at an agricultural fair in Paris on Saturday, Mr Sarkozy got into a verbal stoush with a member of the crowd who refused to shake his hand.The passion was high and the language was bad, but the resulting footage - filmed by an amateur cameraman - has become an internet hit.
As he moved through the crowd, Mr Sarkozy drew near the man, who told him, "Oh no, don't touch me."
The president, who kept smiling, responded: "Get lost, then."
"You disgust me," the man said.
"Get lost, you stupid bastard," Mr Sarkozy responded.