The attempt to bring down the Halifax is on front of many of the papers,

A hunt has been launched for a stock market trader who may have made £100 million in a "modern day bank robbery" after an attack on the share price of the country's biggest mortgage lender.
Shares in Halifax Bank of Scotland fell by 17 per cent as traders attempted to make a fortune by betting on the bank's falling stock

says the Telegraph

Malicious traders try to topple the Halifax bank says the front page of the Times

Yesterday’s drama began at about 8.30am when rumours started spreading through London’s stock market that HBOS, which owns Halifax, the UK’s biggest mortgage lender, and Bank of Scotland, was about to become another Northern Rock and that it had begged the Bank of England for a multi-billion-pound emergency loan. Within 20 minutes HBOS’s shares had plunged by more than 17 per cent as investors dumped their stakes. An hour later, the Bank of England announced that no bank needed emergency funding, while the FSA issued a statement warning investors to stop spreading false accusations

The Mail also leads with the same story telling

Britain's financial watchdog immediately launched a criminal investigation into the "modern day bank robbers" who collectively helped to wipe more than £3billion off the bank's value.
The Financial Services Authority warned them to stop exploiting jittery market conditions. The rumour-mongering is now known to have fuelled the extreme market turbulence of the last few days.

It is the turn of the Guardian to spotlight Iraq this morning,two alternative views on the situation on its front page,

Bush: The battle in Iraq is noble, it is necessary and it is just

George Bush marked the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion yesterday with an uncompromising speech in which he described the war as noble, necessary and just, and claimed there was now an unprecedented Arab uprising under way against Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida.

and

'We live in a nightmare. Death and carnage is everywhere' Ali, Baghdad resident

Immediately after the war, I had a strong feeling of optimism. I was sure the Saddam era wouldn't come back, we had money and were spending all the money.
"But then the conspiracy theories started. I began hearing my brothers and friends say the Americans were here only for the oil, and after that I would go to bed and lie awake thinking how much oil they were stealing from me. Now I don't care if they steal the money, I am so tired."

The Times reporting that

As Mr Bush spoke, demonstrations were taking place in Washington and elsewhere across the country against a conflict that has cost almost 4,000 American lives and up to $500 billion.
The Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton repeated pledges yesterday to bring a swift end to the war. Even John McCain, the Republican nominee, who strongly supports the military action, promised a break with the perceived unilateralism of the build-up to the invasion by stating that he would “respect the collective will of our democratic allies” in Europe.

Meanwhile the Independent reports

The final battle for Basra is near, says Iraqi general

General Mohan al-Furayji, the Iraqi commander in charge of security in the south of Iraq, has warned his troops they must prepare for the final battle to defeat the Shia militias terrorising Basra.
For the British force based at Basra airport, the general's strategy raises the spectre of a return to the city they left last September after a summer of incessant attacks by the gunmen.

The Telegraph reports that

Osama bin Laden threatens EU over cartoons

Al-Qa'eda leader Osama bin Laden has compared newspaper cartoons depicting Mohammed with the Crusades, accusing the European Union and the Pope of being complicit in their publication and in the oppression of Muslims.In a message which was released to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the Iraq invasion and Mulid al-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed, the terror leader warned of new attacks against Western interests.

Brown publishes first national security strategy says the Independent

Britain faces an unprecedented array of threats, from ambitious terrorist plots and cyber-spies stealing national secrets to diseases and flooding, the country's first security strategy has concluded.
Gordon Brown delivered a stark warning over the complexity and scale of the risks faced by Britain, saying that nowhere was safe from the impact of terrorism, war, instability, climate change, poverty, mass population movements and international crime.

A flu pandemic NOT TERROR is our biggest threat, says Brown reports the Mail adding that the review

proposed creating a modern-day Dad's Army of volunteers to deal with a flu pandemic, evacuate the elderly in the event of a flood or help in the aftermath of a terrorist attack.
The new "civil defence network" would be modelled on the ARPs, who patrolled the streets during World War Two bombing raids

.

The Guardian reports that

MPs to vote on terror bill after May polls

Legislation raising the time limit for which terror suspects may be detained without charge from 28 days to 42 is to get its delayed Commons second reading on April 1, the leader of the house, Harriet Harman, is expected to announce today. The new timetable for the government's counter-terrorism bill is likely to mean that key votes on the time limit - when ministers will face a backbench rebellion at report stage - will take place after the May local elections.

The Telegraph reports that

MP rebellion fails to stop post office closures

The Government narrowly defeated a Tory motion which had called for the closures to be halted.
At least 20 Labour MPs, including two former ministers, failed to support the Government

The Paedo is landing is the headline on the front page of the Sun

A BRITISH child will pay the price of Australia booting sex beast Raymond Horne back to the UK, experts warned last night.
The serial pervert was due to land at Heathrow at 5am today to start a new life — amid fears he will become even MORE dangerous.
Even an Aussie child protection expert admitted: “I’m delighted there’s one less paedophile in the country.

Bridgend inquests told of young men's tormented lives and desperate deaths says the Independent

The tormented lives of five young people from Bridgend were laid bare before a coroner's court as inquests were held into some of the 17 suspected suicides in the small corner of South Wales.
The area hit the headlines when it emerged that so many young people had been found dead in just over a year. The police forcefully denied initial speculation that they had all been part of an internet-based suicide pact but questions remained as to why such an apparent cluster should develop in the county.

Coroners fury at suicide sites reports the Sun

Philip Walters said he viewed the disturbing internet pages — and believes they ARE encouraging people to kill themselves.
The coroner said it was unclear if any of the 17 deaths he is investigating had viewed such clips.

Dad's fury at appeal by Suffolk Strangler says the Mirror

The dad of one of the Suffolk Strangler's victims yesterday called on him to come clean - as it emerged the killer was appealing against his conviction.
Steve Wright, 49, was given a whole-life sentence last month after he was found guilty of killing five prostitutes.
But police announced yesterday he had wasted little time in applying for permission to appeal.
And heartbroken Brian Adams - dad of murdered Gemma Adams - said: "It's about time he came clean and stopped wasting everyone's time

The Times reports that

China 'ready for for talks with Dalai Lama'

Britain called for a resumption of negotiations between China and Tibetan representatives yesterday after Gordon Brown announced that he had spoken to the Chinese Premier and would meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, in May.
Last night China’s state media admitted for the first time that riots had spread to two provinces outside Tibet, but Beijing claimed that order was returning to the restive Himalayan region.

Authorities in Lhasa parade 'repentant rioters' reports the Guardian

The Chinese crackdown in Tibet was fully under way last night as authorities paraded alleged rioters on television and claimed 156 offenders had surrendered themselves to police.
They also issued a "wanted" list of 12 faces seen on security cameras during Friday's disturbances in the capital Lhasa, which followed four days of peaceful demonstrations. Chinese officials had promised to be lenient to protesters who handed themselves in by midnight on Monday, and harsh to those who did not.

Most of the papers report that

Hillary Clinton papers sink experience claims

Hillary Clinton's boasts that she gained major foreign policy experience as First Lady have been undermined after 11,046 pages of her White House schedules provided scant evidence to back up her claims.The documents were made public by the US national archives after pressure from her rival Barack Obama and freedom-of-information groups

reports the Telegraph

The Guardian reporting

On the day that dozens of US cruise missiles rained down on Serbia in an attempt to punish Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic for the country's onslaught against ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo, first lady Hillary Clinton was far from the White House war room: she was touring ancient Egyptian ruins

The Mirror has an exclusive on its front page

Forgiving Sir Paul McCartney has vowed to stay friends with Heather Mills after their bitter divorce battle.
Macca, 65, says he wants to maintain a "close and cordial" relationship with her for the sake of daughter Beatrice, four.
One friend said: "Paul doesn't want to be at war." Heather, 40, dragged Paul's name through the mud before being awarded a £24.3million divorce deal.

The Express leads with

POVERTY SCANDAL OF OUR GURKHAS

HUNDREDS of former Gurkha soldiers who fought for Britain are living in poverty on less than £30 a week, the Daily Express reveals today.
The brave warriors, all of whom loyally served the British Army for at least 15 years, are still being refused permission to work, use the NHS or claim benefits as they battle for the right to British citizenship.

Spring is in the air,too soon according to the Independent

Spring, which officially starts today, is starting to dissolve as a distinct season as climate change takes hold.
According to documented observations throughout 2007 and 2008, events in the natural world that used to be key spring indicators, from the blooming of flowers to the appearance of insects, are now increasingly happening in what used to be thought of as mid-winter, as Britain's temperatures steadily rise.
Although many people may see the changes as quaint or charming – butterflies certainly brighten up a January day – they are actually among the first concrete signs that the world is indeed set on a global warming course which is likely to prove disastrous if not checked.

And it's not only spring that is early,the Telegraph reports that

Holidays ruined by earliest Easter in 90 years

Not only are experts predicting it could be the coldest Easter weekend on record, but the traditional bank holiday exodus has been thrown into confusion by recent changes to the school year.
Around a third of schools are sticking to the historic pattern and beginning their two-week Easter holidays tomorrow - but most of the others are adopting a new system and will not break up until April 4 or even later

Finally many of the papers report that

Thrill-seeking over-55s are told to behave themselves abroad and look after their health

When Keith Richards fell out of a coconut tree in Fiji, it was put down to rock star high jinks.
But a warning issued by the Foreign Office today shows the 64-year-old Rolling Stone is not alone when it comes to taking risks on holiday.
A growing number of over-55s are ignoring health risks and taking part in extreme sports, including bungee-jumping, parasailing and water-skiing.
Yet almost two-thirds do not take out travel insurance.

says the Mail