Military uniforms on the front apge pf many pf the papers not least the Sun which has a picture of an Raf hat on its front page and declares

it has got its hat on

SALUTE our heroic Boys and Girls – and today declare the ban on them wearing their proud uniforms in public an INSULT.
Last night PM Gordon Brown slammed a barmy order that 2,000 RAF personnel must don civvies on a city’s streets to avoid confrontations with “antiwar” thugs.
The same cowardly minority of hooligans have spat at and abused children attending cadet meetings

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Yesterday it emerged students in London – whose idea of hardship and sacrifice is getting out of bed before lunchtime – have voted to ban all military personnel, including cadets, from their university campus.

Be proud of your uniform: Brown leads the backlash against public abuse as the RAF is accused of caving in says the Mail

MPs, community leaders and Forces rank and file condemned the decision to bar personnel at RAF Wittering from wearing their uniforms in nearby Peterborough, following haranguing and harassment from locals.
Military chiefs were accused of being too scared of causing offence to small minorities and urged to face the abuse down with a high-profile parade through the town.

Pictures of an RAF heroine also feature on the front pages of the Mail,Times and Telegraph,the Mail reporting that

She was a brown-eyed blonde with a flashing smile, he was a likely looking lad with a confident walk and a fiercely-shaven head.
Had it not been for their uniforms, Michelle Goodman and David Hayden might have blended easily into the morning sunlight of a busy city street.
Precisely the kind of anonymity they would be expected to adopt in places like Peterborough, in fact.

and that yesterday

Flight Lieutenant Goodman became the first woman to win a Distinguished Flying Cross after her heroic helicopter rescue mission under fire in Basra.
Corporal Hayden became the first airman to receive the Military Cross for the courage he showed in racing to carry a dying friend away from a firefight.

Uniform ban saddens the Queen reports the Telegraph

As head of the Armed Forces, the Queen backed the Prime Minister's decision yesterday to speak out against RAF Wittering for ordering its personnel to keep a low profile in Peterborough

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The Times leads with the story that

Tax rise for drinkers in a Budget for trouble

Alistair Darling will increase duties on wines and spirits next week as he presents a Budget to stave off recession.
Against a backdrop of worsening conditions in the US economy and renewed anxiety in the City, the Chancellor of the Exchequer told The Times yesterday that he would “support the economy in what are undoubtedly difficult times”.

The Telegraph reports that

Celebrities fuel binge culture, says pubs boss

The chairman of the JD Wetherspoon pub chain criticised pop stars and sportsmen yesterday for fuelling Britain's binge drinking culture.
As the company reported a drop in sales following the introduction of the smoking ban in England and Wales, Tim Martin also criticised the Government's focus on under-age drinkers - who he does not see as a major cause of the country's drink problems.

Act now to lift children out of poverty says the Independent

More than 70 Labour MPs have asked Alistair Darling to make child poverty the centrepiece of next week's Budget amid fears that the Government will break its pledges to tackle it.
In a round-robin letter to the Chancellor, the MPs say the public and the Labour Party expect him to unveil measures to put the anti-poverty strategy back on track. Mr Darling is likely to increase tax credits for low-income working families and will stress that ministers remain committed to abolishing child poverty by 2020. But his room for manoeuvre is limited because the rate of public spending growth will halve to about 2 per cent by 2011.

There is much coverage of the aftermath of the shootings in Israel,the same paper reports

Mystery surrounds role of Hamas in attack on Jerusalem seminary

Did Hamas order the killing of eight Israeli yeshiva students at their seminary library in Jerusalem? There was continued confusion last night over who was behind Thursday's shooting, following reports that the Palestinian group had claimed responsibility. Reuters news agency quoted an anonymous Hamas source as saying the Islamic faction was responsible.

whilst the Guardian says

Peace process in peril after seminary bloodbath

Israeli officials said yesterday they would continue to meet Palestinian leaders under the recently revived peace process but after escalating violence in Gaza and Jerusalem there was a recognition on both sides that the negotiations are faltering.
As thousands of mourners gathered at the Jewish seminary in Jerusalem where eight students were shot dead on Thursday night, police were still trying to determine if the lone gunman was part of a militant cell.

Eta blamed for murder of Socialist Party councillor Isaías Carrasco says the Times

Spain's election campaign was thrown into disarray yesterday by an apparent act of terrorism, when a politician was gunned down in front of wife and daughter just two days before the vote.
Authorities immediately blamed Eta, the violent Basque separatist group, for the killing of Isaías Carrasco, a 43-year-old former Socialist Party councillor from the Basque town of Mondragón. Mr Carrasco was shot three times in his back and neck outside his home and died in hospital shortly after.

and many of the papers report from America where

Obama aide quits over Hillary 'monster' gibe

Barack Obama’s foreign policy adviser resigned yesterday after describing Hillary Clinton as a “monster” who would do anything to win.
The departure of Samantha Power for insulting remarks made to The Scotsman newspaper during a visit to London reflects how the Democratic presidential race has been transformed in the past five days.

Back to the Uk and the front page of the Guardian warns that

Easter travellers face closure chaos

Millions of rail and air passengers face massive disruption over Easter as Network Rail plans a repeat of the shutdowns that brought chaos to Britain at the new year, while BA confronts pilot strike action.
Engineering works at 35 locations will close parts of Britain's busiest lines, including the west coast route between London and Glasgow that was hardest hit by work overruns in January. Other lines affected are: the east coast line between York and Doncaster; the great western route between Gloucester and Newport; and the transpennine line between Huddersfield and Leeds.

More travel revelations in the Telegraph

Heathrow airport first to fingerprint

Millions of British airline passengers face mandatory fingerprinting before being allowed to board flights when Heathrow’s Terminal 5 opens later this month.For the first time at any airport, the biometric checks will apply to all domestic passengers leaving the terminal, which will handle all British Airways flights to and from Heathrow.

and adds

The controversial security measure is also set to be introduced at Gatwick, Manchester and Heathrow’s Terminal 1, and many airline industry insiders believe fingerprinting could become universal at all UK airports within a few years

And in the Times which tells us

Drivers will have no escape from average-speed camera network

Cameras that detect average speed will be deployed on hundreds of miles of motorway under a Government plan to force all drivers to comply with variable limits.
Drivers will no longer be able to exceed the limit knowing that police rarely prosecute anyone driving at less than 85mph on motorways. They will also no longer be able to slow down when they spot a camera.

The Times pores some doubt on a recent campaign

Series of blunders turned the plastic bag into global villain

Scientists and environmentalists have attacked a global campaign to ban plastic bags which they say is based on flawed science and exaggerated claims.
The widely stated accusation that the bags kill 100,000 animals and a million seabirds every year are false, experts have told The Times. They pose only a minimal threat to most marine species, including seals, whales, dolphins and seabirds

Dustbin tyrants says the front of the Express

BARMY new waste collection rules mean that councils across Britain are now refusing to empty bins altogether – unless the lid is shut.
One in three local authorities has ordered collectors not to touch any open bin, even if the lid is only slightly lifted.
It is the latest “ridiculous” edict to hit householders already fuming about fortnightly collections and confusing advice about recycling.

The front page of the Independent looks back at another campaign

We shall (not) overcome... Nuclear protest survived six Tory governments. But not New Labour

It survived six Tory governments, the end of the Cold War and the rise and fall of mass marches against the British nuclear deterrent. But after 50 years in which the tradition of peaceful demonstration has been maintained outside the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston, the New Labour era has finally done for one of the most famous symbols of protest in British political history

The Mail asks

Why was Cambridge graduate put on trial for sex assault after drunken night of passion?

The sex trial nightmare of a Cambridge graduate ended yesterday leaving a huge question mark over the decision to charge him.
Jack Gillett was accused of assault by a fellow student after a drunken night of passion.
He has spent nine months under a cloud of suspicion and facing the threat of up to ten years in jail.
But after a three-day trial this week, a jury took just two and a half hours to throw out the £50,000 case.

tests after rape may be handed to NHS says the Guardian

Responsibility for the medical examination of rape victims may be taken away from police and handed over to the NHS, amid concerns that services in some parts of the country are short-changing victims and contributing to the low conviction rate for rape.A working party of police, civil servants, doctors and nurses, set up by the Department of Health, is expected to recommend the creation of regional centres of excellence run by the health service

Meanwhile the Mirror reports

Manchester United star Jonny Evans 'cleared of rape'

Soccer star Jonny Evans will not be prosecuted for rape following the notorious Manchester United Christmas party.
The Northern Ireland defender, 19, who is on loan at Sunderland, is due to answer bail this month but it is understood he will be told no further action will be taken. Evans was quizzed for 15 hours by police after a 26-year-old woman said she had been attacked. She was taken to a sexual assault centre, examined by medics and interviewed by police

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Another football story appears on its front page

Paul Gascoigne goes back to dad's home after being released from mental ward

Frail Paul Gascoigne arrives at his dad's home yesterday after being freed from a mental ward.
The tormented 40-year-old turned to his family for help to recover from his latest battle with booze and drugs. Sister Lindsay, 34, drove him to the Gateshead house from hospital.

Most of the papers report that Lady Thatcher is in hospital,the Sun reporting that

The ex Prime Minister, 82, was being kept in overnight at St Thomas’ Hospital, central London, for “precautionary tests”.
A spokeswoman for the hospital said Thatcher was in a "stable" condition and speaking to the medical staff.
She was taken ill at 10.15pm and returned to her Pimlico home before being whisked to hospital. Lady Thatcher’s health has deteriorated in recent years and she has had a number of strokes.
She has been looking increasingly frail recently.

Most of the papers report that

Weathermen warn: Don't venture outside on Sunday night says the Mail

Coastal regions around Britain risk being flooded when winter's biggest storm strikes early next week. The warning came as it emerged that some of the highest tides of the year will coincide with the severe weather already predicted.
Forecasters said on Thursday that heavy rains and winds of up to 80mph will lash large parts of the country on Monday.

The Telegaph also looks forward to the weekend

Enjoy (or endure) 17-hr BBC sport marathon

Rugby and football fans will be celebrating the television schedule, which includes live coverage of three Six Nations matches and three FA Cup quarter-finals
However, viewers who prefer drama and light entertainment will regard it more as an interminable test of endurance and may wonder why they are paying their licence fees.

After three months of dark, it's morning at last reports the Guardian

Spring in the Norwegian arctic seems to spend a long time plotting its annual comeback. When it returns, though, it does not disappoint. The permafrost and glaciers of Spitsbergen forbid the early flowers that erupt further south, but the islanders have their own way of knowing when winter is over.
Day by day in late January and February, the sky grows light again. And today, the people of Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, which claims to be the most northerly town in the world, will bask in their first full day of sun since October. Spring's light has been bugling itself around the island this week, dying the mountains pink, the sea deep azure and the sky rose, green and yellow

Finally the Mirror reports on the

village which is helping to combat the threat of grey squirrels driving out rarer reds - by EATING them.
David and Carolyn Ridley's fish and game shop has sold 30 greys this week alone under the slogan: "Eat a grey, save a red."
And squirrel pate has already proved a popular dish at a local hotel they supply in Corbridge, Northumberland