It seems this week has been a flashback to the 70's,Labour rebels strikes and now Petrol shortages.

Petrol supplies hit by strike says the Telegraph

Motorists have been urged not to panic-buy fuel as a strike by refinery workers forced BP to begin the closure of Britain's largest oil pipeline.North Sea oil supplies will be severely disrupted by the shutting down of the Forties pipeline, which supplies one third of the UK's oil and gas.

Petrol price to break through £5 a gallon as forecourts sell out amid fuel panic says the Mail

The crisis is being deepened by clear signs that motorists are panic-buying, despite pleas for calm from Gordon Brown.
There have also been allegations of profiteering by garages.

We're running out says the Express

Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks admitted he could not guarantee fuel would be available on every forecourt because of a strike at a refinery which will shut down almost half Britain’s North Sea oil output.

The Times reports that

A strike at Britain’s third largest oil refinery could cost the economy up to £250 million,

The paper leads with

Banks pull the plug on buy-to-let landlords

The era of the amateur landlord has all but ended, with banks effectively refusing to lend to new entrants to the buy-to-let market.
Thousands of existing landlords also face huge increases in the cost of remortgaging, experts said yesterday

The Mayoral election gets a fair amount of coverage,the Guardian reporting

Ken Livingstone has edged ahead of his Tory rival, Boris Johnson, in the race to become the next mayor of London, according to an opinion poll released yesterday.
The survey conducted by Ipsos Mori puts Livingstone on 53% - six points ahead of Johnson on 47% - among those certain to vote in next Thursday's election, once crucial second preferences are taken into account. It is Livingstone's biggest lead since the campaign started.

The Independent says

Labour is portraying Boris Johnson as "high risk" and "a joke" as it launches a last-ditch blitz aimed at preventing him becoming Mayor of London next week.

It leads with a report on

'A world of casual racism' exposed at BA

A senior British Airways pilot reveals today the startling levels of casual racism in the flagship UK company, which once famously claimed to be "the world's favourite airline".
Captain Doug Maughan, who has 28 years' flying experience, including 15 years with BA, says that derogatory remarks about race by his colleagues are so common they are treated as normal.

The Mail asks

Did the supermarkets and tobacco firms fix the price of cigarettes?

Tobacco firms and supermarkets face massive fines following allegations of collusion over the price of cigarettes.
Imperial Tobacco, responsible for brands such as Embassy, and Gallaher, which owns Benson & Hedges and Silk Cut, are in the dock.
Eleven stores, including Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons, are also under investigation for what has been described as 'dodgy dealing'

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The Guardian leads with

'Sustainable' bio-plastic can damage the environment

The worldwide effort by supermarkets and industry to replace conventional oil-based plastic with eco-friendly "bioplastics" made from plants is causing environmental problems and consumer confusion, according to a Guardian study.
The substitutes can increase emissions of greenhouse gases on landfill sites, some need high temperatures to decompose and others cannot be recycled in Britain.

To Zimbaabwe and the Times reports

UN move on Robert Mugabe as police raid MDC

Britain forced Zimbabwe on to the UN Security Council agenda yesterday as regional efforts to resolve the election stand-off faltered.
Sir John Sawers, Britain’s UN Ambassador, won agreement for the 15-nation council to hear a briefing on the crisis from a senior UN official, probably on Tuesday. The British move is a possible prelude to seeking UN backing for an arms embargo on Zimbabwe because of the risk of election-related repression.
The disclosure came as riot police raided the headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change in Harare and detained about 100 supporters who had sought sanctuary there

In the capital, Harare, heavily armed riot police smashed their way through groups of injured opposition supporters, including women and children, who had fled from the violence being meted out in rural areas by thugs deployed by the ruling Zanu-PF party.
The group was gathered outside the headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, which the police then stormed, arresting an estimated 300 people.

reports the Telegraph

UN targets US over delay in Syrian nuclear evidence says the Independent

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog has reacted with fury at the United States' delay in passing on intelligence, after Washington accused North Korea of helping Syria to build secretly a nuclear reactor.
According to the Central Intelligence Agency the reactor, which may have been part of a nuclear weapons programme, was destroyed by an Israeli air raid months before its completion.

The Guardian reports that

Detectives cleared over man killed in hail of 50 bullets on wedding day

A judge in New York yesterday cleared three detectives on all charges involved in the killing of Sean Bell, the bridegroom who died in a hail of 50 police bullets outside a nightclub hours before his wedding.
Outside the crowded courtroom, where demonstrators carried signs reading "50 shots isn't justice", there were shouts, tears and anger as the verdict was pronounced. Some protesters shouted "murderers".

The Sun reports that

BRITAIN’S 18,000 merchant sailors face a growing danger from pirates with links to al-Qaeda.
Attacks worldwide are up 20 per cent this year – and tourists on passenger liners are now feared to be at risk.

Amy Winehouse returns to the front pages this morning,the Mail reporting

A sneering Amy Winehouse was yesterday arrested for suspected assault in the latest sorry chapter of her chaotic, drug-addled life.
The 24-year-old singer attended Holborn police station in Central London for questioning about a street brawl in which she allegedly attacked two men in the early hours of Wednesday.

The Sun leads with Amy cheats on Blake

SMITTEN AMY WINEHOUSE enjoys a tender moment — in the arms of her new lover.
The 24-year-old pop diva gazed adoringly at hunky ALEX HAYNES while her junkie husband languished behind bars.
Amy, who was ARRESTED yesterday on suspicion of assault, now plans to divorce waster BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL.

The papers try to unravel the deaths in Redditch,the same paper reporting

HANGED mum Heather Wardle hid her disabled son’s body in a suitcase for up to three months after he died accidentally, cops believed last night.
Tragic James Hughes, 21, who had the mental age of a toddler, is feared to have fallen, suffered a fatal epileptic fit or choked on polystyrene balls and a rubber band — said to have been found inside him.

The Mirror leads with the story telling how the lost boy died

Heather Wardle killed herself because she could no longer cope with hiding son James Hughes' death, friends claimed last night.
The tormented 39-year-old stuffed his body into a suitcase and dumped it in her garden after he died of an epileptic fit.
She then covered up the tragic truth for four months, telling relatives severely disabled James, 21, had gone away for respite care.

The same paper reports that

PUNISHMENT SWIM KILLERS OUT IN 2YRS

Two men who killed a boy by forcing him to swim in a flooded clay pit were jailed yesterday - but will only serve two years of their sentence.
Christopher Lewis, 22, and Marvin Walker, 21, punched and kicked Shane Owoo, 16, in a row over a stolen bike before frogmarching him into the water.
The brutes then used sticks to stop the weak swimmer getting out and he drowned.
Yesterday the pair were given five-and-a-half years' jail after admitting manslaughter at an earlier hearing. But time served on remand means they will be free by June 2010.

A rabid dog on the loose is covered by most of the papers,the Guardian reporing

Three quarantine workers have been treated for exposure to rabies after being bitten by an infected puppy, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said last night.
The puppy, which was brought into the country from Sri Lanka a week ago, died yesterday after an acute illness while being held in a quarantine centre in south-east England. It is believed to be the first instance of rabies being detected in a dog in quarantine since the early 1990s, Defra said.

All the papers report on the death of

Known as "Humph", the jazz band leader, trumpet player and master of innuendo died following surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm after being admitted to Barnet General Hospital in north London on April 16.A statement released on his website said: "Humph died peacefully with his family and friends around him on April 25 at 7pm following surgery. says the Telegraph

The Independent reporting

Last month, Lyttelton had given up his role as presenter of BBC Radio 2's Best of Jazz, saying he was leaving to "clear a space for some of my other ambitions". He had been at the helm of the show since 1967, introducing thousands of listeners to many different styles of jazz.

According to the Express

The number of people who think the best place to keep their money is under their mattress has nearly trebled during the past year, figures show.
Around 11% of people said they now thought their money was safest under their mattress, compared with just 4% 12 months ago, according to Newcastle Building Society.

The Times meanwhile says

The fall of the pound against the euro has prompted thousands of Britons to rethink their holiday plans.
The cost of going to traditional destinations in the South of France, the Spanish costas and the Greek islands has risen beyond many families’ budgets as they feel the full impact of the credit crisis.
An increasing number of British holidaymakers are looking at cheaper deals in Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. And many people this summer will simply stay at home

Chelsea Flower Show could close over dispute reports the Telegraph

The London borough of Kensington and Chelsea is insisting that after nearly 95 years of exhibiting in the grounds of Sir Christopher Wren's Royal Hospital, the flower show must apply for planning permission from 2009

The Mirror reports on

The battle for England ace David Beckham's shirt

When David Beckham handed his football shirt to two young lads after a match, it was a typically generous gesture from the England ace.
But it has sparked a bitter legal wrangle between the boys and their families as they both claim the No23 jersey

Finally according to the Sun

A FOREIGN student taking tourist snaps believes she photographed a spooky sightseeing attraction – a UFO.
Teenager Anastasiya Gavrilenko captured the mysterious object speeding through the sky as she walked through a park in Croydon, south London.
The 17-year-old Russian said she was stunned when she printed out her photos taken in Ribblesdown Park last month.