
No doubting the main story in the papers this morning,the Telegraph says
Let it be the end says the Princes
Princes William and Harry were hoping last night that 10 years of speculation over the death of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, would finally end after a jury decided that she was unlawfully killed.After six months of extraordinary claims and counter-claims, the inquest jury decided that the paparazzi who pursued the Princess's car through Paris and its driver Henri Paul, who had been drinking, were both to blame for the crash because of their "gross negligence".
unlawfully killed - but not by MI6 assassins says the Times
It has taken more than 90 days, 270 witnesses and a bill of £10 million to slay the obsessive conspiracy theories of one man. And in the end yesterday, a jury discarded the soft option of accidental death and placed much of the blame for the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales, and Dodi Fayed on the shoulders of one of Mohamed Al Fayed’s own employees.
The Express has the same headline
PRINCESS Diana and her lover Dodi Fayed were unlawfully killed by the criminally negligent driving of Henri Paul and pursuing paparazzi.
In a sensational inquest verdict yesterday, the jury found that both drunken Mr Paul and the photographers drove so fast and dangerously that the couple’s deaths were the equivalent of manslaughter.
The Mail reports
It will always be murder to Fayed, as he hints that his fight is STILL not over
Even after six tortuous months, he still called it murder.
Nothing he had heard during all those hours of evidence, from all those witnesses, seemed to dilute Mohamed Al Fayed's insistence that someone plotted the crash which killed Diana and Dodi.
Every conspiracy theory had already been tested to destruction in court. All his bluster about the couple's plans to marry remained unashamedly robust.
Away from the Diana inquest,the Sun on its front page concentates on Shannon,she knew it says
THE sobbing mum of Shannon Matthews allegedly confessed in a police car that she KNEW where her missing daughter was being held – from DAY ONE.
Karen, 32, had made emotional pleas for an abductor to return the nine-year-old throughout a massive 24-day hunt.
The Times adds
Last night Ms Matthews was being questioned in custody after her arrest on Sunday night on suspicion of perverting the course of justice.
Meanwhile according to the Mail
Police check tape of fake kidnap plot in Channel 4 drama Shameless
The episode of Shameless at the centre of the police inquiry was screened a month before Shannon went missing.
Channel 4's black comedy featured the fake kidnap of a schoolboy and a £500,000 ransom demand.
Detectives have obtained a copy of the show, which drew an audience of 2.5million, and may question Karen Matthews about it.
The Independent leads with the Olympic torch,Up in flames says its front page
The global procession of the Olympic flame – a symbol of sporting values hijacked as a symbol of Chinese state pride – stumbled into abject political embarrassment for Beijing and Western governments yesterday.
The day after determined protests in London, a 17-mile torch relay through Paris dissolved into chaos, farce and, finally, cancellation. The torch, although not the master flame, was extinguished at least four times as an elaborate security screen failed to fend off pro-Tibet and human rights demonstrators.
Meanwhile the Guardian reports that
London may forgo 2012 procession
The International Olympic Committee will consider abandoning plans for an international torch relay in advance of the 2012 Games following the violent protests that accompanied the Olympic flame's progress through Paris and London in the past two days.
Olympic sources said yesterday the IOC was likely to review its position on relays in light of the clashes, a move that would undermine Britain's plans to stage an international event in the build-up to 2012. During their successful bid the London Games' organisers committed to holding a domestic relay, and said they would consider staging an international "journey of hope and reconciliation".
The paper though leads with
Secret US plan for military future in Iraq
A confidential draft agreement covering the future of US forces in Iraq, passed to the Guardian, shows that provision is being made for an open-ended military presence in the country.
The draft strategic framework agreement between the US and Iraqi governments, dated March 7 and marked "secret" and "sensitive", is intended to replace the existing UN mandate and authorises the US to "conduct military operations in Iraq and to detain individuals when necessary for imperative reasons of security" without time limit.
The Times has the latest opinion polls on its front page
Brown hits new low as voters desert Labour
Gordon Brown’s leadership rating has fallen to its lowest level yet, with a third of voters regarding him as worse than Tony Blair, a poll for The Times finds today.
The Prime Minister has also presided over a sharp fall in confidence in the economy as he enters a crucial three weeks of campaigning for the London and local elections.
The Populus survey will reinforce the gloom among Labour MPs, with Mr Brown facing a sizeable backbench revolt over his decision as Chancellor to abolish the lower 10p band of income tax. Some ministers already accept that concessions will have to be made to avoid a defeat on a Budget measure.
Meanwhile according to the Independent
David Cameron has promised to join forces with rebel Labour MPs in an attempt to reverse Gordon Brown's decision to abolish the 10p lower rate of income tax.
His intervention put more pressure on the Prime Minister and increased the prospect of a Commons defeat on the issue later this month. However, Labour MPs hope the Government will offer concessions to soften the impact of the change on low-paid workers
The Telegraph looks at another campaign reporting that
Hillary Clinton fights to salvage campaign
The former First Lady also faced heavy criticism from fellow Democrats who claimed that it could soon be too late to save her campaign.
One leading strategist said she had again showed flawed loyalty to a poorly performing senior aide while her campaign was in deep trouble.
The Independent reports that
Tsvangirai in South Africa for Zimbabwe crisis talks
Mr Tsvangirai flew to Johannesburg on his first trip outside Zimbabwe since the March elections for talks with Jacob Zuma, the potential successor of Thabo Mbeki – who had recently met Gordon Brown.
The Guardian says he
is in South Africa to increase pressure on Robert Mugabe to release the result of the presidential election held 10 days ago, and to admit defeat or hold a clean run-off vote.
Second-chance exam ‘dumbs down’ GCSE says the Times
Teenagers will be allowed to boost their grades by resitting sections of their GCSEs, under reforms designed to make the exam less stressful. Critics said that this would make the qualification easier to pass, while pupils’ true abilities would be harder to assess.
Students could take modular GCSEs broken down into units spread across the two-year course, rather than just sitting exams at the end. They would be able to resit each unit, and take 60 per cent of the qualification before the end of the course.
The Telegraph reports that
Credit crunch forces end of 100 pc mortgage
Buyers will now need a deposit of at least 5 per cent - an average of £10,000 - to purchase a home.
Abbey's withdrawal of its 100 per cent mortgage yesterday came as pressure mounted on the Bank of England to cut rates this Thursday from 5.25 per cent to 5 per cent.
According to the Guardian
Tesco sues critic of its expansion in Thailand for £16.4m damages
A former Thai MP is facing up to two years' imprisonment and a £16.4m libel damages claim after he criticised Tesco's aggressive expansion in his country. The retailer, trading as Tesco Lotus in Thailand, also issued a second libel writ against a newspaper columnist and academic who faces bankruptcy if he loses the action, in which Tesco is claiming damages of £1.6m
Finally according to the Sun
TOUGH-guy England coach Fabio Capello is really a MUMMY’S BOY at heart, according to his 85-year-old mother.
Capello, 61, is known throughout soccer for being a hard taskmaster with players, but he still phones his mama back home in Italy every night.
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