The Mail says Another thug with a knife another family destroyed

It was a message from the depths of grief.
The shattered father of stabbed Harry Potter actor Robert Knox warned: 'With knives there are no winners, only losers.
'If you are a person who carries a knife, think about the consequences and, for my son's sake, don't do it.'
Colin Knox and Rob's mother Sally bravely went on TV to speak of their popular, talented son who died as he defended his brother from a knifeman.

The Mirror carries the same message on its front page

No to Knives

Father Colin, 55, had to be supported by partner Barbara Verga as grief overcame him while laying his 18-year-old son's favourite childhood Mickey Mouse toy outside the Metro Bar.

The Telegraph reporting that

His father, Colin, told how the last conversation he had with his 18-year-old son was about the danger of knives. He said: "There's a lot of fear out there and someone has to change the way we think."

The story takes the lead in the Sun which reminds us

THE fatal stabbing of Robert Knox takes the number of teenagers violently killed in London this year to 14.

The Express leads with news that the GREAT PETROL REVOLT BEGINS

ANGER over Gordon Brown’s failure to deal with rising fuel prices will boil over tomorrow in the first major new protest against sky-high petrol and diesel costs.
Hundreds of truckers will descend on the capital for a mass rally to draw attention to a crisis that is hurting millions of motorists

Speculation about Gordon Brown's future continues

Miliband urged to be ready to lead Labour is the lead in the Telegraph

Mr Miliband's supporters believe he is the only leading Labour politician with the credentials to fight off a challenge from David Cameron.
While the Prime Minister's critics accept that Mr Miliband cannot force him from office, there is a fear among Labour MPs that the situation could yet become so grave that a group of senior ministers could try to persuade Mr Brown to step down

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The Independent says that

Senior cabinet ministers were forced to quash rumours of a plot to replace Gordon Brown as Prime Minister as they yesterday insisted that the Labour Party needed to rally round its leader.

Meanwhile the Guardian reports that

Brown plans two-year fightback campaign

As leading Blairite cabinet ministers rallied behind the prime minister yesterday, senior Labour figures said Brown believes he needs to use the two years at his disposal to recover his authority and show he is the right man for turbulent economic times.
"If there were a general election in six months time we would lose," one authoritative Labour figure told the Guardian. "It is not possible to recover in that time. But we can do so in two years. We will use all of that time

The lead in the Guardian claims

Billions wasted on UN climate programme

Leading academics and watchdog groups allege that the UN's main offset fund is being routinely abused by chemical, wind, gas and hydro companies who are claiming emission reduction credits for projects that should not qualify. The result is that no genuine pollution cuts are being made, undermining assurances by the UK government and others that carbon markets are dramatically reducing greenhouse gases, the researchers say.

The Times leads with

Schools in revolt over under-5s curriculum

A powerful coalition of England’s leading independent schools is demanding that the Government scale back its new national curriculum for the under-fives, claiming that it violates parents’ human rights by denying them the freedom to choose how they educate their children

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The Independent Schools Council (ISC), which represents 1,280 fee-paying schools educating more than 500,000 children, has written a blistering letter to Beverley Hughes, the Children’s Minister, complaining that the new curriculum will mean that the education of under-fives is subject to greater government interference than that of any other age group.

The last gasp: says the Independent

Cigarettes will be banned from public display in shops and vending machines are to be scrapped under dramatic new plans designed to curb smoking among young people.
Packets of 10 cigarettes will also be outlawed under proposals to be published later this week by the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson. A consultation paper includes plans to force cigarettes to be kept "under the counter" out of public view, Mr Johnson said.

The Telegraph reports that

The number of cocaine users being admitted to hospital has quadrupled in eight years, it has emerged as concerns grow that it has become the drug of choice for middle-class men. An average of more than two people a day are admitted to accident and emergency units for "cocaine-induced health emergencies", official Government data showed.

The Mail reports that

Coca-cola to phase out controversial chemical linked to hyperactivity and gene damage

The chemical Sodium Benzoate, also known as E211, is used to stop fizzy drinks going mouldy.
But recent research has shown that the chemical can deactivate parts of DNA, the genetic code in the cells of living creatures.
Coca-Cola said it was withdrawing the additive from Diet Coke in response to consumer demand for more natural products.

News from abroad and the Guardian reports

Tremor injures 400 as flood risk grows

A powerful aftershock caused further damage and injured hundreds of people in Sichuan yesterday, as concern grew over the threat of flooding. The magnitude 5.8 tremor destroyed 71,000 houses and triggered fresh mudslides, the state news agency Xinhua reported. One person died and 400 were injured, 24 seriously.

Defiant Mugabe threatens to expel US ambassador reports the Independent

The Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, accused the United States of political interference and threatened to expel its ambassador yesterday, as his party, Zanu-PF, began its campaign for next month's election run-off.
Mr Mugabe also said the US State Department's top diplomat for Africa had behaved like "a prostitute" by suggesting that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, had won the elections on 29 March

Most of the papers report that

Mars craft lands safely after 423m-mile trip

Nasa’s Phoenix spacecraft has touched down on Mars after a historic 423 million mile journey, signifying a historic new phase in the quest to find life on Mars

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Mission controllers in Pasadena, California, erupted into rapturous applause and cheers, some weeping with pride and relief as the spacecraft beamed its first signal back to Earth at 12.53am London time, indicating the $457 million mission’s safe arrival on the Martian surface after a high-risk, high-speed plunge through the planet’s atmosphere

says the Times

The Telegraph says that House prices fall as buyers 'go on strike'

The average house is now worth 1.9 per cent less than a year ago, a report from Hometrack will say today.
This is the largest fall recorded so far by any of the leading property indices and is the latest evidence that Britain's home owners should brace themselves for a protracted slowdown in house prices.

The Independent offers some hope

What slump? House prices keep rising by the seaside

It already boasts a Michelin-starred restaurant and a helipad, and Prince William, Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan have all chosen it as a holiday destination. Now, a survey has found that house prices in the seaside town of Rock in Cornwall are rising faster than any other coastal settlement in the country.

But not in the Times which reports how

Good life turns sour for expat Britons as housing slump spreads to Costas

Britons living in Spain have been hit by a housing crash that has led to the value of houses and apartments on the Costas falling by 20 per cent and estate agents predicting worse to come. A glut of new property, built during a decade of booming prices, has left thousands of homes unsold, increasing the risk that prices will not recover for many years

England's longest marriage: says the Mirror

Devoted Frank, 100, and Anita, 99, who married on May 26, 1928, have reached their oak wedding anniversary.Frank and Anita celebrated the event with family and friends at a party held at their care home in Plymouth, Devon.
They have two children, 78-year-old Marie and Frank, 73, plus five grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, The couple list the secret of their happy marriage as "a little kiss before bed, trips to bingo and good plain English food".

The Sun has an exclusive

SOCCER legend Paul Gascoigne was back inside a mental health unit last night – after terrifying hotel guests with his bizarre behaviour.
Gazza, 40, voluntarily re-admitted himself on Saturday afternoon after police were called by concerned residents.
The alcoholic ex-England ace – diagnosed with manic depression – was driven to the hospital by worried cops after guests at the hotel in Kensington, West London, found him mumbling and spinning around in tight circles.

The Telegraph reports that

A row has erupted within the Church of England over calls for British Muslims to be converted to Christianity.The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, accused the Church of failing in its duty to "welcome people of other faiths" ahead of a motion at July's General Synod in York urging a strategy for evangelising Muslims.However, his comments were condemned by senior figures within the Church.

The Express reports on

THE GREAT BANK HOLIDAY DIVIDE

THE country was split across the middle by the Bank Holiday weather yesterday.
As families in the north enjoyed the sunshine at Scarborough and Whitley Bay, Tyneside, homes in Southend were under floodwater and lashed by heavy rain.
Children took donkey rides and played with buckets and spades on Blackpool pleasure beach but at Bournemouth only two hardy souls braved the rain under a brolly.

Finally the Times reports on the

not-so-subtle sales ploy as Unilever scents profits
Sorry, Asia, you smell

You might think twice before telling a friend, and you would bite your lip rather than mention it to your boss, but one soap company has no qualms about telling 3 billion Asians that they need to use a deodorant.
Unilever is preparing to confront the issue head-on with a marketing and advertising push directed at a new Asian generation.
Russell Taylor, global vice-president for Axe, the Unilever-made deodorant marketed as Lynx in Britain, said that no one had yet found a way of making Asians self-conscious about body odour. “Asia is a market we have never really cracked. They don’t think they smell, but people everywhere smell,” he said.