The papers cannot agree on the top story this morning.

The Independent leads with one of the themes of the week,

Shocked! How the oil crisis has hit the world

British pensioners who cannot afford to heat their homes. European hauliers and fishermen whose livelihoods are under threat. Palestinians forced to fill up their cars with olive oil. Americans asked to go down to a four-day week.

says the paper adding

All around the world, in a multitude of ways, the soaring price of oil is hurting rich and poor alike. For the lucky ones, it is simply a matter of changing their lifestyle. But those most vulnerable to the price of oil have been driven on to the streets in angry protests, which raise a fundamental question: what can we do to survive in a world where a barrel of oil costs $127 (£64)?

Sales a month early as stores struggle through reports the Telegraph

High street leaders including House of Fraser, Laura Ashley and Marks & Spencer are all offering a range of discounts over the weekend.
The widespread reductions come as John Lewis – which is also promoting special offers – saw sales fall by at least 10 per cent in more than half of its stores in the week leading up to the bank holiday weekend.

The Times follows up on a lead yesterday in the Mail,the paper claims

The country’s most successful police force is leading a revolt against Home Office targets that it says stifle officers with form-filling bureaucracy.
Surrey Police will be joined this weekend by the Staffordshire, Leicestershire and West Midlands forces in returning to what they call “commonsense policing”.
The forces will abandon government performance measurements that require them to record playground fights as criminal offences. Instead, their chiefs have told The Times, they will give the bobby on the beat the discretion to treat minor offences as minor offences.

The Mail meanwhile haedlines with

Be NICE to Mr Huntley

Ian Huntley is receiving extraordinary preferential treatment in prison to 'keep his spirits up'.
The killer of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman has tried three times to kill himself and the authorities are keen to avoid another attempt.
Officers guarding him have been told by governor David Thompson to treat Huntley - and fellow inmates - as 'extensions of their family' and use their first names or address them as 'Mr'.

Staying on the prison topic,the Telegraph reports that

5,000 violent offenders released early

The controversial early release programme was one of the first acts of the new Gordon Brown government last June and estimated that 25,500 prisoners would be released early over the course of a year.
However that number has been exceeded within ten months, the Ministry of Justice admitted, and the final figure is likely to be nearer to 32,000.

Schools make the headlines in the Guardian reporting that

State schools are struggling with unteachable children, ignorant parents, staff who don't want to be there and a shortage of leadership, according to the chief executive of the Independent Schools Council.
Chris Parry, whose organisation represents half of the 2,600 private schools in the UK, told the Guardian that state school pupils could not be expected to get into top universities if they were bullied by classmates from "disadvantaged backgrounds".

Staying on the education theme,the Express reports that Muslim clerics are to teach our children

Moves to allow Muslim clerics into classrooms to address pupils were condemned yesterday.
The latest scheme put forward by Schools Secretary Ed Balls was greeted with derision.Critics branded the proposals by the under-fire minister unworkable and unnecessary.
The package of measures, to be published next week, will set out a proposal to invite British-born imams into schools to speak about growing violent extremism among young people.

Terror law turns thousands of council officials into spies says the Times

Thousands of middle managers in local councils are being authorised to spy on people suspected of petty offences using powers designed to prevent crime and terrorism.
Even junior council officials are being allowed to initiate surveillance operations in what privacy campaigners likened to Eastern bloc police tactics.
The Home Office is expected to be urged by the Commons Home Affairs select committee to issue guidelines to councils on the type of operations in which surveillance can be used

The Sun reports that

A COUPLE were arrested late last night on suspicion of killing their children.
Cops have confirmed two children were found suffering from stab wounds in a quiet south London suburb.A boy, 5, and a girl, 4, were rushed to hospital but later died from their injuries .
A third child - aged six months - is fighting for her life.
The kids' parents - believed to be of Sri Lankan origin - were taken into custody at separate south London police stations for questioning.

TOUGH CIGARETTE CONTROLS CONSIDERED reports the Express

Branding and logos on cigarette packets could be banned under Government proposals to cut smoking.
Tougher controls including plain packaging, minimum pack sizes of 20 and a ban on the advertising of cigarette papers are all under consideration by the Department of Health (DoH).
The department has released a consultation document called "The Future of Tobacco Control" with the aim of cutting smoking rates and preventing young people from picking up the habit. The proposals include removing branding and logos from all tobacco packaging and having a minimum pack size of 20 to stop young people who can only afford packs of 10 from buying cigarettes.

The Independent reports on Hillary's last stand

The epic struggle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination passes another milestone today, at a hotel near Washington's famous zoo.
With hundreds, perhaps more, vociferous and mostly female supporters of Mrs Clinton gathered outside, some 30 party apparatchiks will file into the Wardman Park hotel under the glare of the world's media. They are attempting to resolve the most hotly contested issue in the hopelessly tangled Democratic race: how many of the disputed delegates from Florida and Michigan should be seated at the party's nominating convention in Denver

Party leaders signal the end of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton duel says the Times

Hillary Clinton, who began the race for the Democratic nomination as the seemingly unstoppable choice of the party establishment, is ending it as an outsider railing against the perceived injustices that have taken her to the brink of defeat

Chinese spies stole US trade secretary data reports the Telegraph

Chinese officials are suspected of secretly copying the contents of a US government laptop computer during a visit by Carlos Gutierrez, the American trade secretary.The Chinese cyberspies then allegedly tried to use the information to hack into US government computers.
The copying is believed to have occurred when a laptop was left unattended during Mr Gutierrez’s trip to Beijing for trade talks last December.

The Times reports that

French judge annuls Muslim marriage over bride's virginity lie

The decision by a court in Lille was condemned by the Government, media, feminists and civil rights organisations after it was reported in a legal journal on Thursday. Patrick Devedjian, leader of the ruling Union for a Popular Movement, said it was unacceptable that the law could be used for religious reasons to repudiate a bride. It must be modified “to put an end to this extremely disturbing situation”, he said.

The Guardian asks

Could US scientist's 'CO2 catcher' help to slow warming?

a group of US scientists say they have made a breakthrough towards creating such a machine. Led by Klaus Lackner, a physicist at Columbia University in New York, they plan to build and demonstrate a prototype within two years that could economically capture a tonne of CO2 a day from the air, about the same per passenger as a flight from London to New York.

The Sun leads with Holiday from Helmut

A DAD who took his family to a luxury holiday hotel only to find they were surrounded by Germans was awarded £750 by a court yesterday.
David Barnish, 47, forked out £4,000 for the all-inclusive trip to the Greek island of Kos. But on arrival at the 700-room Grecotel Park hotel with wife Karen and his three daughters, David grew suspicious as he noticed all the unoccupied sunbeds draped with towels – and the sound of just one distinctive accent.

The Mail returns to one of its familiar themes

Even the BBC Trust thinks its big name TV and radio news presenters are paid too much

The salaries of the BBC's big-name TV and radio news presenters have come under fire from the corporation's governing body.
However, its review - due out on Monday - is expected to defend the salaries of major entertainment stars such as Jonathan Ross, who has an £18million deal.
The investigation by the BBC Trust is believed to single out areas such as news and radio for paying over the odds for stars, even though there is less competition for their talents from rivals.

Taxpayers lose £4.5m on Apethorpe Hall reports the Telegraph

English Heritage has been accused of wasting public money by putting a majestic 15th century property on the market for £4.5 million after spending more than £7 million to save it for the nation. Apethorpe Hall is one of the country's finest Elizabethan and Jacobean houses. It was bought by the Government for more than £3 million. Over the past two years, English Heritage has spent £4 million on its restoration.

Shock and anger as Silverjet runs out of cash reports the Guardian

Thousands of people who had paid up to £1,100 to fly on an exclusive business class service to New York or Dubai were grounded yesterday when the airline Silverjet suspended all flights after running out of cash.
The airline's services were suspended after the final flight arrived at Luton airport at 2.45pm from Dubai.
The Civil Aviation Authority estimated that almost 10,000 passengers had been affected. More than 7,000 British, and thousands more overseas customers will have to make fresh travel plans at short notice. Some were left on the ground after expecting to fly between Luton and New York yesterday

As June approaches the Independent reports that More flooding is forecast for the South-west

The South-west was braced for more flash floods, with the Met Office warning residents in Devon and Somerset they could see more than an inch-and-a-half of rain fall in the next 24 hours.
"The potential is there for more incidences of flash flooding," said Barry Gromett, a meteorologist for the Met Office. "It's quite likely that the South-west is going to see some more heavy showers, particularly through this afternoon and tomorrow. These will be isolated pockets of intense rainfall."

Playing golf 'adds five years to your life' says the Telegraph

It has been maligned as a "good walk ruined".But golf could have greater health benefits than walking and even more strenuous forms of exercise, according to research in Sweden which shows that playing the game adds an average of five years to your life.

Finally the Guardian reports that

Marines in retreat after gaffe

A high-octane recruiting film for the Royal Marines forced the Ministry of Defence into headlong retreat yesterday, after complaints that it portrayed one of the most peaceable countries in Asia as a breeding ground for Islamist terrorists. Officials apologised to Malaysia for the offending video, which was used in cinemas and on the MoD's website until it was withdrawn yesterday.
The film, which was made in Brunei while the marines were on exercises last year, featured a Malay man as a terrorist toting a Kalashnikov, who is being pursued by a group of marines in the jungle.
"I am the most evil man in the world. Come fight with me. I will kill you all," the actor said in Malay.