The Telegraph leads this morning with a call to save dcotors surgeries.

Patients will be urged to help save their GP practices this weekend as fears grow that many could be forced to close under government plans for super surgeries.

says the paper

The British Medical Association will call on patients to sign a petition in support of their GPs as part of a major campaign against ministerial proposals to introduce large surgeries, called polyclinics, in every area of England.

Medical matters on the front of the Mail

Now NHS doctors refuse to carry out late abortions on moral grounds

NHS doctors are refusing to carry out late abortions, forcing hospitals to contract them out to private clinics and charities.
Growing moral objections mean three-quarters of the 7,000 terminations performed after 17 weeks of pregnancy each year are outside the Health Service

The Times reports on the

Plea to free ‘forgotten’ British hostages

The former Archbishop of Canterbury has broken a year-long government news blackout to appeal directly to the group holding five “forgotten” British hostages who were abducted in Baghdad last May.
Lord Carey of Clifton released a video statement through The Times in which he greeted the hostage-takers as “honourable men” and “men of faith”.
His words were addressed, over the heads of British diplomats and Iraqi government officials, to the kidnappers

The Chinese earthqauke continues to get a lot of coverage,the Independent leading with the story for the second day

Alive! Joy at miracle rescue of Liu Deyun, buried for four days in rubble of his factory

It was an agonising 100 hours from the moment the quake struck until rescuers pulled Liu Deyun from the rubble of a fertiliser factory yesterday. Little did he think as went to work on that fateful Monday morning that he would spend the next week entombed in the concertina ruins of his workplace, pinned down under toppled masonry and only able to be freed after sacrificing his left leg in a precarious amputation.

mass graves for the dead, 5 million homeless says the Times which describes

The scar on the hillside has become a mass grave for the victims of the disaster. A line of young soldiers, their faces covered by blue masks against the stench of decomposing bodies, stand guard. More troops, their uniforms protected by blue plastic coats, squat at the foot of the slope, waiting for the next grim delivery

Meanwhile the Telegraph reports that

Burma death toll jumps to 78,000

The new figure is nearly double the official estimate of 43,000 dead or missing given on Wednesday.
According to state television, as of May 15 more than 55,000 people were missing and almost 20,000 have been injured in the worst disaster in the country's history, which hit two weeks ago.
Independent experts have said the actual number is probably far higher, with British officials saying the total dead and missing could be more than 200,000

UK demands repayment of climate aid to poor nations is the main story in the Guardian

Britain's £800m international project to help the poorest countries in the world adapt to climate change was under fire last night after it emerged that almost all the money offered by Gordon Brown will have to be repaid with interest.
The UK environmental transformation fund was announced by the prime minister to international acclaim in November 2007, and was widely expected to be made in direct grants to countries experiencing extreme droughts, storms and sea level rise associated with climate change.

but the paper adds

the money is not additional British aid and will be administered by the World Bank mainly in the form of concessionary loans which poor countries will have to pay back to Britain with interest.

Both the Mirror and the Sun report on the Manchester football riots,the Mirror has found the policeman who was seen kicked by fans on CCtv

Pc Mick Regan, 47, last night spoke of his terrifying ordeal at the hands of a 20-strong gang of Rangers thugs who went on the rampage during Wednesday's Uefa Cup Final in Manchester.
He was swamped by the yobs and kicked and punched, before being dragged to safety by a heroic Army medic. Nursing his injured arm, Mick said: "I feared they'd do me serious injury. I had no defence. They were out of control."

The Sun reports

A THUG pictured being savaged by a police dog during the shocking UEFA Cup final soccer riot is a convicted MURDERER.
Shaven-headed Glasgow Rangers fan Alexander Aitkenhead, 38, was jailed for life after stabbing a man to death.
He was bitten after the match in Manchester between Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg on Wednesday — which was marred by drunken violence.
The Sun pictured Aitkenhead angrily confronting cops just before an alsatian bit him.
We can now reveal he got life in 1987, aged 17, for killing his brother-in-law in a row over his sister

There is much talk of the economy,the Independent says

businesses pass on cost of economic crunch to the consumer

Concern is rising that consumers rather than businesses are bearing the full cost of the credit and raw material crunches that are destabilising the world economy and threatening to plunge some countries, including Britain, into recession.
Reporting a 45 per cent jump in profits to £883m yesterday, British Airways became the latest major company during the past week to report bumper sales after optimistic financial reports from Sainsbury's and Premier Foods.

The Guardian reports on

Frustration for Bush as pledge to Saudis fails to win oil concession

The US agreed yesterday to help Saudi Arabia protect its oil industry from terrorist attack, while offering to back conservative Arab countries resisting Iranian influence spreading across the Middle East.
The White House announced new agreements with the kingdom as President George Bush flew to Riyadh for private talks with King Abdullah at his ranch outside the capital. But the king was not persuaded to boost Saudi oil production to ease the effect of the $127-a-barrel price on the US economy

NEW HOPE FOR END TO SLUMP is the Express' headline

THE country began its recovery from the credit crunch last night as the economy showed the first significant signs of improving.
After weeks of gloom, compounded by fears over falling house prices, rising food bills and soaring fuel costs, markets finally began to rally, offering the promise of financial relief for millions.
Shares ended a miserable period on the stock market, finishing on a four-month high, up 52.5 points on the day. At one point the FTSE 100 index soared to its highest peak this year, and by the end of trading £13billion had been added to the value of our top quoted companies.

The Mail meanwhile tells us

How scheming power firms rig prices to con families out of £400 every year

Households are being overcharged by more than £400 a year for gas and electricity because power companies are fixing prices, it is claimed.
The official consumer body Energywatch says the power supply industry in Britain and Europe is rigged against consumers.
It also accuses the Government of being docile and complacent while millions struggle to pay their bills.

Search for black gold is sweeping the country reports the Times

More than 200 communities in the English countryside may be sitting on billions of pounds of undiscovered oil, according to prospectors.
Scores of greenfield sites across southern and eastern England are being mapped for viability as world oil prices soar.
The Government has received 60 applications from 54 companies to explore 182 plots, but is keeping the details confidential because they are commercially sensitive. Villages, hamlets or new estates will learn about a prospector’s interest only if permission is sought to drill or extract oil.

Crewe and Nantwich by-election: Gordon Brown orders 80 ministers to join surge says the Telegraph

About 80 ministers, whips and parliamentary aides have been told to visit the Cheshire seat amid growing signs that the Conservatives will overturn Labour's 7,000-vote majority there on Thursday.
"It's all hands to the pump – they've all been told they have to be there unless they have a good excuse," said a senior source. "We need everyone we can get."

Speaker under fire as MPs lose secrecy fight reports the Independent

The House of Commons Speaker, Michael Martin, was accused yesterday of presiding over an "appalling waste of taxpayers' money" after parliamentary officials lost a court battle to keep MPs' expenses secret.
The High Court refused to stop the publication of details of spending on their second homes by 14 leading politicians, including Gordon Brown, Tony Blair and David Cameron

On a lighter note the Sun reports that

GORDON Brown was unmasked yesterday – as a secret fan of the Bee Gees.
The Prime Minister cannot get enough of the band’s disco sound, according to singer Robin Gibb.He said: “He listens to our music EVERY day.
“Gordon likes our music and I like Gordon.” Gibb also claimed that Mr Brown had told him: “Your music is absolutely timeless.” The PM has spoken about his taste in pop.

The Times reports that

Defence chiefs have last-minute doubts about £4bn carriers

They were meant to be the pride and joy of Britain’s 21st-century fleet, an emblem of its pre-eminence as a military and diplomatic power. But last night it emerged that the imminent announcement of the commissioning of two aircraft carriers at a total cost of £4 billion has left some of the country’s senior military leaders deeply unhappy

Zimbabwe sets date for runoff says the Guardian

Zimbabwe has called a much delayed runoff presidential election for June 27 amid escalating violence against Robert Mugabe's opponents that human rights groups say makes a fair vote almost impossible.
Mugabe told a party meeting yesterday that the first-round result had been "disastrous" after he lost to Morgan Tsvangirai but without his opponent winning an outright majority. The president added that he was not prepared to lose power to an opposition he said was backed by "a hostile axis of powerful foreign governments", according to Reuters

The Times reports that

Cartel drug carnage tears Mexico apart

Mexico finds itself riven by a savage inter-cartel drug war that has already resulted in more than 1,100 deaths nationwide, the death toll has soared.
Since January 37 Palomas residents have been shot dead. Another 17 have been abducted and are still missing. Nine inhabitants were killed last week alone. The violence grew two months ago after the local crime boss in Palomas, Humberto del Hierro, disappeared.

Many of the papers report that

The husband of award-winning television make-up artist Diane Chenery-Wickens was last night charged with her murder

,the Telegraph says

Her husband David, 51, is being questioned by officers investigating her disappearance near their home.
David Chenery-Wickens, 51, from Duddleswell, East Sussex, was charged with murder by Sussex Police late last night and he will appear before Hastings Magistrates Court this morning.
Mrs Chenery-Wickens, 48, had been missing for four months before her remains were found by a woman walking her dog in the village of Little Horsted, near Uckfield, East Sussex, at 10am on Thursday

Huge search as Lee Loram, three, slopes off for bus trip reports the Mirror

A little boy sparked a frantic search after slipping away from his mum and going on a 25-mile bus ride.
Lee Loram, three, was out shopping with his mum and brother in Blackburn when he decided to jump on a bus bound for Bolton.
After joining the other passengers for the hour-long trip unnoticed, he sat back and enjoyed the scenery - unaware a police helicopter and scores of officers were scouring Blackburn for him

The Express reports that

A memorial service is to take place to remember schoolboy Jimmy Mizen, a week after he was murdered in a bakery.
Family and friends will gather at Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Lee, south-east London, to pay tribute to the popular teenager, described by his family as a "gentle giant

The Guardian reports that

Environmental noise maps go online

Online noise maps which allow users to enter their postcode to find out noise levels in their area were published by the government yesterday. The maps, which cover 23 urban areas in England, show the level of environmental noise from industries, airports, road and rail networks over 24-hour periods or during the night.

BA boss Willie Walsh turns down £700,000 bonus reports the Mail

in a personal sacrifice for the Terminal 5 fiasco.
He said it would be inappropriate to accept the award, which would have matched his annual salary, given the chaos that occurred.
Announcing his airline's annual results, he also warned that the era of verylow air fares was over.

Finally it is FA Cup final day and the Sun reports

VETERAN fans Julian Linington and David Morgan will make an emotional Wembley return to see Portsmouth take on Cardiff today – after both witnessed the two clubs’ only FA Cup triumphs.
Julian, 89, watched Pompey crush Wolves 4-1 in 1939.
And David, 97, cheered on Cardiff when they beat Arsenal 1-0 in 1927, the only time the trophy has been taken out of England.
Now the less-fashionable clubs have finally made it back in what is being called the People’s Final.