Warnings of recession from the governor of the Bank of England make many of the headlines

Mervyn King raises spectre of British recession says the Times

Britain faces two years of economic pain and could sink into recession, the Governor of the Bank of England has said in a stark warning to the nation.
Mervyn King gave notice of a further squeeze on living standards, forecasting that inflation would climb to 3.7 per cent and remain high for two years. “The nice decade is behind us,” he said.

The Telegraph has the same headline

Mervyn King warned families to brace themselves for a further "squeeze" on household finances as rising energy bills and food prices continue to rise.
Mr King said that inflation was set to increase sharply to about 3.7 per cent - almost double the official target. As a result most British people will feel poorer this year as pay rises fail to keep pace with rising costs

Recession alert as Brown fights back says the Guardian

Gordon Brown's drive to recapture the political agenda with a programme of new laws to create "an opportunity-rich Britain" was badly shaken yesterday by a warning from the governor of the Bank of England that the economy is heading towards a recession

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Brown tries to lift the gloom with array of new Bills says the Independent

Gordon Brown has promised to create an "opportunity-rich Britain" in which everyone could reach their full potential as he tried to escape the political doldrums yesterday.
The Prime Minister unveiled a list of 18 Bills in a draft Queen's Speech for the parliamentary session starting in November in an attempt to show he has not run out of steam. Later, he tried to answer his critics by spelling out his long-awaited vision for the country

The Express meanwhile is concerned about bins

MINISTERS are pushing ahead with plans for pay-as-you-throw bin taxes – just days after Gordon Brown signalled they would be axed.
Five pilot schemes are being rolled out across the country which could slap up to £1,000 a year on every family that fails to recycle enough.

The situation in China shares the headlines,the Independent reports that

Flooding is new fear after quake leaves dams at breaking point

The death toll from China's strongest earthquake in more than half a century rose to nearly 15,000 yesterday, as thousands of Chinese troops rushed to shore up "extremely dangerous" cracks in a dam strained to bursting point.

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Many survivors are worried about flooding – the area is home to thousands of dams, ranging from small local dams to the world's biggest dam, the Three Gorges , which officials said was not damaged by the quake. Thousands of Chinese soldiers have been mobilised to repair cracks in the Zipingpu Dam, upriver from Dujiangyan. Nearly 400 dams have been damaged by the quake.

The Times says

Rescuers finally reached some the worst hit of those areas in the Sichuan province today. The official death toll now stands at 14,866, but while the army and emergency workers battle to reach isolated areas and scour mile after mile of rubble, the scale of the disaster continues to rise.

Meanwhile the Telegraph reports from Burma

130,000 may have died as second storm gathers

The Red Cross said that almost 130,000 people may have perished in the Burmese cyclone disaster, as a second deadly storm gathered off the Burmese coast.The organisation said that the toll may be 127,990, almost 30,000 higher than the figure estimated by the US embassy in Rangoon.
A further 2.51 million people have been left battling to survive the cylone’s aftermath with inadequate food, shelter or drinking water, the organisation said.

The Sun meanwhile says that while people are starving,the Burmese police are nicking Sun reporters

MILITARY leaders finally snapped into action in cyclone-ravaged Burma yesterday – to STOP vital aid being brought in and to scare off foreign journalists.
I entered the disaster zone, along with Sun photographer Peter Jordan, and found troops, secret police and immigration officials at work in the corpse-strewn Irrawaddy Delta.
But we saw NONE distributing supplies or helping the million-strong throng of starving and thirsty survivors facing an agonising death.Instead, they manned scores of checkpoints to shut off the entire region to foreigners, including British aid workers and ourselves.

World's wildlife and environment already hit by climate change, major study shows reports the Guardian

Global warming is disrupting wildlife and the environment on every continent, according to an unprecedented study that reveals the extent to which climate change is already affecting the world's ecosystems.
Scientists examined published reports dating back to 1970 and found that at least 90% of environmental damage and disruption around the world could be explained by rising temperatures driven by human activity

The Sun is not happy with the police

Crackers says its front page

FURY erupted last night after singer AMY WINEHOUSE was cleared by cops over The Sun’s video of her smoking crack cocaine.The Back to Black star, 24, was arrested last week on suspicion of possessing Class A drugs in the wake of the secret film.
Due to a legal loophole, cops have told her no further action will be taken.
But angry MPs, police and drugs campaigners blasted the decision — saying it sets an appalling example to kids.

The Mirror has another fallen star on its front page

Sad Paul Gascoigne's 8am walk with piggy bank and bottle of Gordon's gin

He's just two days out of rehab - but as troubled Paul Gascoigne staggers along a road at 8am yesterday, it's clear he is still urgently in need of help.
The ex-England star, 40, looked dazed as he tottered along in Gateshead with a towel flung over one shoulder. In one hand he clutched a bag that gaped open to reveal its contents - a child's piggy bank and a bottle of Gordon's gin

The Mail reports that

'I want to play with other children and run in the meadow,' The first words of five-year-old boy released from Austrian incest dungeon

A wish-list scrawled in a child's hand yesterday revealed the slow steps towards recovery being made by the freed Austrian dungeon victims.
Felix Fritzl, five, wrote that he dreams of sleigh rides, playing with other children and running in the meadows.
For now, his dreams must remain just that as he, his mother and siblings adjust to normality in a clinic with limited access to the outside world.

MoD agrees public inquiry into death of Iraqi reports the Guardian

The Ministry of Defence bowed to pressure from the courts yesterday and agreed to an independent public inquiry into one of the most notorious episodes involving British troops in Iraq: the death of Baha Mousa, a hotel receptionist, in Basra in September 2003.
After years of legal argument and a court martial in which the judge accused soldiers of erecting a "wall of silence", the MoD accepted that an independent inquiry was needed to find out why Mousa died in British custody with 93 separate injuries on his body and why eight other Iraqi civilians held with him were abused.

Many of the papers report that
Barack Obama secures endorsement of John Edwards

Barack Obama last night secured the prized endorsement of his former presidential rival, John Edwards, snuffing out the doubts that again afflicted his campaign after a crushing defeat on Tuesday night in West Virginia’s primary.
Mr Edwards had been courted heavily by both Mr Obama and Hillary Clinton after dropping out of the race more than three months ago, not least because of his strong appeal among white working-class or rural voters.

says the Times

The Independent reports on how

George and Laura wish Israel happy birthday

On this, his second, and presumably last, visit to the Holy Land as the President of the United States, Mr Bush brought with him some "beautiful presents" for Mr Peres. But as Channel One's reporter Ayala Hasson tantalisingly explained, the details could not be disclosed "for security reasons". What could this mean

Its front page asks

Meningitis: defeated at last?

The annual scourge of deaths and severe illness caused by meningitis could be consigned to the history books after scientists announced startling results from trials of a potential vaccine.
In the most significant advance in a decade, researchers say they have obtained powerful immune responses in 150 British infants on whom the vaccine was tested, suggesting it would be protective against the group B type of the disease.

The Mirror reports on the

Devoted OAP couple who killed themselves in suicide pact

A devoted couple who had been married for 60 years killed themselves because they feared being split up and moved to separate care homes.
Former dentist Tom Hughes, 82, and wife Nancie, 86, were found lying next to each other in their retirement flat.

The Mail reports that

A 16-year-old girl has run off with a man who is a grandfather three times her age.
Lisa Wright left home wearing her school uniform three weeks ago but never arrived at class.
The grade-A student, who was due to sit her GCSEs this week, has briefly contacted her family and admitted that she has slept with unemployed Nigel Trowbridge, 46, an old schoolfriend of her mother.

Finally as the Test match season gets under way the Times reports

Lord's faces a global test on sports goods market

the Marylebone Cricket Club, will begin a campaign to become one of world sport’s biggest brands. Inspired by the marketing successes of Britain’s other big sporting grounds, such as the All England Club, the home of Wimbledon, the MCC believes that the time is right to release the great untapped potential of Lord’s and the instantly recognisable images associated with it.
Father Time will find himself on polo shirts and he is almost certain to be followed by the Ashes urn, which is the property of the club. The name of Thomas Lord, after whom the ground is named, is already being evoked in the interests of selling alcohol