The Observer leads with the story that

Key report says Labour has failed on youth crime

Labour's 10-year strategy for tackling youth crime has failed, according to a damning internal government report. The briefing document says that around 25 per cent of under-18s have committed an offence, while reoffending rates are 'very high and have not significantly changed' since 1997.
The embarrassing disclosures come despite a massive increase in the budget for tackling youth crime and counter Labour claims that the government has had significant success in reducing rates of offending among the young

The Independent says that

Labour in disarray as attacks on Gordon Brown continue

James Purnell, one of the favourites to be the next Labour leader, has defied Gordon Brown by refusing to drop the speechwriter who launched an attack on the Prime Minister.
Phil Collins, an ally of Tony Blair, sparked fury in Downing Street last week with an article describing Mr Brown's stewardship of the party as a "tragedy" fraught with "strategic errors and political mishaps".
But in an act of quiet defiance which will anger the premier and stoke speculation over Mr Brown's future, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions will continue to use Mr Collins as a speechwriter.

The Times leads with

MPs tell Gordon Brown to purge his Scots

Gordon Brown is under pressure to axe the so-called Scots mafia who dominate his top team of ministers and to promote “English voices” into more high-profile roles.
Amid concern that Labour is risking a landslide general election defeat, Brown is being urged to give key jobs to ministers who can reach out to middle-class voters in England’s marginal seats.

But it is not just the Labour party with problems,the Telegraph leads with

Tories lose Steve Hilton to America

The architect of the Tory revival, David Cameron's right-hand man, is leaving Britain for a new life in America, where his wife is set to become a vice-president at Google.The departure of Steve Hilton will fuel speculation that the modernising of the party is shifting down a gear, now that the Conservatives are riding high in the polls.

Is it the end for Hillary Clinton? The papers speculate

Democrat leaders snuff out Hillary Clinton’s last hope says the Independent

The squeeze on Hillary Clinton to relinquish the Democratic presidential nomination appeared to be intensifying last night, as party officials edged towards rejecting her demand that all votes cast in the disputed primary contests in Michigan and Florida be counted.
As they did so, there came news from the campaign of Senator Barack Obama that he has resigned from his church in Chicago in the continuing aftermath of inflammatory remarks by former pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. These were an issue his opponents were unlikely to have left unexploited.

Is this goodbye? says the Observer

in the closing days of the 2008 Democratic presidential race, the Clintons' luck is running out. Blindsided by Obamamania, Hillary is almost certain to concede defeat in the weeks to come, abandoning her dream of a restoration, of returning to a White House the Clintons clearly assumed would be theirs again some day.

The Telegraph says that

Hillary Clinton will be offered a dignified exit from the presidential race and the prospect of a place in Barack Obama's cabinet under plans for a "negotiated surrender" of her White House ambitions being drawn up by Senator Obama's aides.

There is much royal coverage this morning,the Times says

Prince William to take on pirates of the Caribbean

Prince William is to go into action fighting the modern-day pirates of the Caribbean. He may be armed if he joins Royal Navy boarding parties that stop cocaine traffickers trying to smuggle drugs in fast launches.
The role is a consolation to the prince after he was banned from going to war in the Gulf with the Royal Navy because of fears his presence could provoke a terrorist attack on British ships

The Mail leads on a different royal topic

Queen: Kate should get a proper job before Prince William announces their engagement

Despite fevered speculation that the couple, who recently enjoyed a romantic holiday in the Caribbean, are about to announce an engagement, The Mail on Sunday can reveal that the Queen is concerned that a proposal would be both premature and ill-advised.
The 82-year-old Monarch – who, in spite of her age, is considered one of the most hard-working members of the Royal Family – has privately made it known she believes Kate, 26, should be settled in a career before the couple announce an engagement.

The Express leads with Scandal of the Knives in court

KNIFE thugs who walk free from youth court are given back their weapons when they leave, due to a terrifying legal loophole.
Court staff, victims and witnesses arriving to give evidence are left vulnerable to intimidation or violence from gangs of armed youths.
Yobs carrying pocket knives when they arrive at court must hand them in to security staff – but they get them back because folding blades cannot be confiscated.

And there is much coverage of crime,

Parents arrested after young children knifed to death reports the Telegraph

The children's mother, Sasikala Navaneethan, 35, and father Navarajah, 39, from Sri Lanka, were arrested and were being questioned by detectives at separate police stations yesterday.
Police refused to give details of the incident, in the middle-class suburb of Carshalton, south London, but sources suggested that the throats of the five-year-old boy and four-year-old girl had been cut.

The News of the World says Save our streets

COPS on the beat know knife crime is cutting the heart out of our nation —and they know WHY.It's because police powers have been eroded by an obsession with "human rights."
And our time is now taken up meeting so-called crime reduction targets.

Many of the papers report on the party on the Tube,the Independent saying

Police arrested 17 people and closed six London Underground stations following chaotic scenes after thousands spent the night partying to mark the last day of drinking on the Tube, British Transport Police said today.
From today an alcohol ban came into effect on the Tube, London buses, Docklands Light Railway and tram services across the capital banning people drinking from - and carrying - open containers of alcohol.

Parents to face court over young drinkers reports the Guardian

The move follows research showing more than half of underage drinkers get their supplies from home, while 11- to 14-year-olds, who are unlikely to be served in pubs or shops, are now drinking double the number of units they did in 1990.
Parents of persistent offenders will face interventions from courts and social workers to improve their parenting skills, while police powers to disperse groups of teenagers in public parks and on street corners will be extended to children as young as 10. Although fewer children drink than in the 1980s, those that do appear to be starting younger and drinking harder.

The Telegraph meanwhile reports

A new initiative sees 'street pastors' waiting outside high street bars and clubs to make sure young revellers find their way home safely

NHS scandal: dying cancer victim was forced to pay reports the Times

A woman dying of cancer was denied free National Health Service treatment in her final months because she had paid privately for a drug to try to prolong her life.
Linda O’Boyle was told that as she had paid for private treatment she was banned from free NHS care.

Al-Qaeda chief dies in missile air strike says the Observer

The death two weeks ago of Abu Suleiman al-Jazairi, a highly experienced Algerian militant, has been confirmed only in the last few days, intelligence sources in Pakistan and Western Europe told The Observer. Al-Jazairi, thought to have been 45, died along with at least 15 others when the house in which he was staying in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal district was hit by a missile fired from a Predator, an American pilotless drone.

So al-Qa'ida's defeated, eh? Go tell it to the marines says Robert Fisk in the Independent

Major gains against al-Qa'ida. Essentially defeated. "On balance, we are doing pretty well," the CIA's boss, Michael Hayden, tells The Washington Post. "Near strategic defeat of al-Qa'ida in Iraq. Near strategic defeat for al-Qa'ida in Saudi Arabia. Significant setbacks for al-Qa'ida globally – and here I'm going to use the word 'ideologically' – as a lot of the Islamic world pushes back on their form of Islam." Well, you could have fooled me

.

The Times reports that

Chinese officials ignored quake warnings

Chinese officials ignored warnings from five eminent seismologists that a strong earthquake would strike the mountainous province of Sichuan this year, including one forecast that almost exactly predicted the date of the tremor that killed more than 68,000 people.
The government appeared to be trying to suppress evidence of the warnings last week and none of the seismologists could be traced for an interview.

The Telegraph meanwhile reports that

US Defence Secretary blames Burma junta for deaths

In the harshest criticism made by any US official so far, Robert Gates, the US Defence Secretary, accused the country's generals of being "deaf and dumb" to pleas to allow in more foreign aid and relief workers.

The Mail reports that

Three thousand protesters converged on Heathrow today to say no to airport expansion - and nearly all of them joined together to form a massive NO sign visible from passing aircraft.
Organisers had hoped today's demonstration would be the biggest-ever against the further expansion of the airport, with tens of thousands attending the Make A Noise Carnival - as it is dubbed - from all over Britain.
The demonstrators walked from Hatton Cross to Sipson - the village that will be lost if plans for a third runway at Heathrow go ahead.

The Independent leads with the green issue reporting that

Ministers could avoid building nuclear reactors by encouraging families to fit solar panels and other renewable energy equipment to their homes, a startling official report concludes.
The government-backed report, to be published tomorrow, says that, with changed policies, the number of British homes producing their own clean energy could multiply to one million – about one in every three – within 12 years

Save my brother Gazza says the front of the Sunday Mirror

Paul Gascoigne's sister has broken her silence to issue a desperate plea: "Please don't buy my brother another drink."Aiming her heartfelt plea not only at Gazza's pals but also his fans, she said: "I'm begging his friends and strangers, please don't give him a drink.
"If he offers you money to get a drink, don't take it. Or you will have blood on your hands."
Anna, 42, added: "People like Paul. He is a hero and they go up to him and want to buy him a drink, which I understand.

The News of the World tells us of Fern's big fat lie

TELLY favourite Fern Britton confessed last night that her dramatic weight loss is down to a GASTRIC BAND—and NOT exercise and sensible eating.
Her sensational admission will stun millions of fans who watched the ITV1 This Morning star shed FIVE STONE—while telling them she did it all the healthy way.
Even when the News of the World discovered her secret yesterday she continued to claim she hadn't had the op.

Finally 20 million tune in for talent show finals says the Telegraph

Both programmes have been massive ratings successes for the rival broadcasters, who are both desperate to win the Saturday night ratings war.
I'd Do Anything, which has been broadcast on Saturday and Sunday nights since the middle of March, has regularly attracted more than six million viewers for each instalment, while the ITV talent show has been watched by audiences in excess of 12 million.
In the two-part BBC final, Jodie Prenger, 28, beat the other finalists Jessie Buckley, 18, and Samantha Barks, 17, to play the starring role of Nancy in Sir Cameron Mackintosh's forthcoming West End production of Oliver!

And the Mail reports that

'Dance version of Rocky' George Sampson is crowned winner of Britain's Got Talent

There were 50,000 auditions and millions of votes, lots of laughter and plenty of tears.
But after weeks of deliberation the public have decided that break-dancing youngster George Sampson has got the most talent.
After announcing the public's favourite three - George along with Andrew Johnston and duo Signature - presenters Ant and Dec revealed to a tense audience the 14-year-old had triumphed.