Tory turmoil as Davis quits says the Telegraph

The Conservative Party has been plunged into turmoil after David Davis, one of the party’s most senior members, unexpectedly resigned as an MP. In a surprise move that shocked David Cameron, the shadow home secretary announced he was quitting the front bench following Gordon Brown’s victory over the 42 day terrorism laws.

Labour crows says the Times

The move, announced out of the blue after Gordon Brown’s monthly press conference, provoked Labour glee and instantly took pressure off the Prime Minister, under attack for forcing through his 42-day legislation with the help of the Democratic Unionists and by fierce arm-twisting of his MPs.

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in an interview with The Times last night Mr Davis rejected suggestions that he was behaving selfishly. He accepted that his decision was a risk and declared: “It is a funny old ego trip if I end up without a job.”

Davis told the Guardian: "I want Labour to debate this pre-eminent issue. If they think we are soft on terror, or my arguments don't run with ordinary people, then turn up at the byelection and prove it. If they don't come, we will have the campaign anyway, and find people to argue both sides of the debate."

The freedom fighter says the Independent

David Davis became an unlikely hero of liberal Britain yesterday by sacrificing his political career to launch a one-man crusade against the Government's plan for suspected terrorists to be detained for 42 days without charge.
The former SAS reservist, who supports the death penalty for premeditated murder, shook Britain's political establishment to its roots by announcing he would stand down as an MP to fight a by-election to stop the "slow strangulation of fundamental British freedoms".

The Mail says that Cameron fears Davis's protest against 42 days could backfire

the extraordinary gamble with his career and the wider fortunes of the Conservative party astonished and infuriated his colleagues.
There is also the risk his decision could backfire if the Labour party refuses to field a candidate.

Who dares winges says the Sun

SHADOW Home Secretary and SAS reservist David Davis plunged a dagger into the heart of his party yesterday by quitting his job in a strop over Labour’s terror crackdown

The news though doesn't upstage its main headline the bride and Roon

BIG-SPENDING WAYNE ROONEY and COLEEN MCLOUGHLIN wed in a £3million extravaganza yesterday — but couldn’t buy fine weather.
The Scouse sweethearts left their homeland to become man and wife in the sunshine of Italy.
But the wedding party could hardly believe their eyes as black clouds descended over their picturesque Riviera venue, ending three days of 80°F temperatures.

Coleen's tears of joy as she marries tie-less Wayne in the rain says the Mail

Coleen's entourage tried their best to protect her from the worst of the weather with two umbrellas as she tottered off the £80million yacht RM Elegant in Genoa in killer five-inch white stilettos.
Dressed in a white, prom-style, strapless, calf-length gown, with a bodice embroidered with pearls, she was then whisked by a black Mercedes for the 30-minute journey to Villa Durazzo in nearby Santa Margherita.

The Express warns of what may happen in Britain on its front page,Empty shelves says the paper

SHOPPERS face the threat of empty supermarket shelves as petrol tanker drivers begin a four-day strike today.
The walkout by 640 Shell drivers, who last night turned down a 7.3 per cent pay offer, will also cut supplies to one in 10 British forecourts.
As panic-buying began last night, these scenes from Spain give a taste of what may be to come. Shops there have been hit by severe shortages as picketing hauliers threaten to cripple the country’s economy.

No fuel for forecourts as tankers' strike begins says the Independent

A four-day strike by hundreds of petrol tanker drivers will go ahead today after talks to avert a dispute over pay broke down .
One in ten of Britain's forecourts will go without deliveries until next week prompting fears of widespread panic buying leading to queues and closures.

The Guardian reports that

Supreme court ruling on right to trial puts Guantánamo future in doubt

The future of the infamous Guantánamo detention centre was thrown into doubt yesterday after the US supreme court delivered the most serious blow yet to President George Bush's policy of holding prisoners indefinitely without trial.
The justices, in a historic ruling, said the 270 prisoners, held for more than six years for alleged links with al-Qaida and the Taliban, have a constitutional right to take their cases to civilian courts on the US mainland.

Two paratroopers killed in Afghanistan reports the Telegraph

The Parachute Regiment has suffered its biggest loss in a week since the Falklands War after two soldiers were killed during an ambush in Afghanistan.In an operation to flush out the Taliban and reassure the local population around the town of Sangin the Paras were ambushed by the insurgents from close range. A third soldier was seriously wounded.

The Times reports on the latest in Zimbabwe where Opposing Robert Mugabe is now 'treason'

The crackdown on the Opposition in Zimbabwe intensified yesterday with the arrest of its deputy leader on the charge of treason, as he arrived back in the country from a week-long trip to South Africa.
Tendai Biti, the secretary-general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), was met at Harare airport by five plainclothes officers who handcuffed him and led him to an unknown police station

Tragedies at home on the front of the Mirror and the Mail

Accussed of queue jumping and killed says the former

He spent years battling ME and devoted his time to helping others cope with the debilitating disease.
But tragic Kevin Tripp's life was snuffed out over a fight that wasn't even his.
The innocent dad-of-one died after being wrongly fingered for queue-jumping by an irate shopper, witnesses claim.
In a senseless killing that has shocked the nation, inspirational Kevin was allegedly felled with a single punch thrown out of the blue by a younger man.

Abortion drugs tragedy of girl,18 says the Mail

A 'bubbly' A-level student died when an abortion went tragically wrong.
Manon Jones, 18, was given two powerful drugs to terminate the six-week pregnancy.
After her condition deteriorated she went to hospital, but doctors were distracted by another emergencyand delayed giving her a life-saving blood transfusion for more than four hours.

Bush visit to cause Heathrow misery reports the Telegraph

Hundreds of thousands of air passengers face delays because of the arrival of President George W Bush at Heathrow this weekend for a brief visit to Britain. The disruption at the airport is likely to begin on Friday as staff prepare for the arrival of Mr Bush and his entourage of airliners on Sunday.

Controversial head of private schools quits reports the Guardian

The head of the Independent Schools Council, a former rear admiral who triggered intense controversy after describing some state school pupils as unteachable and their parents as ignorant, has left his post after less than seven weeks.
Chris Parry made headlines after telling a parliamentary select committee a week into his job that there was a "cold war" between private and state schools. In an interview he later 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".

The same paper reports that CO2 plan threatens new coal power plant

Britain's most controversial power project, the £1.5bn coal-fired plant at Kingsnorth, faces an uncertain future as a result of a tough greenhouse gas emissions standard that will be proposed by David Cameron next week.
The proposals will make new coal-fired power stations unbuildable unless they incorporate new clean technology known as carbon capture and storage (CCS). This strips out CO2 and buries it deep underground to prevent global warming.

Brown says world needs 1,000 extra nuclear power stations says the Independent

Gordon Brown has signalled he wants Britain to play a major role in the race to build an extra 1,000 nuclear power stations across the world as part of his vision for ending the global "addiction to oil". The Prime Minister, who will be flying to Saudia Arabia for an emergency oil summit next week, said in spite of the risks of terrorism, Africa could build nuclear power plants to meet growing demands for energy.

Most of the papers report that the Wife of 21/7 bomber jailed for 15 years

Yeshi Girma, 32, who has three children by the bomber Hussein Osman, wept throughout the hearing at the Old Bailey and threw her hands in the air as the sentence was handed down. She had to be helped from the dock as she was led away to begin the prison term.
Her sister, Mulu Girma, 24, a model, and brother, Esayas Girma, 22, were each jailed for ten years for helping Osman to escape a police manhunt and withholding information from the authorities

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The Mail reports how Parents let 'porcelain doll' girl of 3 starve to death in filthy, beetle-infested room

Tiffany Hirst was 'unloved, unwanted and left to die alone' in her bedroom above a pub run by the couple.
The little girl, as fragile as a 'tiny porcelain doll', was often seen by passers-by staring out of the first floor window.
She had been taken out of nursery school and kept away from other children of her age, yet tragically no one intervened to save her.
Weakened by lack of food and water, Tiffany died from pneumonia.

British war grave found in northern France reports the Telegraph

British archaeologists have for the first time unearthed "absolute" proof of the remains of British soldiers at a recently-discovered mass World War I grave in northern France.Two British Army buttons, a collar fastener and a British matchbox have been unearthed at the site of the grave in Fromelles, the British ministry of defence has announced

Abolish the monarchy reports the Express

BRITAIN has been told to get rid of the Queen in an official United Nations report.
The UN Human Rights Council says the UK must “consider holding a referendum on the desirability or otherwise of a written constitution, preferably republican”.
The demand by the council, which includes regimes like Saudi Arabia and Cuba among its 29 members, caused outrage last night.

The Sun reports that

VODKA has overtaken Scotch to become Britain’s favourite spirit for the first time.
Sales of popular blended whiskies like Bell’s, Teacher’s and Famous Grouse have been knocked off the top spot by brands such as Absolut and Smirnoff.
Vodka has become much more fashionable in recent years. Sales have also been boosted by the influx of Poles and other East Europeans

Finally the Guardian reports that London hoodies to pick up Olympic baton

Sydney sent kangaroos on bicycles and Atlanta revealed a logo that looked like a blue sperm. The moment one Olympic host city hands over to the next has veered from exuberant celebration of national identity to plain international embarrassment.
Now after 12 months of secret planning, London's strategy for the handover of the Olympic flag at this summer's closing ceremony can be revealed by the Guardian - and there's not a red London bus or Pearly Queen in sight.
Instead, the unruly spirit of Britain's "hoodie" culture will take centre stage in Beijing's Olympic Stadium in front of a TV audience of more than 100 million.