Stanford search makes headlines

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Texan billionaire and cricket entrepreneur Sir Allen Stanford is still front page news for a number of the day's papers.

The Times says the authorities in the US are "scrambling" to find billions of pounds of assets linked to him.

Sir Allen is said to have gone to ground leaving fraud investigators with no idea of his whereabouts.

The Guardian says the charges against Antigua's biggest investor have brought a "financial hurricane" to the island.

Banking figures

The ruling by the Law Lords that the radical cleric Abu Qatada can be deported to Jordan is a "victory for common sense" according to the Sun.

But the paper cautions against "celebrating too soon".

This is because it could take up to five years for his case to be heard at the European Court of Human Rights.

The Financial Times looks ahead to the release of new figures, which it says will lay bare the true cost of the bailout of the banks.

The Times prints a letter signed by 23 health professionals, criticising the NHS for a lack of information about the risks of screening for breast cancer.

They say many routine tests lead to unnecessary treatments and accuse the government of being "unethical" for not providing women with the full facts.

Changing chimes

Health Secretary Alan Johnson praises the skills of Conservative leader David Cameron in the Guardian.

He praises Mr Cameron for understanding "what the public wants to hear".

Nearly all of the papers carry a front-page picture of the singer Duffy.

Described by the Daily Telegraph as the "modern-day Dusty Springfield", she won three awards at the Brit Awards.

The bells of Warwickshire church will ring for the first time in decades this weekend as part of an appeal to bring historic churches to a modern audience.

The reason of the chimes, says the Telegraph, are so they can be recorded and made into a ringtone for use with a mobile phone.