Papers make taxi attack estimates

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The conviction of John Worboys for drugging and assaulting women in the back of his London cab is the lead for most of the papers.

Estimates vary wildly as to how many more women he may have attacked - the Sun says 200, the Daily Mail says 500.

According to the Guardian, Worboys worked late at night, ostensibly because trade was more lucrative.

But it was also because at that time he could target women who were alone, vulnerable and desperate to get home.

Light concern

The Daily Telegraph says it can disclose the scale of the scheme under which anyone leaving the UK will have to register their travel plans.

It says the e-Borders programme will cover weekend sailors, day-trippers to the continent and even cross-Channel swimmers and their support teams.

The Daily Express features new concerns about energy-saving lightbulbs.

The paper says the mercury powder inside them makes handling a broken bulb extremely dangerous.

Policy change

Conservative leader David Cameron's apology for failing to spot the signs that the UK was heading for a financial crisis is widely reported.

The Guardian says it was intended to embarrass Gordon Brown, who has refused to make such a statement.

The Financial Times takes a similar line.

It adds the move also clears the decks to shift from a Tory economic strategy designed for times of plenty to policies befitting an era of austerity.

Star horse

Kauto Star, the first horse to regain the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and jockey Ruby Walsh are on several front pages.

The Independent has a close-up of the thoroughbred giving the crowds a grin - inspiring the headline "Who said I couldn't win it back?"

The Times says the victory dashed the Gold Cup hopes of the Queen, whose horse Barber Shop finished seventh.

But the Daily Mirror says she was not glum for long, and beamed as Walsh rode Kauto Star to the winners' enclosure.