MPs' expenses row still prominent

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Further revelations and fall-out from MPs' expenses claims maintain prominence in the day's newspaper coverage.

Former Labour cabinet minister Ruth Kelly and Tories Bill Wiggin and Sir Peter Viggers are <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5358100/MPs-expenses-Bill-Wiggin-claimed-11000-in-phantom-mortgage-payments.html">mentioned in the Daily Telegraph.</a>

The paper says Sir Peter made claims for a "floating duck island" in the garden pond of his Hampshire home.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1185147/STEPHEN-GLOVER-Constitutional-change-I-wouldnt-trust-lot-reform-parish-council.html">In the Daily Mail, columnist Stephen Glover </a> argues against rushing into constitutional change.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1185030/Fascist-Palace-lawn-Storm-BNP-leader-invited-Queens-summer-garden-party.html">"Fascist on the Palace Lawn" is how the Mail refers to how British National Party leader Nick Griffin</a> could attend one of the Queen's garden parties.

The Daily Mirror says anti-racist groups are furious at what the paper calls a "vile publicity stunt".

Migrant numbers

The Telegraph thinks the new Lonely Planet guide to Britain portrays Britain as "a damp little island full of binge drinkers".

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/81459/Brits-are-a-load-of-whinge-drinkers/">The Daily Star says it brands us "boozy lazy louts" and "whinge drinkers". </a>

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/20/immigration-britain-stalls">The Guardian says the recession has triggered a dramatic fall</a> in the number of east European migrants coming to work in Britain.

It says figures show a rise by a third of foreign-born workers leaving Britain last year, while the number registering for work here fell by half.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6326277.ece">The Times covers the fall from grace</a> of former England cricketer Chris Lewis.

"Greedy cricket star who smuggled drugs in tins of fruit juice is jailed for thirteen years," it says.

Emergency surgery

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1184997/Holiday-homeowner-upsets-locals-bulldozing-50ft-sand-dune-better-view.html">"Dune with a view" is how the Mail tells the tale of Blackpool landowner Brian Newman,</a> who has flattened a 50ft sand dune blocking his view.

He has upset conservationists, who have complained that Dr Newman has destroyed a habitat for protected species.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2438922.ece">The Sun tells how a doctor in Australia operated on 12-year-old Nicholas Rossi with a power drill</a> when he suffered a blood clot following a fall.

His father tells the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6324089.ece">Times that the doctor said: "Get the Black and Decker."</a>