Papers unsure of PM's anti-gun plans

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The Independent - like a number of other papers - is unimpressed with Prime Minister Tony Blair's plans to tackle gun crime.

It questions plans to lower the minimum age offenders can be jailed for having guns in light of prison overcrowding.

The Daily Mail says supposed "new gun laws are already in place".

The Daily Telegraph says courts do not enforce current laws and the Sun says the PM's government "spawned the crisis of armed teenagers" in the first place.

Illegal slaughterhouses

It seems hill sheep on Dartmoor have become the target of what the Guardian calls a new breed of determined and skilful rustler.

Hill farmers say thieves are managing to spirit away the animals from places up to five miles from the nearest road.

It is thought they are being taken to illegal slaughterhouses.

According to the Guardian, some farmers are refusing to let sheep out to graze - a move that could alter the features of Dartmoor.

Close shave

Britney Spears makes the front page of the Sun and the Star after she walked into a salon in Los Angeles on Friday and shaved off her hair.

The Sun reports that the "pop princess" entered a hospital wearing a dark wig during the early hours of Saturday to seek help after what she had done.

The Daily Mirror reports the fears of "a close former aide" that the singer is about to "crash and burn".

The Times reports that she is "on the edge of a nervous breakdown".

Chocolate boost

The Daily Mail suggests that chocolate could boost brain power and may even help treat dementia.

It says scientists have discovered that natural substances in cocoa beans have been linked to low rates of heart disease and cancer.

A nutritionist tells the Daily Express that people should opt for dark chocolate to get a big cocoa hit without too much fat or sugar.

"Stay away from the really milky, sweet stuff," she advises.