Papers focus on military matters

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/6418341.stm

Version 0 of 1.

Military matters make the front pages of several of the UK newspapers.

The Sun has let its graphic artists loose on the methods the army might use to rescue Prince Harry if he were to be kidnapped in Iraq.

Their images show an exercise, to be carried out in Norfolk this week, in which the prince himself will be involved.

Under the headline "Snatch Squad", the Mirror says the SAS is also ready for action - to free the five British tourists kidnapped in Ethiopia.

A former SAS soldier, Chris Ryan, says he would expect a night time operation, carried out at speed.

Alternative fuels

The Guardian has the fate of the planet on its mind - and the worries of some experts.

It says an independent audit of government policies is predicting that Britain won't meet its targets for cutting CO2 emissions.

That may be why the Independent pays attention to the development of alternative fuels.

The paper welcomes the fact that President George W Bush seems so keen on ethanol, a fuel made from sugar cane or maize.

But the paper warns that there's no simple answer because producing ethanol will mean the loss of more forest, and more expensive food for the world's poorest people.

Petrol 'rip-off'It's where the money goes for people here that other papers focus on.

The Daily Mail does not see why drivers should have to pick up the cost of the chaos caused by contaminated fuel.

The paper thinks the burden should be carried by the oil companies themselves, "which already make obscene billions".

It's a "rip-off" says the Daily Star and the garages are being "greedy".

Housing woes

The Daily Express is one of several to complain that more and more home buyers are having to pay stamp duty at the higher rates.

According to the Telegraph, the latest figures show a majority of buyers in some areas are now being hit, a result of the increasing cost of housing.

The Mail condemns the chancellor for preferring "stealth taxes" to "helping home-buyers".

Queen's image

Lady Jane Grey was Queen for nine days in 1553 before being beheaded.

Today she finds herself on page three of the Independent and the Telegraph.

Both papers tell how the historian David Starkey believes he has solved the mystery of what she looked like, identifying a miniature as a portrait of her.

The Guardian says other experts remain sceptical.

Dr Starkey tells the Telegraph that Lady Jane looks attractive, but not beautiful, highly intelligent, determined, and "no push-over".