Papers focus on teenager stabbing
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/6465355.stm Version 0 of 1. The stabbing of the teenage schoolboy, Adam Regis, in east London makes the front page of several newspapers. The Daily Mail draws a comparison between his injuries and those suffered by Damilola Taylor, under the headline "Stabbed just like Damilola". The Sun reports that Adam is the fifth teenager to be murdered in six weeks and calls for more police on the beat and zero tolerance on knife crime. The Daily Express also backs tougher penalties for those caught with knives. American occupation The Guardian speaks to the man pictured taking a sledgehammer to a statue of Saddam Hussein in one of the most striking images from his regime's fall. Kadhim al-Jubouri says he regrets his actions and would rather be living under Saddam than American occupation. The Independent looks at the repression faced by Zimbabwe's opposition leaders. It says the body of one murdered activist was stolen by the authorities to prevent his funeral becoming "a magnet for street protests". 'Sunny man' The Independent also carries a study written by computer experts which shows that criminal gangs are selling people's credit card details for as little as £1 a go. It says for £3, criminals will reveal passwords and for £150 they will provide access to online bank accounts. Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan cricket coach who has died, is pictured on the front of the Times and the Daily Telegraph. The Times says he saw himself as a "citizen of world cricket" and the Telegraph writes of a "sunny" man. Public drinking For England cricketer Andrew Flintoff, there is little sympathy after drunken antics cost him his vice captaincy. The Sun says he should be "setting an example to the young players, not leading some of them on a bender". The Times columnist, Christopher Martin Jenkins, ponders whether he would have been dropped if England had beaten New Zealand or were due to face Australia. He says it is either "permissible for professional sportsmen to get drunk in public or it is not". |