Papers feature held female sailor

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Photographs of Faye Turney - one of the British sailors being held in Iran - are on many of the front pages.

Her plight is the main story in the Daily Telegraph and the Independent.

A reporter from the Independent interviewed Leading Seaman Turney on HMS Cornwall the day before she was captured by the Iranians.

She spoke of her love for her job and for her three-year-old daughter, and how she misses seeing her daughter growing up while she is at sea.

'Crazy state'

In the Daily Mail, columnist Melanie Phillips accuses the government of standing impotently by over the seizure of 15 British sailors by Iran.

She says kidnapping another country's military personnel is an act of war, and the UK should seek a UN resolution for the use of "all necessary means".

The Daily Star says it is not clear what Tony Blair can do against "such a powerful and crazy state".

It says he must act for the sake of captured Faye Turney and colleagues.

Bullet-proof vests

Parents worried that their children may be attacked are apparently spending around £400 a time on body armour to protect them on the streets.

The Times, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express all carry the story.

They report that the recent spate of murders involving teenagers has boosted sales of bullet and stab-proof vests, particularly in London.

One mother, who has bought a vest for her 13-year-old daughter, says she would "rather be safe than sorry".

Murder claims

The Daily Mirror has spoken to two Pakistan cricket fans who, it claims, police want to question about the murder of team coach Bob Woolmer.

Erfan Chaudary and Tariq Malik both tell the paper they had nothing to do with the killing.

Mr Chaudary says he was not in Jamaica on the day of the murder and was "shocked" to hear what had happened.

The Sun reports that a second post-mortem is to be carried out on Mr Woolmer amid claims he was not murdered.