Papers reflect UK high security

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With the UK in a state of heightened security, stories relating to the terrorist threat feature in the papers.

The Daily Telegraph leads on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's warning of airport delays amid increased security.

The closure of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 4 last week due to a security alert has created a backlog of 20,000 bags, reports the Daily Express.

The Daily Mail reports that up to eight police officers and civilian staff are suspected of extremist links.

Floods visit

As Mr Brown is due to meet victims of the recent floods, the Telegraph says it is insensitive of the prime minister to have delayed a visit so long.

He must make sure private and public money reaches the victims as quickly as possible, the paper adds.

"Cig Dem" is the Sun headline for the story about Liberal Democrat Charles Kennedy caught smoking on a train.

The Independent suggests the ex-party leader has become the highest-profile casualty of the new smoking ban.

Global gigs

While the Sun calls the Live Earth concerts "the greatest gig on earth", the Express thinks pop stars should not be advising on saving the planet.

The Independent calls it the "biggest wake-up call the world has ever seen".

But the Guardian reports that one band will take a private jet from Paris to London for their performance, before flying on to Denmark.

The paper claims spectators travelling to London and New York will generate 5,500 tons of greenhouse gases.

Sports spectacular

The back pages preview a weekend of sport that includes the Tour de France, Wimbledon and the British Grand Prix.

The Daily Mirror calls it the sporting weekend of the year.

Lewis Hamilton's debut at Silverstone generates the most excitement, with the Sun suggesting that the young superstar could achieve immortality with a win.

Summer weather is expected to make a timely appearance for the action, but the Express warns that today is the start of Britain's 48-hour summer.