Terror plotter horrifies papers

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Al-Qaeda terrorist Dhiren Barot, who plotted to blow up a Tube train and detonate a dirty bomb, stares out from many of the front pages.

The Times carries quotations from his court case next to his photo, not least his aim to forge "another memorable black day for the enemies of Islam".

The Daily Mail traces the journey of the "middle-class British Muslim"'s from banker's son to terrorist with mounting horror.

The Sun warns of more like him, saying: "We cannot afford to drop our guard."

'Guilty by association'

The Independent's front page is also preoccupied with national security.

It tells of a Muslim firearms officer removed from a unit that protects dignitaries, including Tony Blair, as he is considered a security threat.

According to the paper, this is because his children, aged nine and 11, have attended a mosque associated with a radical cleric.

The paper quotes Amjad Farooq's solicitor as saying, "Muslims are labelled guilty by association."

Congress race

The Guardian turns its attentions to events across the Atlantic and the Mid-term elections in the US.

It says the final polls offer some cheer for the Republicans as they try to hang onto Congress.

But the Independent is confident the Democrats can take the House and may well win control of the Senate.

Yet the paper sounds a note of caution - it's "not over until the last votes have been counted" says an editorial, recalling the lessons of 2000 and 2004.

Socks and hats

The Daily Telegraph is unimpressed by one energy firm's advice to parents struggling to pay winter heating bills.

It says Npower advises getting children to wear socks and hats in bed.

The Daily Express is disgusted with the Royal Mail's festive stamps, from which Christ has been "dumped" for secular reindeer and snowmen.

The Daily Mirror has more bog standard concerns, observing that Santa appears to be "relieving himself" in a chimney pot on a first-class stamp design.