Papers warn on petrol panic sales

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As operations at the Grangemouth oil refinery grind to a halt, the Daily Mail predicts fuel prices will soar.

It says panic-buying by motorists will send the average price of unleaded petrol past the "once unthinkable" £5 a gallon mark, or £1.20 a litre.

"Petrol - we're running out" is the less than reassuring headline in the Daily Express.

The Sun blames the crisis on what it describes as "Leftie troublemakers", but insists there is plenty of petrol.

Property warnings

The era of the amateur landlord has all but ended, reports The Times, saying banks are refusing to lend to new entrants to the buy-to-let market.

It says lenders have stopped offering buy-to-let loans, or have increased dramatically the deposits required.

There is a slightly less downbeat assessment of the property market in the FT weekend.

Its research suggests prices would have to fall by 25% before Britain faced another negative equity crisis.

Cushy prisons

The prison system is in the spotlight, following reports a drug dealer had broken into one jail but the inmates had not bothered to break out.

The Telegraph has a photograph of Hewell Grange prison in Worcestershire - a Grade Two listed country house.

It says the prison's 200 inmates are living in "the sort of setting a luxury hotel might offer".

A former inmate at Leyhill open prison tells the Daily Mail it was "more comfortable than my prep school".

Plagiarising priests

Pastoral plagiarists beware: The Catholic church is watching you.

The Guardian says church authorities in Poland have warned priests they may be fined if they are discovered to have copied their sermons from the internet.

The main culprits are said to be young priests who use the web on a Saturday night when they are panicking about what to say at mass the next morning.

They will now have an additional source of inspiration. The church has published a book on writing sermons.