Papers focus on student murders
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/uk/7489080.stm Version 0 of 1. The two murdered French students, Gabriel Ferez and Laurent Bonomo, are featured in most of the newspapers. The Daily Telegraph says they were subjected to one of the most frenzied, brutal and horrific murders ever investigated by Scotland Yard. The Sun likens the flat where their bodies were found to a scene from a Quentin Tarantino movie. The Times says that among those paying tribute to the students is the fiancee of Laurent Bonomo. Fine wine The decision by MPs not to reform the system of expenses which allows them to furnish second homes in London is greeted in all papers with outrage. MPs do not seem to understand why they are held in ever more contempt by the public, says the Daily Mail. The Times has a gloomy report from Ernst & Young, one of the country's biggest accountancy firms. It says their figures suggest disposable incomes have fallen to their lowest levels for five years. The Independent says that the secrets of a healthy life may lie at the bottom of a glass of red wine. A study by the US National Institute of Ageing has found a substance in the skin of red grapes has properties protecting the heart, bones and eyes. The Mirror covers the story of the man who has given birth to a baby. American Thomas Beatie was born female, but had a sex change operation 10 years ago. Both he and his baby daughter are said to be doing fine. It is unusual The Telegraph says a rare recording of Tom Jones singing in a lavatory has been found and is due to be auctioned by Christie's next week. The tape was made at the YMCA in Pontypridd in south Wales in 1962 before Tom Jones hit the big time. And Hitler is once again in the news, according to the Guardian. The dictator is back in Berlin at a German branch of Madame Tussauds. Visitor rules are strict - people cannot pose for a picture with Hitler. |