Lockerbie bomber makes headlines

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The fate of the Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi dominates the day's newspapers.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207280/Lockerbie-bomber-sending-clothes-Libya-weeks-ahead-expected-release-tomorrow.html">According to the Daily Mail, a senior government source says he will be sent back to Libya</a> on compassionate grounds on Thursday.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/aug/18/ministers-pushed-lockerbie-treaty-libya">The Guardian says Britain's business interests in Libya</a> might colour any decision it has to make.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/telegraph-view/6051116/The-Libyan-connection-gets-ever-murkier.html"></a> The Daily Telegraph's editorial mentions that Lord Mandelson met the son of Libya's ruler, Colonel Gaddafi.

The Sun claims to have uncovered a plot to smear the head of the Army General Sir Richard Dannat, when he steps down next week.

It claims Labour MPs, including one defence minister, are plotting to expose the cost of entertaining at the General's official home in London.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/tobacco-smugglers-to-make-a-packet-from-customs-blunder-1774039.html">The Independent says customs officials will have to pay back</a> millions of pounds to tobacco smugglers.

This is because their assets were confiscated unlawfully.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1207384/Council-ordered-pay-100-000-family-Alzheimers-sufferer-refusing-pay-care-home-fees.html">The Daily Mail carries the news that the health service will have to refund three families</a> who were wrongly made to pay for their relatives' care.

Two of the families had sold their homes to pay for the huge cost of caring for elderly people.

Bike ride

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/aug/18/museums-national-trust-gift-sales">The Guardian says the commercial arm of the National Trust</a> is about to report its most successful ever year.

It puts the success down to the weak pound attracting foreign visitors, and British holidaymakers staying at home.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/aug/18/lance-armstrong-twitter">The Guardian reports how seven times winner of the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong</a> managed to bring the town of Paisley in Scotland to a halt.

He had put out an appeal for riding companions on social networking site Twitter.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/cycling/article6800521.ece">The Times says hundreds followed his appeal on the website </a> and turned out to follow him on various bikes, while others came to cheer him on.

Meanwhile, <a class="inlineText" href="Kew Gardens has confirmed to the Telegraph">Kew Gardens has confirmed to the Telegraph</a> that conkers are falling from the trees already.