Pay settlement leads newspapers

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The pay deal for public sector workers is the main news in several papers.

The Daily Express highlights the 1.9% increase for nurses, which it describes as an insult.

The Sun hails the above-inflation rise for the armed forces as a victory in its campaign for better army pay.

But the Mirror warns that real-terms pay cuts for nurses and other workers will create resentment when City bonuses are booming and speculators have never had it so good.

Fuel chaos

The great petrol mystery splutters on, the Telegraph reports.

The Independent calls it the "kangaroo petrol syndrome", with cars hiccupping, juddering and misfiring.

Motorists, the Guardian says, are coming to terms with seeing their cars reduced to a unhealthy standstill, in an unprecedented consumer scare.

For the Times, the number of theories about how the petrol came to be contaminated was exceeded only by the number of stranded motorists.

McCartney v McCartney

A picture of Sir Paul McCartney emerging from his divorce hearing at the High Court is in most papers.

He is shown giving his trademark two-fingered peace salute - prompting the Daily Mail to ask: "Does that sign mean victory, Sir Paul?"

The Daily Telegraph wonders: "Is it round one to Sir Paul?" Well, for the moment anyway, the Mirror says.

Heather Mills, the Times reports, left the court using a private judges' exit, covering her eyes with dark glasses.

Man's best friend

The Daily Mail has a striking picture of dogs taking money out of cash machines.

It might seem barking mad, the paper remarks, but that's what "assistance dogs" do for wheelchair users.

A charity spokeswoman explains how the dog stands on its hind legs, places its paws on the machine and takes the card, money and receipt in its mouth.

The dogs are also trained to press pedestrian crossing buttons, load washing machines and help their owners dress and undress.