Papers consider Cadbury takeover

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Many of the papers find the takeover of Cadbury by US food giant Kraft hard to stomach.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/152852/Fear-US-tastes-will-sour-Cadbury-s">"Save Our Chocolate", declares the Daily Express,</a> which claims a nationwide revolt against the sale is gathering pace.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/jan/19/cadbury-kraft-takeover-todd-stitzer">"Not such a sweet deal" is the Guardian's verdict.</a>

But the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/money/2815627/Union-showdown-as-Kraft-snap-up-Cadbury.html">Sun defends the takeover,</a> warning that no country can hope to prosper by being sentimental, or by going back to protectionism.

The appearance of former Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon before the Iraq inquiry receives unflattering reviews.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/simon-carr/the-sketch-a-moment-of-clarity-that-could-put-blair-in-a-spot-of-bother-1873152.html">Independent's sketchwriter, Simon Carr, concludes that Mr Hoon</a> "had no idea what was going on".

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jan/20/geoff-hoon-chilcot-simon-hoggart-sketch">Simon Hoggart, in the Guardian, describes how Mr Hoon depicted himself as a middle-ranking civil servant</a> who had responsibilities, but no power.

For Andrew Gimson, in the Daily Telegraph, it was like watching a Yes Minister episode without the jokes.

The plight of Haiti's orphans after the earthquake <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/one-in-a-million-the-girl-in-a-tartan-dress-who-symbolises-the-orphan-crisis-facing-haiti-1873147.html">is highlighted on the front of the Independent,</a> which has a picture of nine-year-old Wideline Fils Amie.

Rugby legend

When she is asked to describe how she is feeling, she whispers two words, "hungry" and "scared".

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/rugby_union/article6994386.ece">The Times says rugby union commentator, Bill McLaren, who has died at the age of 86,</a> was in a league of his own.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/scotland/7027778/Bill-McLaren-the-BBCs-voice-of-rugby-dies-aged-86.html">The Telegraph says his hallmark was a voice as warm as a flask of Scotch broth</a> on a January day at Murrayfield.

A self-portrait of Lucian Freud, due to go on sale next month, is attracting attention because it shows him with a black eye.

According to the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/unseen-black-eye-freud-selfportrait-on-sale-1872787.html">Independent, legend has it the artist decided to use his run-in with an angry taxi driver</a> in the 1970s to create the work.

<a class="inlineText" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2815697/Lotto-winner-26m-jackpot-was-gift-from-my-dead-wife.html">The Sun says the cabbie who won £26m on the EuroMillions lottery </a> claims his dead wife's spirit was behind it.

George Sturt says the win is a gift from his late wife Maureen.