Papers discuss reporting ethics

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The papers indulge in a spot of navel-gazing after MPs published a critical report into the issue of press self-regulation.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/feb/24/press-standards-phone-hacking-editorial">Guardian</a> says News International could face a judicial inquiry as senior executives allegedly refused to reveal all about illegal phone-tapping by reporters at the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/">News of the World.</a>

But the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/"> Sun </a> believes the committee's report is a dark day for Parliament, with the News International-owned paper accusing MPs of unfairness and pursuing cheap political points.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7038582.ece"> Times leads on what it calls the "escalating Falklands oil dispute" </a> between Argentina and the UK.

It reports that the diplomatic row has taken a dramatic turn after Argentina said it would take its protests over British oil exploration to the UN.

Meanwhile the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/7301399/Gordon-Brown-dont-legalise-assisted-suicide.html">prime minister argues the case against legalising assisted suicide in the Daily Telegraph.</a>

Gordon Brown says to make it legal would put "unacceptable pressure" on vulnerable people to end their lives.

'Fairytale villain'

The marriage split of X Factor judge Cheryl Cole and her England footballer husband, Ashley Cole, provides juicy fodder for the papers.

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/">Daily Mirror</a> devotes six of its first seven pages to the story while the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1253306/Cheryl-Cole-splits-husband-Ashley.html">Daily Mail is interested in details of what it says will be a £22m divorce.</a>

The <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.dailystar.co.uk">Daily Star chronicles the "rollercoaster ride" of the couple's marriage.</a>

And the <a class="inlineText" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/ashley--cheryl-a-marriage-made-in-iok-iand-broken-by-ithe-suni-1908528.html">Independent says the footballer is being treated like a classic "fairytale villain".</a>

<a class="inlineText" href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article7038171.ece">The Times previews an auction of Doctor Who props, which include two full-size Daleks and a Cyberman.</a>

The paper describes some of the items as Heath Robinson monsters, made in a hurry from foam latex, fibreglass and electrical components.

It says the Daleks, made from wood and something that looks like an egg whisk, appear in danger of being exterminated by a stiff breeze.

The items are a "somewhat ramshackle part of science fiction folklore", it adds.