School massacre fills front pages

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The shootings at a university in Virginia fill virtually every one of Tuesday's front pages.

The Guardian and Independent share the same headline: "Massacre on campus".

"Executed at uni" says the Daily Mirror. That paper and the Sun both report that the attacker was a man who had been "dumped" by his girlfriend.

The Daily Mail and Daily Express talk of the gunman cold-bloodedly lining students up against a classroom wall before shooting them.

No gush

The papers are generally underwhelmed by Des Browne's apology for his handling of the Iran sailor crisis.

"As mea culpas go", writes Simon Hoggart in the Guardian, "it was not exactly gushing".

"So", says the Daily Mail, "the bumbling, bungling defence secretary has just uttered the rarest word in the New Labour lexicon."

The paper says that all of the Cabinet find themselves in an untenable position, waiting for Tony Blair to go.

'EU phoney Tony'

The Guardian and the Sun find themselves in rare agreement over the latest story from Brussels.

The Guardian reports that Tony Blair is calling for an amended EU treaty - along with claims that it is a ruse to avoid a vote on a new constitution.

The Sun agrees. Under the headline "EU phoney Tony" it accuses Mr Blair of trying to sneak the treaty that no-one wants through the back door.

It says he wants to avoid a referendum as he knows the UK would vote "no".

Barmy weather

An unseasonably warm Monday apparently caused thousands of workers to "pull a sickie", the Daily Telegraph reports.

A specialist legal advisory service for businesses tells the paper that more than 60% of its calls were from employers concerned about absenteeism.

However, the lead in the Daily Star is predicting a sudden change in temperature, with the weather going from "balmy" to "barmy".

The paper reckons there will be snow in some places by Friday.