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| Front pages: Marine A's wife speaks out in press | Front pages: Marine A's wife speaks out in press |
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| He acted in "the madness of the moment" - those are the words of Claire Blackman, defending her husband Alexander, in an interview with Saturday's Daily Telegraph. | He acted in "the madness of the moment" - those are the words of Claire Blackman, defending her husband Alexander, in an interview with Saturday's Daily Telegraph. |
| The man known previously as Marine A has been jailed for life for killing a wounded Taliban insurgent, but his wife says he shouldn't be treated like a murderer on civvie street. | The man known previously as Marine A has been jailed for life for killing a wounded Taliban insurgent, but his wife says he shouldn't be treated like a murderer on civvie street. |
| Elsewhere, there is both downbeat and upbeat news on the NHS - the i says the anticipated winter A&E crisis has already begun, while the Guardian reports that weekend care is set to improve under a new £2bn plan. | Elsewhere, there is both downbeat and upbeat news on the NHS - the i says the anticipated winter A&E crisis has already begun, while the Guardian reports that weekend care is set to improve under a new £2bn plan. |
| TV chef Nigella Lawson is also in the headlines once again, leading both the Sun and Daily Mail, with more claims about drug use from one of the women accused of defrauding her. | |
| Discussing the papers for the BBC's News Channel, Westminster editor of the Daily Record Torcuil Crichton said it was no surprise to see the Times reveal that Universities UK has "folded" over its policy of allowing the segregation of men and women at certain Islamic events. | |
| "It's an interesting ethical argument," he said, "You get religious freedom... but when that comes up against social values and social laws and the law of the land, for example on equality, something has to give and usually it's the religion." | |
| Broadcaster and campaigner David Akinsanya agreed the policy had to be "quashed", but added: "There are other areas within society where people are being segregated, within different communities in the country." |