Saturday's papers

The Guardian follows up its story from yesterday with the news that police are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years.

The paper adds that

Photographs, names and video ­footage of people attending protests are ­routinely obtained by surveillance units and stored on an "intelligence system"

MoD has 'blood on its hands' says the Telegraph as it reports the comments of Major Sebastian Morley, the SAS commander who resigned over "unsafe" Snatch Land Rovers in Afghanistan

Major Morley, 40, says his warnings over the Snatch Land Rover were repeatedly ignored. He resigned after four soldiers were killed when their Snatch vehicle hit an anti-tank mine in Helmand province in June.

The Times returns to RBS but this time the spotlight is not on Sir Fred but its sports sponsership deals.The paper says that

Investigators are to examine Sir Fred Goodwin’s ten-year stint in charge of Royal Bank of Scotland – including his lavish spending on sports stars – in a new attempt to claw back the disgraced banker’s £703,000-a-year pension.

The Mail claims that serial teenage burglars and muggers could escape with a caution if they have a drug habit,adding that

Last year, under-18s committed more than 6,500 house burglaries and 6,300 robberies and were involved in 47,000 cases of theft and handling stolen goods.

The Express has found another benefit cheat.It reports that a mother who fiddled £600,000 in benefits to fund an ­extravagant lifestyle has been ­ordered to repay every penny.

Enid Bell, 67, and her daughter ­Lorraine bought eight houses and ­luxury cars

says the paper

Many of the front pages look at the crash in Zimbabwe which killed the wife of Morgan Tsvangirai.The Independent reports that there is feverish speculation in Zimbabwe over cause of tragedy.

It says

Mr Tsvangirai's car had been hit by a truck while travelling to his rural home south of the capital. Initial reports pointed to the collision being an accident as it occurred on a notorious stretch of road where there have been a number of fatalities, according to authorities.

Its front page is devoted to science as it reports that british scientists are about to mount one of the boldest-ever missions, to search for life forms that have survived for possibly millions of years in a frozen "lost world" beneath an ancient ice sheet