Tuesday's papers

The latest shooting in Northern Ireland came too late for the front pages but the events of Saturday night continue to dominate.

The Telegraph says that Gerry Adams has been accused of trying to make political capital out of the murder of the two British soldiers after saying the Army was "not wanted" in Northern Ireland.

The Mail's headline focuses on the tragedy.Under the headline Ready to face the Taliban, killed on British soil it reports that

the families of both soldiers murdered outside their barracks had accepted there was a chance they might not return from Afghanistan.
But as one relative said yesterday: 'You would have thought they would at least have been safe on British soil.'

The Times meanwhile continues to focus on the security arrangements as it reports that the civilian guard nearest the gate was armed with only a pistol when the three Real IRA gunmen struck, firing more than 60 rounds from automatic weapons.

Both the Guardian and the Independent go with other leads.The former reports that Britain is being condemned today in a highly critical UN report for breaching basic human rights and "trying to conceal illegal acts" in the fight against terrorism.

The Indy reports on the recession.Under the headline,A nation divided by the recession the paper says that

The worst recession in three-quarters of a century is threatening to divide Britain more painfully than ever. Younger, richer households are gaining from lower inflation, house prices and mortgage rates, but at the expense of older, poorer fellow citizens. They are struggling to survive as they suffer relatively high price rises and a drop in their incomes as interest rates on savings hit zero and they see the equity in their homes destroyed by the property slump.

Finally the Express reports the comments of Peter Mandelson who says the paper provoked fury last night by suggesting that British workers are too lazy to take jobs being snapped up by immigrants.