The paper reports that Pakistani officials suggested the Islamist group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, responsible for the attacks in Mumbai last year, also carried out the attack in Lahore.
Sport is in the line of fire says the Times as the paper says Pakistan offered a reward of $125,000 this morning for information about the 12 masked gunmen who ambushed Sri Lanka’s cricket team,
The Telegraph singles out former England batsman Chris Broad as a hero after reportedly shielding a wounded Pakistani umpire as gunmen fired at them.
"There were five of us in the back of van all lying on floor just listening to the crack of bullets going on around us and hitting the van. Every time you heard a crack you just thought 'this bullet's for me'.the paper says.
Both it and the Guardian lead with the PM's visit to Washington and his defiance in not saying sorry for the recession.The Telegraph says that Brown was growing increasingly isolated from his Cabinet colleagues last night over his refusal to apologise for the recession.
The Guardian reports that the Prime Minister will today use his vital speech to Congress to urge US politicians not to lapse into protectionism, but he has insisted he has no need to apologise for personal errors in the build-up to the financial crisis.
Whilst it reports that warnings about the attcak on the Sri Lankan team were ignored by the Pakistani authorities.Opposition MPs claimed officials received specific warnings that militants were planning to ambush the Sri Lankan cricket squad, but they were unable to prevent today's deadly attack because of the country's spiralling political crisis.
The Mail finally leads with claims from a top doctor that millions of healthy older people are being prescribed pills that they don't need.
The treatments for high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes could in fact be harmful, warns Professor Michael Oliver.
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