Saturday's papers

Various headlines in the papers this Easter Saturday.

The Guardian leads with the news that the original autopsy on Ian Tomlinson was caried out by a forensic pathologist once reprimanded about his professional conduct by the General Medical Council. Dr Freddy Patel concluded Tomlinson had died of a heart attack.

The Independent's front page describes the Metropolitan Police in crisis.The paper says that

a succession of bungled investigations, a lack of leadership and the prospect of some of its most experienced officers facing compulsory retirement in the next year has plunged Britain's biggest police force into one of its most turbulent periods in recent history.

The Sun meanwhile describes an open door to terror.The paper says that it has been revealed a terror suspect was allowed in with dodgy visa papers.

A senior police source told The Sun: “It was a shambles, but absolutely typical of immigration in this country — we see this sort of thing all the time.

According to the Times,The Treasury is blocking plans to give motorists £2,000 towards the cost of a new car.The paper says that

The decision is a huge blow to Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, who has staked his reputation on rescuing the beleaguered car industry.
It has caused a deep rift between him and Alistair Darling, damaging relations between two government departments at the centre of efforts to lift Britain out of recession.

The Mail has uncovered the latest in political expenditure.Hundreds of public sector workers have been handed £250 each simply for turning up to work after heavy snow says the paper.

There are green shoots on the front of the Express this morning.

MILLIONS of bargain hunters will swamp Britain’s High Streets this weekend in a spending bonanza that experts hope will kick-start the economy.

Blogging and sleaze make the front of the Telegraph which reports that private emails written by one of Gordon Brown’s senior officials had ended up in the hands of Guido Fawkes.

The emails were sent by the unnamed adviser in January from a high-security Downing Street account and have been touted to newspapers, including this newspaper.