Tuesday's papers

Various headlines in the papers this morning.

The Telegraph leads with the news that leading scientist Prof Steve Jones has claimed that the hope that genetic research could provide a cure for a host of common illnesses has proved a "false dawn".

In most cases, hundreds of genes are responsible, and often they have less effect than other factors such as diet, lifestyle and the environment.

says the report

The Mail accuses the government of abandoning young people.According to a major study, covering hundreds of thousands of children, by the Institute for Fiscal Studies,bright children from poor homes are failing to get into university because of under-performing state schools and not class bias.

The Times leads with a report that

The speed limit on many A-roads will be reduced to 50mph under plans aimed at cutting the number of road deaths by a third.

The paper adds that

Drivers also face limits of http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif20mph in residential zones, random breath tests and tougher fixed penalties for offences such as passing too close to a cyclist.

Of the qualities only the Guardian leads with tomorrow's budget as it reports that the Chancellor will unveil an emergency £1bn package for Britain's housing market tomorrow with a fund to build council houses, extend the stamp duty holiday on buying, and restart work on projects mothballed during the recession

Housing makes the front of the Express which reports house prices are on the way up

Signs that a spring revival might be on the way have tempted people putting their homes on the market to boost their prices by £3,996 – the largest rise for 14 months and the third consecutive monthly increase.

Finally the Independent reports how organised piracy syndicates operating in Dubai and other Gulf states are laundering vast sums of money taken in ransom from vessels hijacked off the Horn of Africa.

An investigation by the paper says that

around $80m (£56m) has been paid out in the past year alone – far more than has previously been admitted. But while some of this money has ended up in the pirate havens of Somalia, millions have been laundered through bank accounts in the United Arab Emirates and other parts of the Middle East.