Saturday's papers

The Telegraph describes it as an insult to the memory of Pc Yvonne Fletcher with the news that British police officers have been secretly training members of Libya's force despite the country's refusal to hand over her killer

The training programme, which was approved by Jacqui Smith when she was home secretary, began shortly after Tony Blair met the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, in 2007. It has been described as an "insult to the memory of Yvonne Fletcher" and a "stab in the back" for officers.

According to the Times,Britain is clocking up debt at a rate of £6,017 per second as the Government struggles to balance the books

Net borrowing for the first five months of the financial year stood at £65.3 billion, compared with £26.1 billion at the same stage last year. Total borrowing soared past the £800 billion mark for the first time and total state debt as a proportion of national output reached 57.5 per cent.

The Guardian interviews Nick Clegg who tells the paper that bold and even "savage" cuts in government spending will be necessary to bring the public deficit down after the next election,

Clegg used a Guardian interview to set out plans including a long-term freeze in the public sector pay bill, scaling back future public sector pensions, and withdrawing tax credits from the middle class. He is even prepared to examine means-testing universal child benefits, though he is cautious of destroying "middle-class solidarity" with the welfare state.

The Telegraph reports that Lord Myners, the City minister, has launched an extraordinary attack on unrepentant bankers and their “unacceptable” bonuses.

“I think the top cadres in the banking industry are [still] paid far, far too much,” Lord Myners said. “They are over-rewarded for the skills they have, and the reason this is allowed to continue is inadequate stewardship by the owners of the business.”

The Independent leads with the story of Yvonne Hossack who the paper says has dedicated her life to helping the elderly and disabled by saving 80 care homes from closure and yesterday

was cleared of professional misconduct after local councils, angered by her successful campaigns to stop the closure of care homes, mounted a "witch- hunt" to get her removed from the solicitors' roll.

Some of Britain’s biggest sporting brands are at the centre of an investigation into illegal price fixing that may have cost customers tens of millions of pounds, reports the Times

Slazenger tennis and cricket equipment, Everlast boxing kit and Karrimor outdoor clothing are among the household names at the centre of the investigation by the competition watchdog and fraud investigators.

"Common sense" should have led police officers to help a woman who killed herself and daughter in despair after enduring years of attacks on her family by a gang of youths, an inquest heard yesterday. reports the Independent

Fiona Pilkington, 38, and her 18-year-old daughter, Francecca Hardwick, died when Ms Pilkington set fire to their car in Leicestershire in October 2007. Police dismissed her complaints as "over-reacting", despite 13 calls for help in the year before she died.

Cowboy wheel clampers who prey on motorists are to face an unprecedented crackdown.reports the Mail which reports that following its campaign

the Government has pledged to take steps to end 'legalised mugging' of drivers parked on private land.

Following its lead story yesterday the Sun reports that

ANOTHER boy has turned up at school as a girl, it emerged yesterday - this time aged NINE.
Parents rapped the primary school in southern England for not alerting them, and for telling pupils at a special assembly.

The Express reports that drinking at least three cups of tea a day can slash the risk of diabetes by almost half.

It is the conclusion of a ground-breaking study of more than 40,000 people whose ­consumption was monitored for 10 years.

Finally the Mail reports on an admission will come as no surprise to those who loathe the muted beige and greens, uniform furniture and signage.

The head of Starbucks has admitted the decor of its High Street stores could be viewed as a 'mistake' and, with profits plunging, the company has taken the bold step of abandoning its rigid policy of identikit stores in a desperate bid to lure customers.