Tuesday's papers

According to the Guardian

Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, will bow to international pressure today and concede that he did not win a clear ­majority in Afghanistan's bitterly contested election, and also accept there should be a second round of voting.

It follows confirmation that the

Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) confirmed that its two-month inquiry had found “clear and convincing evidence of fraud”, reducing Mr Karzai’s share of the vote from 55 to 48 per cent — and requiring a run-off ballot under Afghan law.

A million people people are being forzen out of the mortgage market says the Independent

Experts criticised what they said was an "over-reaction" from the Financial Services Authority, saying that while there were abuses in the run-up to the credit crunch, the vast majority of such "self-certification" loans were legitimate. Even the FSA said it accepted that the mortgage market worked well for "95 per cent of consumers".

According to the Telegraph,senior lawyers have warned that persistent criminals could escape punishment even when there is overwhelming evidence against them under new plans allowing prosecutors to overlook minor offences,

The proposals are intended to encourage “common sense” to be used in the justice system – for example, forgiving a householder accused of assault when making a citizen’s arrest on a burglar. However senior lawyers said that they could prevent justice being done.

The Mail meanwhile reports that vetting rules aimed at shielding children from paedophiles could put an end to the tradition of school foreign exchange trips.

The Times leads with an exclusive.The paper says that a group of former generals will warn today that

The Armed Forces are in danger of being hijacked by far-right extremists “for their own dubious ends”,The British National Party is tarnishing the Forces’ reputation by associating itself with the sacrifices of servicemen, they write. They highlight fears within military circles that the party is exploiting their public standing.

The Guardian meanwhile reports that

The BNP is bracing itself for potentially fresh embarrassment tomorrow when details of the party's rank and file UK membership are expected to be posted on the internet.

The expenses scandal continues to rumble on

Gordon Brown was accused of cowardice by a Labour MP over his handling of the expenses controversy yesterday as the backbench rebellion over-repayment demands deepened.says the Independent

MPs are preparing an attempt to smear the independent auditor who is asking them to pay back thousands of pounds they claimed in expenses. says the Telegraph

The Guardian reports that

The UK's biggest ever investigation of sex trafficking failed to find a single person who had forced anybody into prostitution in spite of hundreds of raids on sex workers in a six-month campaign by government departments, specialist agencies and every police force in the country.

There is much coverage of what the Times calls,The bizarre double life of poisoning doctor Edward Erin

Edward Erin appeared to have the perfect existence — a glittering career as a doctor and clinical researcher and relationships with a string of glamorous young women.

says the paper

But his bizarre double life was revealed last night after he was convicted of poisoning the drinks of his pregnant secretary to cause her to miscarry during their brief affair.

The Sun believes that it has found the UK's fattest man and he lives in Ipswich

Paul Mason, 48, needs a £20,000 life-saving op after a compulsive eating disorder left him "super-obese".He eats 20,000 calories of food a day,8 times the official adult male average of 2,500.

According to the Independent,Half of fathers do not take paternity leave

Research published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission also reveals that two out of five men are afraid to ask for flexible working arrangements because they think it would harm their career prospects. They fear their commitment to their job would be questioned and it would negatively affect their chance of promotion.

Finally most of the papers report the death of Ludovic Kennedy at the age of 89

In a career championing the wrongly convicted that stretched over four decades he not only secured pardons and remissions of sentence but also played a significant role in the campaign to abolish the death penalty. says the Times