Saturday's papers

As Copenhagen approaches climate change is on the agenda for the papers.

The Guardian reports that Gordon Brown led a chorus of condemnation against "flat-earth" climate change sceptics who have tried to derail the Copenhagen summit by casting doubt on the evidence for global warming.

"With only days to go before Copenhagen we mustn't be distracted by the behind-the-times, anti-science, flat-earth climate sceptics," Brown told the Guardian. "We know the science. We know what we must do. We must now act and close the 5bn-tonne gap. That will seal the deal."

he tells the paper

Meanwhile the Times reveals that

The Met Office plans to re-examine 160 years of temperature data after admitting that public confidence in the science on man-made global warming has been shattered by leaked e-mails.

The verdict in the Meredith Kirchner case came too late for the print versions of the papers but dominates their online pages,Amanda Knox has been found guilty of the brutal murder and sexual assault of her British flat mate, Meredith Kercher, and has been sentenced to 26 years in prison. says the Telegraph

In a dramatic and emotional courtroom scene, Knox and her young sister Deanna began weeping as the jury filed into the courtroom. As the sentence was read, she laid her head down and cried on the chest of her Perugia lawyer standing next to her, Luciano Ghirga, who hugged her tightly as presiding Judge Giancarlo Massei read the opinion, which included an additional year of prison for Knox for the slander charge for falsely accusing Congolese pub owner Patrick Lumumba. Her former boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, was also found guilty and received a 25-year sentence

reports the Independent

The great Xmas shopping fix says the Mail on the day forecast to be the biggest Xmas shopping frenzy ever

Millions of shoppers will pay inflated prices for Christmas presents this year because of where they live.
Major stores are operating a postcode lottery, with prices for the same item twice as high in some branches.

The recession certainly has not gone away.

Corus, Europe's second largest steelmaker, announced this morning that it would mothball operations at a Teesside factory with the loss of 1,700 jobs.reports the Guardian adding that

Operations at Redcar, Lackenby and South Bank will be closed by the end of January with the company blaming the loss of its main customer. The company said 1,700 jobs would be lost – about 300 fewer than feared in May when Corus first warned the plant could close.

The papers are celebrating England's draw in the world cup

ENGLAND looked dead certs last night to roar into the World Cup knockout stages after landing their easiest ever group.
Their unfancied opponents helped to spell out England's "EASY" task - Algeria, Slovenia and the Yanks.

says the Sun

The Mirror though warning that

USA boss Bob Bradley last night vowed to make World Cup history repeat itself as he told England: “We’re going to shock football again.”
Bradley’s side are England’s opening World Cup opponents in Rustenburg on June 12, the first competitive mee

Tiger Woods meanwhile is still under scrutiny.Tiger Woods' neighbour described how the superstar golfer lay in the road "snoring" after his late night car crash last week. says the Telegraph

Staying with sport and the Times says that

Amir Khan, the boxer who was portrayed as a perfect image of multicultural Britain when he won an Olympic silver medal in 2004, said that he would be a bigger star if he was white.

Finally the Mail reveals a new special relationship

If they were in a classroom, the teacher would have separated them quick smart

.says the paper.

Because Hillary Clinton and David Miliband were doing much more flirting than working.
The U.S. Secretary of State, who has already admitted having a crush on her young British counterpart, was giggling like a schoolgirl at him.