Saturday's papers

As the climate change conference draws to the end,the papers reflect on lost opportunities and failure.

The UN climate summit reached a weak outline of a global agreement last night in Copenhagen, falling far short of what Britain and many poor countries were seeking and leaving months of tough negotiations to come

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After eight draft texts and all-day talks between 115 world leaders, it was left to Barack Obama and Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, to broker a political agreement

President Obama forged a non-binding agreement with his counterparts in China, India, Brazil and South Africa but it was unclear whether all 192 countries would accept the compromise text. says the Times

Known as the Copenhagen Accord, the new agreement falls massively short of the ambitions many people had centred on the two-week meeting in the Danish capital, in the hope of a major new effort to combat the global warming threat. Although in principle it commits – for the first time – all the countries of the world, including the developing countries, to cut their emissions of the greenhouse gases which are causing climate change, the accord is not legally binding, merely a political statement. says the Independent

Meanwhile the Express says that Gordon Brown was yesterday accused of signing a £500billion death warrant for Britain’s economy in his desperate quest for a climate change deal.

The Prime Minister has offered a dramatic 42 per cent cut to 1990 levels of carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2020.

The climate at home gets a great deal of coverage,Blizzard that sliced the country in half as eight inches of snow falls on Britain.is the Mail's headline describing how

Drivers spent the night in their vehicles, abandoned cars and lorries littered worst-hit routes, there were numerous accidents and major roads were closed by the appalling conditions.

An estimated 500,000 children were given the day off as 1,500 schools shut because of dangerous conditions – creating a knock-on effect for businesses as parents stayed home to look after them. More than 700 schools were closed due to adverse weather conditions across East Anglia alone. says the Telegraph

It leads with the industry regualtor is warning that the post service is in danger of collapse

Consumers face the prospect of a rise of as much as 3p in the price of a first class stamp, taking the cost of a posting first class letter past 40p for the first time, in an attempt to help raise an extra £100 million a year.

Many of the papers report that

Fresh suspicions of foul play in the Stephen Lawrence murder case surfaced todaywith the arrest of a former police constable and a serving member of Metropolitan police staff for allegedly withholding evidence from the original murder inquiry.

The Guardian adds that

The swoop on the homes of the men, aged 62 and 53, came after detectives at Scotland Yard, who are reviewing the case, uncovered evidence that information could have been withheld for 16 years.

The Independent reports that

Senior tories are to return a further £24,800 in overpaid expenses claims, bringing the total repayments by the Shadow Cabinet to more than £70,000. Thirteen members of David Cameron's top team are to pay back more claims identified as excessive by Sir Thomas Legg's audit of MPs' allowances over the past five years.

A gang of thieves in Poland has stolen the infamous wrought iron sign announcing that “work sets you free” that spans the main gate of the Auschwitz concentration camp. says the Times

The Mail leads with the news that a staggering 15 million people are expected to hit the shops today for last-minute gift buying on 'Panic Saturday'.

It is predicted to be the busiest retail day of the year, with High Street takings set to top £2billion.

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For the Sun the news that the X factor winner is angry makes their lead story

Music history was made in the Bizarre office yesterday - when X Factor winner JOE McELDERRY had a first ever listen to his chart nemesis.
Joe heard RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE track Killing In The Name - currently beating his song The Climb in the race for Christmas No1 - as he guest edited today's Bizarre column.

Finally the Tiger Wood's story continues.The Guardian claiming that

Representatives acting on behalf of Tiger Woods brokered a deal two years ago to bury a tabloid story of an extramarital affair, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. It said representatives for the golfer acted after the National Enquirer threatened to publish pictures of Woods taken in a parked car with Mindy Lawton, a Florida waitress.