Papers alert to Heathrow 'terror' troops

Most of the newspaper front pages lead with reports and pictures of the troops sent to guard Heathrow Airport and its flight paths.

"Find it" is the Sun's headline above a report claiming al-Qaeda have a missile in Britain they intend to use to shoot down an airliner.

The Guardian talks of the UK being on "missile terror alert".

And the Daily Express has a photograph of troops in full battle fatigues with their heads poking out of a tank passing a sign proclaiming: "Welcome to Terminal Three".

A report in the Guardian suggests little can be done to stop a terrorist attack from the airport perimeter.

Security experts tell the paper Heathrow will always be near the top of the terrorists' fantasy hit list.

Terror tape

"War cry," is the Daily Mirror's headline above a report on the latest taped message said to have been issued by Osama bin Laden.

In an editorial, the paper links his call for attacks on the West with the increased security at Heathrow.

It says the tanks are there not because of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein - but because of the UK's involvement with US President George W Bush.

The Mirror argues it does not make sense to attack Iraq if it exposes Britain to the most deadly threat it has faced for 60 years.

War child

The Independent's front focuses on the plight of the children of Iraq, with a photo of a malnourished four-year-old in a Baghdad hospital.

The paper says it is not Saddam and his henchmen who will be most vulnerable to the massive use of force the US plans to unleash - but the country's 12 million children.

The new Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, shares his thoughts on God, prayer, politics and war, in a long interview with the Daily Telegraph.

He says there has never been a time in his life when he has not believed in God.

And it would be wonderful if the English, in particular, could stop being embarrassed about religion.

He believes modern forms of worship are harder for people to remember.

The issue of same-sex blessings is very complex.

And he does not have a quick answer as to what his view is.

Dr Williams says he will not be on Sunday's anti-war march.

His advice to other Christians is to ask themselves why they are going.

Or why they are not going.

And to have a good Christian answer.

Off limit

There is wide coverage of reports suggesting speed cameras have been shown to reduce deaths on British roads.

In an editorial, the Independent calls for more cameras to be installed where there is clearly a demonstrable need for them.

But at the same time, the paper argues for the 70mph (112.7km/h) speed limit on motorways to be raised.

"It may have been realistic in the days of the Morris Oxford and Singer Vogue," it says, "but it's ludicrously outdated today."

Blue reunion

The Express has good news for all those thirty- and forty-somethings dreaming of the day when their heroes would reunite.

Blue Peter's Peter Purves, John Noakes and Valerie Singleton are to appear on television together for the first time since 1972, in a series of appeals for Pet Rescue.

Valerie tells the paper: "We were always friends on screen and off, and it clicks back immediately when we get in front of the camera."