What the papers say

Journalist Malachi O'Doherty takes a look at what is making the headlines in Tuesday's morning papers.

One big story engages the London broadsheets.

That's the Alastair Campbell diary entries submitted to the Hutton enquiry.

The Financial Times says Campbell plotted with Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon to unmask Professor David Kelly, the source for a story by Andrew Gilligan of the BBC which claimed that a dossier on Iraqi arms had been "sexed up".

"Which is the truth?" asks the Guardian, listing the disparate claims by Geoff Hoon and Alastair Campbell.

They appear to disagree on whether there was a conspiracy to leak Dr Kelly's name once he had come forward.

The Daily Telegraph leads on Campbell's use of a four letter word in a swipe at Andrew Gilligan in a diary entry.

The Independent puts the whole entry on the front page, claiming it shows how Campbell and Hoon were desperate to expose Dr Kelly.

Irish troops may be going to Iraq if the United Nations asks for them, reports the Irish Independent, beside a picture of Bertie Ahern getting a warm hug from Hilary Clinton.

'Intimidation row'

The Irish Times reports that the UN is likely to have only a limited role in the restoration of Iraq after a second bomb on Monday at their Baghdad headquarters.

The paper also reports that Sinn Fein leaders have had a row with IRA members in Tyrone over the intimidation of members of the District Policing Partnerships.

The son of a man shot dead by the Provisional IRA, was himself kidnapped and shot in all limbs by a republican group at the weekend.

This makes the lead in the Irish News, though the paper reports that the police are uncertain yet about which republican group was guilty of this.

Sinn Fein's councillor Paul Maskey condemned the attack.

"A grim fact to shame all drivers", the headline in the News Letter refers to the fact that child pedestrians are far more likely to be hit by a car than children anywhere else in Europe.

The report claims that one in ten children surveyed by a road safety charity have been hit by a vehicle while out walking.

Most tabloids have something to say about Frank Bruno's mental health.

"Frank needs help", says the Mirror. He is grappling with his private demons.

'Contemptuous'

The Star says Frank faces the toughest fight of his life and says: "We'll cheer him on to victory like never before."

The Sun is bluntly contemptuous: "Bonkers Bruno Locked Up".

I'm told they changed that in later editions.

Where in a newspaper would you look for the Ladineg altrice.

The Times directs you to page 21, after a story which claims that most of us can make sense of words printed with their letters all jumbled up so long as the first and last are in the right position.

To prove it, a leading article written in jumbled words laments that our brains have learnt to do without adequate spelling.

And two famous pictures of Venice by Turner have turned out to be of Portsmouth, to the amusement of the Sun.

The paper says there are differences between Venice and Portsmouth which should have been noticed.

The one that strikes them most is the cost.

For example, it can cost £100 to tour the Venice Canals in a gondola.

A trip across Portsmouth harbour costs £1.60 return.