Papers ponder racist murder

Following the end of the trial over the racist murder of Anthony Walker, Thursday's papers marvel at the victim's mother's forgiveness for his two killers.

The Daily Mail features Gee Walker's words: "I have to forgive them... we don't just preach it, we practise it."

The Sun believes her response is "too good" for the killers, who it says "deserve to rot in jail".

The Daily Mirror front page calls for Michael Barton and Paul Taylor to be jailed for 30 years.

Pension plans

Lord Turner's proposals for pension reform are examined in detail.

The Sun and Daily Telegraph say young people would have to work until they "drop", the Telegraph adding they would also "pay more tax for the privilege".

The Independent is more positive that a serious debate on the issue has begun, and also says a growing number of people resent being forced to retire.

The chancellor's cost concerns raise questions about how many proposals will be adopted, the Financial Times says.

Drug dealers

The Daily Mail front page says cannabis users could be allowed to carry enough of the drug for six joints a day for a year under proposed new guidelines.

Drug dealers would have "a watertight excuse", it says. The Daily Express calls it a "drug dealers' charter".

The Guardian, Times and Telegraph warn the UK faces Canadian-style winters due to the weakening of the Gulf Stream.

"Europe's central heating system is breaking down under the impact of global warming," says the Times.

Beckham

The Telegraph reports that Chocolat author Joanne Harris has upset people in her home town of Barnsley by branding them bigots.

She says she was teased as a child because her mother was French.

The Daily Star is one of several papers with new glamorous shots of Kate Winslet, who it says starved herself for a week for nude scenes in a new film.

Similarly, several papers report that England football captain David Beckham earned £47,500 a day last year.