Suspended MP defends actions

The so-called Conway scandal prompts more coverage and comment in the Sunday papers, with the suspended Tory MP in question insisting he is not a crook.

Derek Conway tells the Mail on Sunday he did nothing wrong by using public funds to pay his sons as researchers.

He has lost his job and will get only a £24,000 pension, he tells the paper.

Claiming an MP's salary of £60,000 is less than that of a Commons sous-chef, he says politicians would not need expenses if they got a decent wage.

Private jet

One man who probably will not be complaining about his wages is Manchester United star Ronaldo, who has been offered a six-year contract worth £44m, the News of the World reports.

On £140,000 a week, he will be the UK's best-paid footballer, the paper says.

Meanwhile another footballer with cash to splash, David Beckham, took a private jet from Brazil to Canada to comfort wife Victoria, says the People.

Mrs Beckham was apparently at a low emotional ebb after the Spice Girls decided to cut short their world tour.

Guns fight guns

Lord Tebbit makes an appearance on the Sunday Express front page, as he tells how he thinks the best way to tackle gun culture is to teach boys to shoot.

Controlled use of firearms would ease the obsession with guns, he opines.

The Sunday Mirror interviews the wife of a man police want to question over the Securitas raid - from which millions of pounds are still missing.

Therese Lupton tells the paper she believes her husband, Sean, was lured to his own execution by a hitman.

Stolen sniffer dogs

The Independent on Sunday says the lottery's good causes fund faces a £1bn shortfall which could create a funding crisis in the arts.

Camelot, which runs the National Lottery, has denied the claim.

Finally, the Sunday Telegraph reports on items stolen from police forces, including handcuffs and helmets.

Two sniffer dogs have been stolen from the Lancashire force, a cocker spaniel puppy from Northumbria and a £100,000 flat-bed truck from Staffordshire Police.