Papers discuss more airline fears

The newspapers discuss growing fears over the future of airlines, following the XL package holiday group collapse.

A warning from the chief executive of British Airways, Willie Walsh, that another 30 airlines will go bust before Christmas is in the Independent.

"Who will be next to go under?" asks the headline in the Daily Mail.

The Guardian believes the government will have to bail out the holiday industry's compensation scheme to the tune of £20m pounds.

Missing data

Labour Party intrigue is the focus of the Daily Telegraph's front page, which talks of Gordon Brown facing a "daring attempted coup".

There are said to be about a dozen plotters in all, including Siobhan McDonagh, who has been sacked as a junior whip.

The Sun says a "blundering traffic cop" has lost a memory stick containing details of every terror cell being tracked by police in the West Midlands.

The loss of the data could wreck several operations, the paper reports.

The Guardian devotes its first three pages to the withdrawal of a libel action by the German doctor and businessman, Mattias Rath.

He had been suing over articles condemning him for promoting vitamin pills for Aids sufferers in South Africa while denouncing conventional medicine.

Popular demand

There is shock at revelations of a sharp increase in the bill for compensation cases against the NHS.

The Daily Mirror says "greedy" lawyers are "milking" the NHS for £90m a year.

Tickets for the West End production of Hamlet starring David Tennant were selling for more than £500 each, according to the Telegraph.

A rush by Doctor Who fans is said to have led to all performances selling out within hours.

The Telegraph also reports that a replica of the mobile lavatory used by Mahatma Gandhi has been created at his retreat in western India.

It seems tourists often ask where the great man attended the call of nature.