What the papers say

Journalist Keith Baker takes a look at what is making the headlines in Monday's morning papers.

Most of the front page of the Irish News is given over to a picture of a wrecked supermarket in Newtownbutler after a masked gang used a digger and a truck to steal the shop's cash machine.

But according to the paper, it took the police 12 hours to respond to desperate calls for assistance, leaving villagers looking on helplessly as the gang carried out their raid.

The story says residents called the police as the theft unfolded and were told that officers were aware of the situation.

A senior officer tells the Irish News they have to be careful how they approach some crime scenes in the area because of the continued threat posed by dissident republicans.

Threats are the focus of another story as well.

Several papers report claims of a plot by the Real IRA to kill Reverend William McCrea.

It is the main story in the News Letter. And of course it's the sort of thing which will occupy the attention of the new chief constable when he takes office.

The paper looks at the list of candidates and their wide choice of experience. "Whoever gets the job... what we need is a practical, no-nonsense approach," it says.

Education is the big topic in the Belfast Telegraph where there is more on the transfer saga.

It says anxious parents across Northern Ireland are turning to expensive, private tutoring for their children.

Marching season

Some courses are already full, it says, including six-day examination preparation courses costing £370 per child to be held at Queen's and Stranmillis.

And of course we are in the midst of the marching season.

The News Letter has a front page picture of the new chairperson of the Parades Commission, Rena Shepherd, shaking hands with Orange leaders at Drumcree on Sunday.

There are various reports on the Drumcree parade and how it passed off peacefully.

However, the Belfast Telegraph says that, given everything we have all been through, it seems "incredible" that the Drumcree problem remains unresolved.

Until it is, it says, some "poison will remain" in the system.

The IrishNews has its own take on a report by the ambulance service and the plans to cut ambulance cover.

It claims the PR practice of trying to bury bad news is alive and well.

It points out that the report was e-mailed to news desks at 1600 BST on Friday - on the last day of the assembly before the summer recess and a day when the killers in a high-profile murder case were being sentenced.

One PR expert tells the paper: "It is clear they wanted the contents to create as little impact as possible."

Among the cross-channel papers, there are plenty of pictures of Roger Federer leaping high in the air or kissing the Wimbledon trophy.

The Telegraph and the Mirror call him the "greatest".

Caffeine

The Mail says he's the "titan of tennis". The Financial Times says Sunday's battle wasn't so much tennis... more like a "bare-knuckle boxing match that went on indefinitely".

The main story in the Express - and reported elsewhere as well - tells us that drinking two cups of coffee a day reverses the effects of Alzheimer's.

Scientists in Florida believe apparently that caffeine not only helps to stave off the disease but can even treat it by helping to sharpen the memory.

Finally, a headline in the Mirror: "Would you Adam and Eve it?"

It says 800 pages of the world's oldest, surviving bible are going to appear on the internet.

It has been pieced together by institutes from Britain, Germany, Egypt and Russia.

The fourth century Codex Sinaiticus - or Sinai Book - will be launched online on Monday by the British Library.

The Mirror says that if it looks "all Greek to you", that's because it is. However, translations will be available.