Journalist Mike Philpott takes a look at what is making the headlines in Wednesday's morning papers.
Shock at the murder of a guesthouse owner in Bangor is reflected on the front pages.
The News Letter says the town is stunned after 68-year-old Billy Spence was found beaten and stabbed.
The paper has been talking to several neighbours, who pay tribute to Mr Spence.
It has a picture of a forensic team in boiler suits and masks examining the grounds of the guesthouse on Princetown Road.
The Belfast Telegraph says the reaction in Bangor has been one of revulsion and shock.
It quotes a former member of staff who said the guesthouse was burgled last year.
McElhill family
The Irish News carries the story on an inside page, and gives its biggest headline instead to the independent review of the events surrounding the deaths of the McElhill family in Omagh.
The paper says in a comment column that, "although the tragedy was impossible to predict, the family were failed by the authorities".
It says the "one thing that stands out is the almost bewildering number of agencies which were involved".
Knife crime and anti-social behaviour are the dominant theme in the cross-channel papers.
The Times leads with the views of a chief constable who says tribal loyalty is more important than family values to what she calls an almost feral generation of young people.
Barbara Wilding, who is the chief constable of South Wales, tells the paper that a gang culture based on violence and drugs has taken hold in deprived areas of many cities.
Another Chief Constable, Roger Baker, of Essex Police, tells the Daily Express that he fears police officers will disappear from the streets of Britain in the next 15 years.
He speaks of his concern that people are simply being given crime numbers, rather than being visited by officers.
Cherie Blair attracts wide coverage, after her admission - described by some as "remarkable" - that she fears for her children when they go out on the streets.
The Independent says she caused political fury after claiming that government figures drastically underestimated the scale of knife crime.
Lotto winners
A picture in the Irish Times shows the 16 members of a lottery syndicate who won the biggest jackpot in the history of the game in the Republic.
They are receiving a cheque that will give each of them a share worth more than a million euro.
The Irish Independent has a series of pictures of the moment when the excitement of the day got the better of one of the syndicate.
Benny Doyle danced a jig on the red carpet at Lotto headquarters in Dublin.
It's July the second, so it's about time we had a story on Christmas toys.
One major chain store gets a great deal of coverage of its predictions of this year's biggest sellers.
The Rubik's Cube is top of the list. The Daily Telegraph says it's enjoying a revival because of videos on YouTube showing people how to complete it.
The paper says in an editorial that the "great thing about it is its relatively low cost, but in the current economic climate, by the time we reach Christmas we may want to start a craze for racing tanks made out of cotton reels, elastic bands and matchsticks".
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