Main:
Telegraph - The IRA’s Army Council, which directed the terrorist group’s violent campaign, has been declared redundant and is no longer operational or functional.
Guardian - Russia will withdraw its troops from the “buffer zone” it has created in Georgia when they are replaced by international peacekeepers and once the Georgian government has signed non-aggression pacts with the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Moscow’s ambassador to London, Yuri Fedotov said today.
Metro - Millionaire ‘executed daughter as she browsed Bebo’.
Five - School leaving age raised to 17.
Sun - A Vicar was behind bars today after admitting possessing more than 56,000 indecent images of children.
Economy:
Herald - Scottish shop prices are rising faster than those in the rest of the UK, a survey published today has found.
Telegraph - Troubled lenders in the UK may have tapped the Bank of England’s emergency funding scheme for as much as £200bn, according to investment bank UBS - double the most aggressive estimates.
Other:
Mail - GQ Awards: ‘I could still snort you under the table’: Elton John’s shocking reply after worse-for-wear Lily Allen verbally assaults him onstage.
London Paper - Artist suspended from Regent Street shop ceiling by shark hooks in protest against finning.
Telegraph - A billionaire gambler known as the Fat Man has won a High Court battle to avoid paying a £2 million gambling loss to a casino.
Guardian - Japan: Sumo world in turmoil after wrestlers test positive for marijuana.
Sun - A speedy skateboarder is filmed racing down a motorway at over 60MPH.
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