Newspaper round-up: Madeleine McCann breakthrough, Ukip on the rise, benefits crackdown
The big stories from today's papers.
THE EXPRESS: Hayfever rates have soared to record levels and are only going to get worse in the coming years, sufferers were warned last night.
DAILY STAR: Police were last night closing in on the prime suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance – thanks to a “unique” T-shirt.
DAILY MAIL: A triple killer has won an £800 payout because some of his belongings – including nasal hair clippers and a carton of cranberry juice – were damaged or lost in jail.
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Britain is failing to produce enough globally successful entrepreneurs because of the burden of high taxes and red tape, a leading think has warned.
THE INDEPENDENT: Rules to drive the long-term unemployed into work come into force today, which state they will only receive their benefits if they either show up at a jobcentre every day or commit to six months of voluntary work.
DAILY MIRROR: One of Tony Blair’s ministers was among a group of men suspected of sexually abusing children at a home run by a convicted paedophile.
THE TIMES: Labour voters are defecting to Ukip because the party has become too “middle class”, a leading ally of Ed Miliband has warned.
THE GUARDIAN: Britain's leading obstetrician says it is legitimate to ask whether understaffing of maternity care and labour wards is contributing to Britain's stubbornly high rates of baby death and brain damage.