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Several of Monday's papers lead with images from Derby after a car struck pedestrians in the city centre on Saturday. "Horror on the street" says the Daily Mirror as it features witnesses describing the "carnage" after seven people were seriously injured in the incident. A 36-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, the paper reports.
The Independent follows with police pictured scouring the scene in Derby. The paper reports counter-terrorism officers are assisting with investigations, but Derbyshire Police says this does not mean the incident is being treated as terrorism.
The Times shifts its focus to growing fears over fuel shortages due to the war in the Middle East. It reports that Sir Keir Starmer will hold talks with UK fuel bosses on Monday as the government draws up contingency plans to cope with the shortage of jet fuel and diesel that is expected in the coming weeks. Alongside, a miniature donkey was the "mane event" in a Palm Sunday procession to mark the start of Holy Week.
It's going to be a "bad Friday" for motorists travelling for Easter getaways as fuel supplies continue to dwindle, says the Daily Star.
The Daily Express says Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is vowing to scrap VAT on energy bills to save consumers £200 a year to tackle rising costs. The party said its proposals would be funded by scrapping a number of renewable energy schemes and green levies. The government has already announced that from April some levies will be scrapped or funded from general taxation, leading to a fall in energy costs.
UK families are also racing to beat rising fuel prices by installing solar panels, the Metro says, with sales up 62% this month.
Staying with the war in Iran, the Guardian leads its front page with pictures of three children who died in the bombing of a school in the city of Minab on the first day of the war. The report features voices from four Iranian families caught up in the tragedy as they describe their experiences of the attack on 28 February.
Iran continues to warn of retaliatory strikes after it reported that two universities were among buildings hit by attacks over the weekend, the Financial Times reports. Elsewhere, the paper says investment funds that specialise in scooping up distressed businesses at bargain prices are facing their "biggest opportunity" since the 2008 financial crisis.
GPs have been told to consult on at least one in four referrals rather than sending them to hospital as the NHS attempts to cut waiting lists, according to the Daily Telegraph. But MPs and medics are concerned that the move will delay patients getting the care they need, the paper says. Elsewhere, Dame Joanna Lumley takes the top picture slot in an interview ahead of turning 80 in May.
Talks between the UK and EU over a visa mobility scheme for young people have reached a "deadlock", the i Paper reports, with Brussels resisting demands for a hard limit on how many people can take part.
MPs and benefit claimants are set to receive bumper payments this week to ease cost-of-living pressures, according to the Daily Mail. MPs will receive £3,300 as part of a pay rise and benefit claimants will see their payments rise by 6.2%. The paper calls it a "betrayal of the strivers".
Finally, the Sun reports on a "broken-in Britain" as it says police failed to solve 92% of burglaries last year.
