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09:47 UK time, Tuesday, 3 July 2012

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

A hawk dominates the newspapers today.

No, Paper Monitor is not referring to the Libor scandal currently hanging over the City of London.

Instead, it is actual birds of prey on whom this columnist's attention is focused.

Staring from the front page of the Times is a marvellous picture of Rufus, the hawk used to scare pigeons from the All England Club at Wimbledon.

Photographer James Glossop vividly captures the magnificent creature's eye, beak and plumage - sadly the image is not online. Paper Monitor urges readers to pay a visit to their newsagent to investigate.

The reason why Rufus is making headlines is best outlined by Bryony Gordon in the Daily Telegraph.

A major bird-hunt was launched after he was stolen along with his cage from a van in the south-west London suburb.

At the All England Lawn Tennis Club, he is now as famous as Andy Murray, as strawberries and cream. Even Sir Cliff Richard, usually synonymous with the annual tournament, would have to strip naked on Centre Court to beat the column inches that the young animal has garnered. Because for now, Rufus is the world's most notable bird.

A Twitter campaign was launched to find him and, according to Gordon, "local police put their best inspectors on the case".

Fortunately, however, Rufus was eventually spotted on Wimbledon Common and handed in. According to the Telegraph, he has since been eating quails and "enjoying baths". Paper Monitor is envious.

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