Abu Hamza extradited. Who wins: The Sun

What's far more interesting than the fact that the UK Tabloid press' main focus of terror hatred is being extradited is the scramble to be the first to announce the news and the tips that some papers may have been receiving. The Guardian today examines the way the tabloids are treating the arrest of the cleric, who is famous for ranting against the western world whilst oddly enough, also participating in it.

"The tabloids call him the "evil, hook-handed one-eyed cleric" and each fights to be seen as the paper campaigning the hardest to get him out of the country, but yesterday the Sun stole a march on its rivals when it revealed that Abu Hamza was to be arrested at 3am.

The paper's political editor, Trevor Kavanagh, had been given notice that police would conduct a pre-dawn raid on the cleric's home. He claimed his sources were based in Washington and that the extradition process had been under way in secret for weeks.

He wrote: "The arrest marks a spectacular victory for the Sun. MPs and moderate Muslims have praised our campaign to have the one-eyed hate preacher locked up or booted out of Britain." "

The Guardian's analysis
The Sun's splash