NI paper review: Brexit fallout and toddler bullied

Monday's newspapers each take different lead stories.

The Belfast Telegraph follows up on the fallout from government documents warning about the potential impact of a no-deal Brexit.

The Sunday Times reported at the weekend on the leaked documents, which predict possible food and medicine shortages if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

The documents focus on a cross-government paper on preparations for a no-deal Brexit, codenamed Operation Yellowhammer.

It also includes details of an anticipated hard Irish border, with government plans to avoid this unlikely to prove sustainable.

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster said the document leak was an attempt to undermine Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of negotiations this week with EU leaders.

She added that the leak was "not in the national interest".

"There is still time for a deal but it requires an attitude change in Dublin and Brussels."

The paper also covers a possible rule change for football club Linfield, which is considering playing matches at its Windsor Park stadium on Sundays.

The constitution of the south Belfast club currently forbids being played on Sunday.

A possible change has been prompted by the club's potential qualification for the lucrative Europa League tournament, which would add games to their calendar.

Monday's Daily Mirror leads with the distressing story of Hunter Beeton, a County Armagh toddler born with one hand.

The paper speaks to the child's mother about the bullying he has experienced in a local play park.

"He was never conscious of it before but every day now it's 'mummy I want two hands'," said his mother, Megan Watson.

She said there were two instances in one week in which he was targeted by older children.

"To me, Hunter is still just a baby and for someone to make my wee child feel like that who shouldn't be feeling that way at two years old, is just disgusting," Hunter's mother said.

The Irish News focuses on a fresh investigation being carried out into the death of a former nurse, who was killed by his mentally-ill neighbour.

It reports the Belfast Trust has ordered a fresh review into the circumstances of James Hughes' death, who was stabbed to death at his flat in 2016.

Mr Hughes' sister, Veronica Lillis, tells the paper she believes her brother's death was avoidable.

She says she has "no bitterness whatsoever" towards James Devine, the man who killed her brother, and said both men were "victims of the system".

A change in role for Derry Girls star Siobhán McSweeney is also featured inside the paper.

Ms McSweeney, who plays fan favourite Sister Michael on the programme, is set to star in a production of Brian Friel's Freedom of the City.

The play takes place during the Troubles, and has the unusual distinction of being set in the Guildhall, the location where it is being staged.

"I think in Derry at the moment, it's a very potent time and I hope that this play adds to a conversation," she said.

The front of the News Letter focuses on the future of victims' commissioner Judith Thompson.

Aileen Quinton, whose mother Alberta was killed in the 1987 Enniskillen IRA bomb attack, calls for the DUP to clarify its position on Mrs Thompson's position.

She is due to be reinstated in her post later this month.

Mrs Thompson was criticised after suggesting a pension should be available for anyone injured during the Troubles, including those injured carrying out the attacks.

In a letter to the paper, Ms Quinton calls on the DUP to clarify its position on the commissioners future following what she calls an "insult to decency".

Ahead of 35,000 music fans making their way to Boucher Road playing fields this weekend for a Foo Fighters concert, the paper also interviews a man who ensures the event runs safely.

Paul Scott is in charge of safety for the concert, and said preparation for the event starts almost a year in advance.

"The end goal is the smooth running of the event and the safety of everyone on the site," he said.