Daily Express editor Peter Hill could lose his seat on the Press Complaints Commission as part of the fallout from Express Newspapers' high court apology to the McCann family. By Stephen Brook

Today's Daily Express wastes no time putting the boot into the Independent on Sunday, with the lead item in its Hickey gossip column telling readers that its editor John Mullin is considering stepping down from the "preposterous" newspaper with a "pathetic circulation". The Hickey column suggests the paper could save money by "mailing its pointless musings direct to both its remaining readers and have done with the bother of printers", before going on to quote an Independent on Sunday source as describing Sir Anthony O'Reilly's paper as "little more than an exercise in vanity publishing". What could possibly have provoked such an outpouring of spleen? Could it have been the previous day's Independent on Sunday, which said that Express editor Peter Hill was planning to step down in April? The lead item in the IoS media diary, feral beast, said Hill was "exhausted" by having to deal with proprietor Richard Desmond's demands, and highlighted the "devastating" decline in circulation since Desmond bought the paper eight years ago. "Peter is longing for the peace of Majorca, where he and his wife enjoy their annual holiday." Not before he has given the Sindy both barrels, he isn't. Mr Mullin, it's over to you.