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12:35 UK time, Monday, 16 April 2012

A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.

Paper Monitor is drawn to a couple of stories sparked by the Grand National, and neither of them are about horses.

Firstly, the Daily Telegraph reports that an inquiry is under way after a police officer used Facebook to publish what it calls .

It says Pc David Crawford, of Merseyside Police, took to Facebook to launch a tirade against the "tramps" at Ladies' Day.

"Enjoy Ladies day - ladies," it reports him as posting, before it will be "back to drink Lambrini at 10 in the morning, watching Jeremy Kyle whilst shouting the kids 'Britney and Tyson come down for ya pork scratching breakfast'."

"Ladies Day - more like Hallowe'en," he concludes.

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail uses Liverpool ladies' love of fake tan as a peg for a .

Under the headline cosmetic capitals, it says new research shows a woman's look can reveal where she is from, citing that Edinburgh women buy 15% more foundation than those from anywhere else, and Cardiff women buy 51% more blusher than the national average.

Other revelations include London's favourite facial serum, Bristol's love of lipstick and the Geordie obsession with moisturiser.

Whereas in Manchester, it is all about the nail varnish.

It is at times like these that Paper Monitor is glad it is a national brand so it can't get pigeonholed.

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