These are the leading stories in today's local newspapers. 

The Times of Malta reports that the Paceville master plan was initially intended to be a less wide-ranging transport strategy, only for the terms of reference to change after the Planning Authority picked UK firm Mott MacDonald as its favoured consultants. 

In a separate story, we report that no Maltese investors are involved in the group that has taken over the running of three hospitals in Malta. 

The Malta Independent leads with a story about a nine-year-old boy who suffers from a rare medical condition but has survived despite all the odds. 

In a secondary story, the paper writes that Vitals Health Group director Ram Tumuluri has denied claims that he owned a firm that went bankrupt. 

L-Orizzont leads with a court report about a man accused of having raped his own daughter. 

In-Nazzjon writes that former Labour Party electoral candidate Mark A. Sammut said that the Panama Papers scandal was a threat to democracy.